Randolph Community College

Specialties

Vision

To be the premier educational resource for helping the people of Randolph County achieve their career goals and personal dreams.

Mission

To provide educational and training opportunitites that make a positive change in the lives of students and the community.

Values/​Strategic Focus Areas

Community

Employees

Quality Education

Radical Hospitality

Student Success

Creating Opportunities. Changes Lives.

History

Established in 1962.

April 3, 1958* — Date Approved by State Board of Education

Fall 1961 — Construction Begins on First Building (Administration/​Education Center)

September 4, 1962 — Date of official opening

1962 — First Training Program: Certificate (March)

1962 — First Continuing Education Classes (September)

1962 — First Curriculum Classes: Certificate/​Diploma (September)

1965 — First Degree Programs Offered: A.A.S. (October)

1980 — Armadillo Mascot Approved (October 30)

1980– Reflex Blue & Silver Approved as Official School Colors (October 30)

2009 — Orange is added as one of the Official School Colors and

a new logo is approved (March)

Meet the Business Owner

Dr. Robert S. Shackleford Jr. S.

Business Owner

Welcome to Randolph Community College, a very special place where our faculty, staff, administration, and trustees are fully committed to the success of our students and the economic/​workforce development of our community.

When I was a young boy, my mother told me that I could be anything in the world I wanted to be if I got my education and worked hard. Her wise counsel and constant support gave me the direction and encouragement to pursue my education, which opened doors of opportunity that I would have never dreamed of otherwise. That is precisely why I chose the community college as the best place to invest my life – to give the wonderful gift to others that my mother gave to me.

The accessible, affordable, quality education offered in the community college is the very best opportunity that many thousands of North Carolinians will ever have to enter the world of higher education and earn the skills and credentials to fulfill the careers of their dreams.