Moving
furniture into new SCC Macon Campus
- Workers unloaded boxes of new furniture
and began setting up tables, desks and
chairs in Southwestern Community College’s
new Macon Campus last week. Set up continues
this week at the two-story structure
conveniently located next to the new
county library on Siler Road. »
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 Caterpillar
of Franklin donated $75,000
to Southwestern Community College to
equip computer labs in the new Macon
Campus. It’s the largest donation
the precision seals company has ever
made, said Sonja Haynes, SCC foundation
director. Connie Haire, vice president
of the Macon Campus, said the generous
gift will be used to equip three computer
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 Large
donation made to SCC from VanderWoud
family of Franklin - When the
SCC Macon Campus opens this spring,
students will be able to tap into the
internet via a cyber lounge, courtesy
of a $43,700 donation from the James
VanderWoude family of Franklin. »
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 SCC
receives $50,000 donation from Macon
Bank -
Macon Bank in Franklin has donated $50,000
to Southwestern Community College to
furnish the conference room in the SCC
Macon Campus building now under construction
on Siler Road in Franklin. » full
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SCC to break ground August
10 for new Macon Campus - “An
exciting milestone in the life of Southwestern
Community College” takes place
Wednesday, August 10, according to Connie
Haire, vice president of the SCC Macon
Campus, when ground is broken for the
new facility. The groundbreaking ceremony
will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the building
site located at the end of Siler Road
in Franklin. (
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 Macon
Campus bid accepted - Southwestern
Community College moved one step closer
to realization of an SCC Macon Campus
July 14 when the college’s board
of trustees awarded a $5.8 million contract
for construction of the proposed facility.
Low bidder Perry Bartsch Jr. Construction
Company of Asheville received the contract
on the 27,568 square-foot building and
will begin construction within 30 to
45 days. The anticipated completion
is August 2006, according to project
manager George Stanley. (.
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 Catherine
"Fairley" Pollock, Student
Services Coordinator - Macon Campus
- start 7/1/05
Ms. Pollock has a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Psychology from Meredith College,
one year of graduate studies in clinical
psychology from East Carolina University
Ms. Pollock will be graduated in August
2005 from Western Carolina University
with a Masters of Arts in Education
with a concentration in Educational
Administration - Two Year College. Ms.
Pollock is was previously employed as
a graduate assistant. Ms. Pollock was
employed at WCU as Assistant Director
of Admissions and Transfer Counselor
and she was also an Admissions Counselor
for three years at Meredith College.
 Connie
Haire appointed as Vice President in
charge of the proposed SCC Macon County
Campus - SCC announced today
that Dr. Connie Haire, Vice President,
Student and Institutional Development,
has been assigned to head the new SCC
Macon Center in Franklin scheduled for
opening the summer of 2006. (
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 Plans
revealed for new Macon Campus.
Mike Watson, architect with Bowers,
Ellis & Watson of Asheville, illustrated
where Southwestern Community College's
new Macon Center will be located on
Siler Road near the intersection of
U.S. 64 and U.S. 441 - From beginnings
in 1974 of a small office in the courtroom,
director Norman Gilbert and one secretary,
Southwestern Community College’s
presence in Macon County has grown to
soon include a technologically-advanced
$4.9 million facility on a 31-acre campus.
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