| Haywood Community College | |
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| Motto | "Touching Lives. Inspiring Change." |
| Established | 1965 |
| Type | Community College |
| Students | 2700 |
| Location | Clyde, North Carolina, US |
| Website | Official Site |
Haywood Community College is a community college located in Clyde, a town in the western part of North Carolina. Established in 1965, the college offers associate's degree programs and online courses in programs such as forestry, fish and wildlife management, and professional crafts. The college's 83-acre (340,000 m2) campus includes an arboretum, a mill pond, and a working gristmill constructed by student labor.
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Haywood Community College opened in August 1965 as Haywood Industrial Education Center with one curriculum program and 39 students. Today, HCC offers over 50 curricular programs to over 2,700 students. Approximately 6,270 more students attend classes through its continuing education division, including adult basic education, GED preparation, occupational courses, and community service programs.
In 1975, the Haywood Community College Foundation was created to aid, strengthen, and further the work and service of Haywood Community College. The HCC Board of Trustees approved the start of the campus arboretum in October 1977 and John Palmer was appointed as the founding director in November.[1]
Haywood Early College High School is an autonomous public high school located on the campus of HCC. Haywood Early College High School (HECHS) enrolls students in grades 9 through 13 as non-degree seeking students according to GS 115C-238.50 (e)[2]: Cooperative innovative high school programs may include the creation of a school within a school, a technical high school, or a high school or technical center located on the campus of a college or university; and NCCCS Administrative Code for enrolling students through cooperative high school programs (Huskin’s Bill and Dual Enrollment as stated previously). Ninth and tenth grade students take college courses in a similar format as concurrent enrollment (Huskin’s Bill courses) and eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth grade students take courses through a similar format as dual enrollment. HECHS students are eligible to take additional courses through waivers/exemptions approved by HCC, HCC Board of Trustees, Haywood County Schools, Haywood County Board of Education, the NC State Board of Education and the North Carolina Community College System Office.[3]
The Haywood Community College Arboretum (83 acres) is an arboretum located across the campus of Haywood Community College. It is open daily without charge.
The arboretum was laid out by Asheville landscape architect Doan Ogden for industrialist A. L. Freedlander, who donated the college's initial funding provided that the site's oak forest be preserved. An early inventory recorded 880 trees including 22 native species, many averaging 100 years old. Since then the arboretum staff has added a further 87 species of trees, shrubs, and ground covers.
Arboretum features include a rhododendron garden (1 acre) containing 75 varieties of rhododendron, conifers, dahlia garden featuring over 250 varieties, fruit tree orchard, greenhouse, herb garden, rose garden, nature trail, and perennials.
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