Northeast Alabama Community College

{{Short description|Public college near Rainsville, Alabama, US}}

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| established = 1963

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| type = Community college

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| president = David Campbell

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| students = 3,370

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| city = Rainsville

| state = Alabama

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| campus = Rural, 118 acres (.48 km2)

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Northeast Alabama Community College (NACC) is a public community college near Rainsville, Alabama. It offers programs leading to the associate degree in the arts, sciences, and applied sciences. NACC has an enrollment of just over 3,000 students.{{cite web|title=Northeast Alabama Community College|url=http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=AL&pg=4&id=101897|work=College Navigator|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=18 July 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018212946/http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=AL&pg=4&id=101897|archivedate=2012-10-18|url-status=live}} The college was founded in 1963 and built on the border between DeKalb and Jackson counties,{{cite web|title=Northeast Alabama Community College|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2611|work=Encyclopedia of Alabama|accessdate=July 17, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105134650/http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2611|archivedate=2011-11-05|url-status=live}} partially in the small town of Powell.Google Maps

In 2012, 2013,{{cite web|title=Northeast Alabama Community College Press Release|url=http://nacc.edu/news_2012/aspen_interview.htm|accessdate=November 14, 2013}} and 2014,{{cite web|title=Northeast Alabama Community College Press Release|url=http://nacc.edu/news/aspen_finalist.htm |accessdate=February 26, 2014}} the Aspen Institute named NACC one of the top 150 community colleges in the nation.

History

Northeast Alabama Community College is one of twelve community colleges established in 1963 by the Alabama Legislature during the administration of George Wallace. NACC opened on September 30, 1965, under President Ernest Rudder Knox with an inaugural class of 380 freshmen. Operating under the quarter system, the college followed a general education curriculum in the liberal arts. Charles M. Pendley became president in 1982, and the college switched to the semester system in 1998. The current president, David Campbell, took office in 2001. The college continues to offer general education courses leading to degrees in the arts, sciences, and applied sciences,{{cite web|title=Northeast Alabama Community College|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2611|work=Encyclopedia of Alabama|accessdate=July 17, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105134650/http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2611|archivedate=2011-11-05|url-status=live}} and NACC is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.{{cite web|title=Northeast Alabama Community College|work=Catalog 2013-14|url=http://nacc.edu/catalog/13-14/1-11.pdf}}

Notable alumni

  • Randy Owen, country music singer{{cite web|title=Northeast Alabama Community College|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2611|work=Encyclopedia of Alabama|accessdate=July 17, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105134650/http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2611|archivedate=2011-11-05|url-status=live}}

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