{{Short description|Public college in Clyde, North Carolina, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox university | image = hcc logo color web.png | caption = | name = Haywood Community College | chairperson = Tom McNeel, PhD | president = Shelley White<ref name= "president">{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Becky |url= https://www.themountaineer.com/news/hcc-names-new-president/article_5c185418-dbda-11e9-916e-178abb9da649.html |title=HCC names new president |work=[[The Mountaineer]] |date=September 23, 2019 |access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref> | motto = Education changes everything | type = [[Public college|Public]] [[community college]] | parent = [[North Carolina Community College System]] | established = {{start date and age|1965|p=1}} | undergrad = 1,785 (2021-22) | nickname = Bobcats | city = [[Clyde, North Carolina|Clyde]] | state = [[North Carolina]] | country = United States | coordinates = {{Coord|35.52755|N|82.93043|W|source:placeopedia|display=inline,title}} | campus_type = Suburban | campus_size = {{convert|120|acre}} | website = {{URL|https://www.haywood.edu}} }} [[File:Haywood_Community_College_campus_in_Clyde,_North_Carolina_06.jpg|thumb|The sign at the campus entrance]] '''Haywood Community College''' is a [[Public college|public]] [[community college]] in [[Clyde, North Carolina]].<ref name= "leading">{{cite news |last=Kays |first=Holly |url= https://www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/30819-leading-the-way-love-for-nature-spurred-hcc-s-black-forestry-grads-to-barrier-breaking-lives |title=Leading the way: Love for nature spurred HCC's Black forestry grads to barrier-breaking lives |work=[[Smoky Mountain News]] |date=February 17, 2021 |access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref> It is part of the [[North Carolina Community College System]]. Established in 1965, the college offers [[associate degree]] programs and online courses in programs such as [[forestry]], [[fish]] and [[wildlife management]], and [[Tradesman|professional crafts]]. The college's {{convert|120|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus includes an [[arboretum]], a mill pond, and a working [[gristmill]] constructed by students.
==Haywood Early College High School== {{Main|Haywood Early College High School}}
Haywood Early College (HEC) is a Co-op Innovative High School partnership between [[Haywood County Schools (North Carolina)|Haywood 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 a [[University|four-year university]].
==Arboretum== The '''Haywood Community College Arboretum''' is a {{Convert|120|acre|ha|abbr=on}} [[arboretum]] located across the campus of Haywood Community College. It is open daily without charge.
The arboretum was laid out by Asheville landscape architect [[Doan Ogden]] for industrialist A. L. Freedlander, who donated the college's initial funding provided that the site's oak forest be preserved.<ref name= "years">{{cite news |last=Hesse |first=Dan |url= https://mountainx.com/blogwire/haywood-community-college-campus-arboretum-celebrates-50-years/ |title=Haywood Community College campus arboretum celebrates 50 years |work=[[Mountain Xpress]] |date=September 27, 2016 |access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Loewer">{{cite book |last=Loewer |first=H. Peter |title=Gardens of North Carolina: A Traveler's Guide |publisher=[[Stackpole Books]] pg. 4 |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-8117-3374-8}}</ref> An early inventory recorded 880 trees including 22 native [[species]], many averaging 100 years old. Since then the arboretum staff has added further species of trees, shrubs, and ground covers.
Arboretum features include a [[rhododendron]] garden containing many varieties of rhododendron, [[conifer]]s, [[dahlia]] garden featuring numerous varieties, [[fruit]] tree orchard, [[greenhouse]], nature trail, and perennials.
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==External links== * [https://www.haywood.edu/ Official website]
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