Edgecombe Community College
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 Campus in downtown Rocky Mount | |
| Type | Public community college |
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| Established | 1967[1] |
Parent institution | North Carolina Community College System |
| President | Gregory McLeod |
| Students | 2151 |
| Address | 2009 W Wilson St, Tarboro, NC 27886 35°52′46″N 77°34′25″W / 35.879307°N 77.573660°W |
| Colors | Red and Gold |
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Edgecombe Community College is a public community college in Tarboro, North Carolina. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System.
Edgecombe Technical Institute opened as an extension unit of Wilson County Technical Institute in 1967. In August 1968, the new school held its first classes. In 1987, the college was renamed Edgecombe Community College and has since expanded its campus size. In January 2016, ECC opened a 45,000 sq foot Biotechnology and Medical Simulation Center on the Rocky Mount campus. In 2018, Deborah Lamm retired as president of ECC,[2] eventually being replaced by Gregory McLeod, ECC's first black president.[3]
