Blue Ridge Community College Prepares for 50th Anniversary

President Laura B. Leatherwood offered her reflections on the significance of Blue Ridge Community College's 50th anniversary in a column for the Hendersonville, NC Times-News, "Blue Ridge Community College Celebrates 50 Years."

A number of anniversary activities are planned for the fall and you can learn more by visiting the Blue Ridge Celebrates 50 Years page on the college website.

The college received its initial charter on July 21, 1969 as Henderson County Technical Institute, a public two-year institution.  A full slate of classes were offered for the fall term of 1970.  The name changed to Henderson County Technical College nine years later and then to Blue Ridge Community College on September 14, 1987.