White Mountains Community College Explained

White Mountains Community College (WMCC) is a public community college with its main campus in Berlin, New Hampshire, and academic centers in Littleton and North Conway. It is part of the Community College System of New Hampshire.

History

The college opened in the fall of 1966 as the northernmost campus of the "New Hampshire Vocational Institute", also referred to as the "Berlin Vocational Institute". It has had other names over its history including "Berlin Vocational Technical College" (by 1970, and into the 1990s), "New Hampshire Community Technical College - Berlin" (1996^[1] through mid-2007) and "New Hampshire Community College - Berlin" (only briefly, from mid-2007 to early 2008).^{[2] [3]} The school was renamed as "White Mountains Community College" in 2008 as part of a more general renaming of the state's community colleges.^{[4] [5]}

The Littleton center opened in 2009, followed by the North Conway location in 2016.^[6]

External links

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• Official website

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20020214001731/http://www.berlin.tec.nh.us:80/about/history.html About us - History
2. http://www.wmcc.edu/about-wmcc/history About WMCC - Our history
3. Koziol, John (23 October 2016). White Mountains Community College marks golden anniversary this month, New Hampshire Union Leader
4. (30 January 2008). The new name is White Mountains Community College, The Berlin Sun
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20080218181812/http://www.berlin.nhctc.edu/ Welcome page of NHCTC.edu (February 18, 2008)
6. (21 June 2016). White Mountains Community College to open North Conway campus, The Conway Daily Sun