Western Piedmont Community College

College in Morganton, North Carolina, U.S.
Western Piedmont Community College sign
Phifer Learning Resources Center houses the WPCC Library and the Sam J. Ervin Library.
WPCC front lawn

Western Piedmont Community College is a public community college in Morganton, North Carolina. It was chartered on April 2, 1964, as a member of the North Carolina Community College System.[1] The college is the home of the Sam J. Ervin Library, dedicated to the veteran U.S. senator and Morganton native, who chaired the Senate Watergate hearings in 1973.

The school's nickname is the Pioneers.

References

  1. ^ "Western Piedmont Community College". 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2009.

External links

  • Official website
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City of Morganton
Topics
History
Joara
Fort San Juan
Overmountain Men
Outdoors
  • Pisgah National Forest
Bodies of water
Catawba River
Lake James
Lake Rhodhiss
Linville Falls
Landforms
Brown Mountain
Linville Gorge Wilderness
Little Chestnut Mountain
Table Rock
Parks
Lake James State Park
South Mountains State Park
Trails
Fonta Flora State Trail
Wilderness Gateway State Trail
Overmountain Victory
Historic Places
Buildings
Avery Avenue School
Alphonse Calhoun Avery House
Bellevue
Burke County Courthouse
Creekside
U. S. B. Dale's Market
Dunavant Cotton Manufacturing Company
Gaither House
Garrou-Morganton Full-Fashioned Hosiery Mills
John Alexander Lackey House
Magnolia Place
Mountain View
North Carolina School for the Deaf: Main Building
Quaker Meadows
Dr. Joseph Bennett Riddle House
Swan Ponds
Tate House
Franklin Pierce Tate House
Western North Carolina Insane Asylum
Districts
Avery Avenue Historic District
Broughton Hospital Historic District
Jonesboro Historic District
Morganton Downtown Historic District
North Carolina School for the Deaf Historic District
North Green Street-Bouchelle Street Historic District
South King Street Historic District
West Union Street Historic District
White Street-Valdese Avenue Historic District
Other
Gaston Chapel, Hunting Creek Railroad Bridge
Quaker Meadows Cemetery
TransportationHealthcareEducation
Colleges
Western Piedmont Community College
Foothills Higher Education Center
Public Schools
NCSSM Morganton
Freedom High School
Robert Logan Patton High School
Table Rock Middle School
Liberty Middle School
Walter R. Johnson Middle School
Glen Alpine Elementary School
Mull Elementary School
Mountain Crest Elementary School
Chesterfield Elementary School
W. A. Young Elementary School
Burke Alternative School
College Street Academy
Salem Elementary School
Forest Hill Elementary School
Oak Hill Elementary School
Burke Middle College
Special Education
North Carolina School for the Deaf
J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center

35°43′19″N 81°41′23″W / 35.7219756°N 81.6897872°W / 35.7219756; -81.6897872


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