Lenoir Community College - Timeline

Timeline

• 1958 - LCC receivs charter from the North Carolina State Board of Education
• 1960 - College opens its doors as the Lenoir County Industrial Education Center (IEC). The first classes are held at Contentnea High School.
• 1961 - The college moves to a former air field at Stallings Field.
• 1963 - Classes move to the Bullock Building, on an 18-acre (73,000 m2) lot. The college's first graduation is held in June. LCIEC separates from Lenoir County's Board of Education. The first Board of Trustees are organized.
• June 1964 - The Board secures a "technical institute" status for LCIEC.
• November 1964 - LCIEC officially becomes Lenoir Community College. Dan Wise named first president after the Board's appointment.
• 1965 - Dr. Benjamin E. Fountain named second president. College expands to a 58-acre (230,000 m2) lot.
• 1966 - Transfer program offered at Stallings Field.
• 1968 - LCC is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The transfer program is moved to the main campus.
• 1970 - Dr. Fountain named president of the North Carolina Community College System. Dr. Jesse L. McDaniel named LCC's third president and serves for 18 years. Between 1970 and 1988, seven buildings are added to the campus and the size of the main campus increases to 90 acres (360,000 m2). The Jones County Education Center and the Greene County Education Center (which together are the Eastern Correctional Institution) become extensions of LCC.
• 1988 - Dr. Lonnie H. Blizzard named LCC president.
• 1989 - The Aviation Building constructed at Kinston Regional Jetport.
• 1989 - The Health Building is completed at the main campus.
• 1997 - The Bullock Building is renovated at the cost of $2.7 million.
• 1998 - The Waller Building, housing a 650-seat auditorium, is finished at the cost of $4.5 million. Dr. Karin Pettit named the fifth president. The $1.6 million, 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) campus in Greene County was opened.
• 2000 - LCC receives $12 million from a referendum by the community college construction board.
• 2001 - Joyce Cherry, a longtime LCC employee, named interim president and is succeeded by Dr. Stephen Scott, formerly the vice president of the North Carolina Community College System. Classrooms are added to the Health Science building and a 2,000-square-foot (190 m2) wellness center is added to the Student Center through the use of state funds.
• 2003 - Dr. Scott takes position as the president of Wake Technical Community College. Cherry once again named interim president.
• 2004 - Dr. Brantley Briley is hired as the seventh president.