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January 2 | Return to Campus |
January 4 | Last Day to Register |
January 5 | New Student Orientation |
January 9 | Classes Begin |
January 11 | End of Drop/Add |
January 16 | Martin Luther King Holiday |
January 19 | Tuition Refund Deadline/10% |
February 10 | Last Day to receive Non-Punitive Grade of “W” |
March 16-19 | MTCC Fire Rescue College |
March 27 | Advising for Summer Fall Semesters begins |
April 3-6 | Spring Break |
April 7 | Good Friday Holiday |
April 10 | Registration for Summer/Fall Semesters |
April 13 | Spring Fling SGA Event |
May 8 | End of Spring Term |
May 9 | Final Grades due |
May 12 | Graduation |
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College News

Jeremy Poore, MTCC’s Newest Trekker, Hits the Ground Running for NC Year of the Trail
McDowell Technical Community College is forging a new path this month with the recent hiring of Jeremy Poore, the college’s first Coordinator of Trail Construction and Sustainability.

Nearly $1M Grant to Help MTCC Build Capacity in Early Childhood Education
Rachael Hartwell Butler, a lead teacher in the MTCC Child Development Center and a passionate advocate of Early Childhood Education, has the distinction of being one of the longest-serving childcare employees in the North Carolina Community College System.
Cosmetology and Esthetics Grads Are Work-Ready
– An enthusiastic group of students gathered Friday night for graduation exercises for the inaugural class of shorter-term workforce development classes in Cosmetology and Esthetics at McDowell Technical Community College. While the college has curriculum programs in both of these subjects, shorter-term classes offered through the Department of Continuing Education focus only on training required by the NC Board of Cosmetic Arts for Cosmetology and Esthetics graduates to sit for licensing exams in both subject areas.
MTCC EMT/Paramedic Program Training The Best Samaritans
When Marvin Hancock rose to speak to the latest group of Emergency Medical Services graduates at McDowell Technical Community College, he began by telling the graduates and their family and friends that he wanted to share with them the first known written account of an emergency medical worker—“At least as far as I’m aware,” he said.
Watts and Cross Awarded Order of the Longleaf Pine
Faculty and staff at McDowell Technical Community College put a gigantic bow on the fall semester Thursday by celebrating with two of their retiring colleagues who were awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by NC Governor Roy Cooper. The award is North Carolina’s highest civilian honor, reserved “…for persons who have made significant contributions to the state and their communities through their exemplary service and exceptional accomplishments.” Individuals receiving the award become North Carolina “Ambassadors” and members of “The Order of the Long Leaf Pine Society.”