Non-Discrimination
Pamlico Community College does not discriminate in its educational programs, activities, admission, or employment on the basis of sex, age, disability, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation or religion. Title IX and U.S. Department of Education regulations require that the College not discriminate on the basis of sex.
For information about Title IX for employees, contact Mrs. Lee Tillman, HR Director/Vice President of Financial Services, at ltillman@pamlicocc.edu or 252-249-1851 ext. 3003. For Section 504 information and Title IX for students, contact Mr. Jamie D. Gibbs, Vice President of Student Services, at jgibbs@pamlicocc.edu or 252-249-1851 ext. 3021.
Who are we?
Since its founding, tens of thousands of students have benefited from the individual, personalized attention the college provides to its students.
The college began as an industrial education center in 1962. Since then PCC has grown to become a fully accredited two year community college with programs in varied disciplines in Academic programs, Continuing Education programs, and Cultural Enrichment programs.
A contract program with East Carolina University enables students in appropriate programs to transfer on for a four-year education.
• 1963 A director (later to be named president), Paul Johnson is hired; auto mechanics, masonry and other curriculums are added.
• 1967 The Pamlico branch of the Lenoir IEC becomes Pamlico Technical Institute.
• 1967 PTI moves from Bayboro to Alliance, rebuilding a demolished school building to provide more space and a learning lab.
• 1976 PTC moves to its new campus on Highway 306 South to accommodate its growing services to the community.
• 1985 Contract with East Carolina University expands opportunities for transfer.
• 1987 The Technical College becomes Pamlico Community College.
• 1988 President of 25 years, Paul Johnson, retires, and Dr. E. Douglas Kearney, Jr. hired.
• 1994 New programs are approved and labs expand.
• 1998 New building begins to change the landscape.
• 1999 The new building is completed, expanding the college's classroom and office space. President Kearney retires, and Dr. F. Marion Altman, Jr. is hired as the third President of Pamlico Community College.
• 2001 Bayboro satellite facility is established to provide instructional services for high school students. This facility houses the counselors of the Small Business Center and the directors of Human Resources Development.
• 2003 Dedication of the Cosmetology Arts Facility in Bayboro, NC.
• 2008 Dedication of the Ned Everett Delamar Center.
• 2009 President Altman retires after 10 years and Dr. Cleve H. Cox is hired as the fourth President of Pamlico Community College.
• 2015 Dr. Cleve Cox passes away. A nationwide search is conducted to hire his replacement.
• 2016 Dr. Jim Ross is hired as the fifth President of Pamlico Community College.
• 2017 PCC launched an innovative Human Services Technology (HST) associate degree program at Pamlico Correctional Institution in Bayboro designed to reduce recidivism among participants. The program was the first of its kind in North Carolina.
• 2018 Joined the regional Pirate Promise co-admission initiative with East Carolina University in 2018. The program ensured full-time students who complete an associate degree at Pamlico Community College would be able to transfer seamlessly to ECU.
• 2018 PCC instructor, Zac Schnell, and four Environmental Science Technology students participated in a Study Abroad to the Philippines. The monthlong trip was the first of its kind in college history.
• 2020 Renovations to the Johnson Building, the college’s first campus building, began and were completed in 2022. Renovations included the addition of a STEM wing.
• 2020 In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the college moved all instruction online in March 2020. The college hosted unique drive-thru commencement ceremonies in 2020 and 2021.
• 2021 The college opened the Ernestine R. Mattocks Center of Excellence in Bayboro. The building, which primarily serves high school juniors and seniors enrolled in the college’s Career & College Promise program, replaced a structure destroyed by Hurricane Florence in 2018.
• 2023 The college is reaffirmed for accreditation for 10 years by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
• 2023 Pamlico receives a $20 million appropriation from the N.C. General Assembly to build an Allied Health Center in Bayboro.
• 2023 President James Ross retires.
• 2025 Longtime Environmental Science Technology Instructor Zac Schnell is named the college’s sixth president.