James Sprunt Community College

{{Short description|Public college in Kenansville, North Carolina, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox university | name = James Sprunt Community College | image = JamesSpruntCommunityCollege.jpg | caption = James Sprunt Community College | type = [[Public college|Public]] [[community college]] | established = 1860 | parent = [[North Carolina Community College System]] | president = Jay Carraway | faculty = 42 full-time faculty | students = 1,376 (fall 2023)<ref>{{cite web | title = College Navigator - James Sprunt Community College | language = en | access-date = 2025-07-31| publisher = [[National Center for Education Statistics]] | url = https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=james+sprunt+community+college&s=NC&id=198729}}</ref> | city = [[Kenansville, North Carolina|Kenansville]] | state = [[North Carolina]] | country = United States | campus = Rural | sports_nickname = Spartans | logo = | website = {{url|https://jamessprunt.edu/}} | mapframe = no }}

'''James Sprunt Community College''' is a [[Public college|public]] [[community college]] in [[Kenansville, North Carolina]]. Founded in 1860 as James Sprunt Technical Institute, the college is named for [[James Menzies Sprunt]] (1818–1884), a Scottish immigrant who became a teacher, [[Presbyterian]] minister, and the longtime pastor of Grove Presbyterian Church in Kenansville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myreporter.com/2009/03/james-sprunt/|title=Who is James Sprunt?|date=25 March 2009|publisher=}}</ref> It is part of the [[North Carolina Community College System]], and primarily serves [[Duplin County, North Carolina]]

==History== [[File:JamesSpruntClockTower1.jpg|left|thumb|James Sprunt Clock Tower]] James Sprunt became president of Grove Academy in 1840, a private academy for boys, which had opened in 1784. In 1860 he also assumed the presidency of Kenansville Seminary. The seminary would close down in 1896, 12 years after the death of Sprunt, but reopened as The James Sprunt Institute in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jamessprunt.edu/about/our-college/|title=Our College|date=31 July 2025|publisher=}}</ref>

==Notable alumni== *[[Charles W. Albertson]], politician *[[Rachel Darden Davis]], physician and politician *[[William Rand Kenan]], merchant *[[James Smith (boxer)|James Smith]], boxer

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==External links== *[https://www.jamessprunt.edu Official website]

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