Bladen Community College was chartered as Bladen Technical Institute on October 5, 1967, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute 115A. The college formally opened on December 16, 1967, and offered a limited number of classes by January 1968. The college was initially located in rented buildings in several locations around Elizabethtown. The old Johnson Cotton Company property on US Highway 701 South was secured and became the location of the administrative offices, the first library, and some classrooms for course offerings. The old First Baptist Church in downtown Elizabethtown became home for the business, secretarial, and nursing programs. A short while later the old Marks Tractor location adjacent to the administrative offices was secured for a welding shop and student services area. The college began full-scale operations in September of 1968. Initially curriculum programs were offered in cosmetology, executive secretarial science, business administration, industrial maintenance, automotive mechanics and nursing assistant. A complete battery of extension and other part-time adult programs were offered in the evening to complement the day program. The college’s board of trustees began to search for a permanent location for the campus shortly after the college opened. Bladen Community College offers post-secondary certificate, diploma, and degree programs. Presently the college offers 14 curriculum programs. Occupational and vocational courses and programs are offered through a variety of continuing education offerings. Workforce development is a priority of the college along with numerous programs directed at improving basic educational skills, advancing economic development and improving the quality of life of Bladen citizens. Bladen Community College is dedicated to an open door policy and to meeting the educational and cultural needs of the people of Bladen and surrounding counties. Bladen Community College has experienced unprecedented growth during the past nine years. Much of that growth has been in the area of distance education.

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