History
The College was chartered on April 3, 1958, as Wilson Industrial Education Center. In 1964, the State Board of Education granted authority to award the Associate in Applied Science Degree and the school name was changed to Wilson County Technical Institute. In 1989, The name was officially changed to Wilson Technical Community College. In 1993, the Department of Community Colleges granted the College the authority to award the Associate in Arts degree. Since 2007, the College has been known as Wilson Community College.
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