This article is about the junior college in North Carolina. For the junior college in South Dakota, see Mitchell Technical College. For the college in Connecticut, see Mitchell College.
The school that would later become Mitchell College opened in 1856 as Concord Female College, a women's college sponsored by the Presbyterian church in North Carolina. After the American Civil War, during a brief period of private ownership, the name of the school was changed to Simonton Female College. In the 1870s, the school grew under the leadership of Eliza Mitchell Grant and Margaret Eliot Mitchell, daughters of the scientist and educator Elisha Mitchell. In 1917, the name of the school was changed to Mitchell College in their honor. In 1932, the school became coeducational, admitting its first male students.[1]
In the 2008–2009 school year, Mitchell became the first community college in the United States to be accepted into NASA's University Student Launch Initiative competition and placed 8th out of 28 teams. In 2009–2010, Mitchell was again accepted to the competition and the team was able to finish 4th overall.[citation needed]
Notable alumniedit
Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR driver who earned his associate degree in automotive technology at Mitchell Community College.[3]
mitchell, community, college, this, article, about, junior, college, north, carolina, junior, college, south, dakota, mitchell, technical, college, college, connecticut, mitchell, college, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link. This article is about the junior college in North Carolina For the junior college in South Dakota see Mitchell Technical College For the college in Connecticut see Mitchell College This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Mitchell Community College news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Mitchell Community College is a public community college with its main campus in Statesville North Carolina and a second campus in Mooresville North Carolina It is part of the North Carolina Community College System Mitchell Community CollegeMottoConnecting Life to LearningTypePublic community collegeEstablished1917Parent institutionNorth Carolina Community College SystemPresidentJames T BrewerStudents3 500LocationStatesville North Carolina United States35 47 00 N 80 53 34 W 35 783227 N 80 892903 W 35 783227 80 892903CampusSmall townNicknameMavericksWebsitewww wbr mitchellcc wbr eduMitchell Campus Contents 1 History 2 Notable alumni 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe school that would later become Mitchell College opened in 1856 as Concord Female College a women s college sponsored by the Presbyterian church in North Carolina After the American Civil War during a brief period of private ownership the name of the school was changed to Simonton Female College In the 1870s the school grew under the leadership of Eliza Mitchell Grant and Margaret Eliot Mitchell daughters of the scientist and educator Elisha Mitchell In 1917 the name of the school was changed to Mitchell College in their honor In 1932 the school became coeducational admitting its first male students 1 In 1973 Mitchell College joined the North Carolina Community College System and the name was changed to Mitchell Community College The Main Building Mitchell College and Mitchell College Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places 2 In the 2008 2009 school year Mitchell became the first community college in the United States to be accepted into NASA s University Student Launch Initiative competition and placed 8th out of 28 teams In 2009 2010 Mitchell was again accepted to the competition and the team was able to finish 4th overall citation needed Notable alumni editDale Earnhardt Jr NASCAR driver who earned his associate degree in automotive technology at Mitchell Community College 3 Virginia Dare Aderholdt cryptanalyst 4 References edit Powell William S 1970 Higher Education in North Carolina Raleigh State Department of Archives and History National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 http www dalejr com about mydad xfinity default aspx Liza Mundy Code Girls Hachette Books 2nd prt edition October 10 2017 pp 326 329 External links editOfficial website nbsp This North Carolina university or other tertiary education institution article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mitchell Community College amp oldid 1171347139, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
