BlueRidge.edu Blue Ridge Community College in North Carolina

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In 1963, the North Carolina General Assembly authorized a system of comprehensive community colleges and technical institutes to be established in areas of the state where a definite need for such an institution was shown. On the basis of this need and through the combined efforts of interested citizens in Henderson County, Blue Ridge Community College was established as Henderson County Technical Institute in May of 1969. At that time, the citizens of Henderson County approved a bond issue and a special tax levy which provided funds for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a school plant for the school.

The school's local board of trustees was administered the oath of office on September 9, 1969. The institution began operation on December 1, 1969, with the first course offered on January 8, 1970. The first full-time curriculum classes began on September 14, 1970. The board of trustees voted to change the name from Henderson County Technical Institute to Blue Ridge Technical Institute on October 12, 1970. On July 9, 1979, they voted to change the name to Blue Ridge Technical College. The Board of Trustees approved the name of Blue Ridge Community College on September 14, 1987. Blue Ridge Community College is one of fifty-nine similar institutions which operate under the North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges.

Blue Ridge Community College occupies facilities on a 140-acre campus. The Flat Rock campus is located on College Drive, which connects Airport Road and Allen Road, two and a half miles southeast of Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. A ten-building complex provides 305,595 square feet of floor space, divided into shop and laboratory space, classrooms, library, learning center, office and reception space, and student lounge area. The College opened the David W. Sink, Jr. Building in 1997. It houses all allied health programs, the Cosmetology program, the Early Childhood Associate program and its accompanying Child Development Center. The south wing of the building contains a 405-seat auditorium.