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| Motto | Education changes everything |
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| Type | Publiccommunity college |
| Established | 1965 (60 years ago) (1965) |
Parent institution | North Carolina Community College System |
| Chairperson | Tom McNeel, PhD |
| President | Shelley White[1] |
| Undergraduates | 1,785 (2021-22) |
| Location | ,, United States 35°31′39″N82°55′50″W / 35.52755°N 82.93043°W /35.52755; -82.93043 |
| Campus | Suburban, 120 acres (49 ha) |
| Nickname | Bobcats |
| Website | www |
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Haywood Community College is apubliccommunity college inClyde, North Carolina.[2] It is part of theNorth Carolina Community College System. Established in 1965, the college offersassociate degree programs and online courses in programs such asforestry,fish andwildlife management, andprofessional crafts. The college's 120-acre (49 ha) campus includes anarboretum, a mill pond, and a workinggristmill constructed by students.
Haywood Early College (HEC) is a Co-op Innovative High School partnership betweenHaywood County Schools and the College. The partnership, created by state legislation, enables students to concurrently obtain a high school diploma and complete an associate degree program within four or five years. HEC is designed to blend secondary and post-secondary experiences in innovative ways. All HEC faculty members commit to ensuring every student is actively engaged, challenged, and supported in all classes, every day, to succeed in rigorous coursework. HEC's ultimate goal is for each student to successfully complete the early college program with his/her high school diploma,Associate degree, and continue on to afour-year university.
TheHaywood Community College Arboretum is a 120 acres (49 ha)arboretum located across the campus of Haywood Community College. It is open daily without charge.
The arboretum was laid out by Asheville landscape architectDoan Ogden for industrialist A. L. Freedlander, who donated the college's initial funding provided that the site's oak forest be preserved.[3][4] An early inventory recorded 880 trees including 22 nativespecies, many averaging 100 years old. Since then the arboretum staff has added further species of trees, shrubs, and ground covers.
Arboretum features include arhododendron garden containing many varieties of rhododendron,conifers,dahlia garden featuring numerous varieties,fruit tree orchard,greenhouse, nature trail, and perennials.
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