# Mitchell Community College > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mitchell_Community_College > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mitchell_Community_College.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Community_College > Source revision: 1303676857 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Public college in Statesville, North Carolina, US This article is about the junior college in North Carolina. For the junior college in South Dakota, see [Mitchell Technical College](/source/Mitchell_Technical_College). For the college in Connecticut, see [Mitchell College](/source/Mitchell_College). This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Mitchell Community College" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Mitchell Community College Motto Connecting Life to Learning Type Public community college Established 1917 Parent institution North Carolina Community College System President James T. Brewer Students 3,500 Location Statesville , North Carolina , United States Campus Small town Website www.mitchellcc.edu Mitchell Campus **Mitchell Community College** is a [public](/source/Public_college) [community college](/source/Community_college) with its main campus in [Statesville, North Carolina](/source/Statesville%2C_North_Carolina) and a second campus in [Mooresville, North Carolina](/source/Mooresville%2C_North_Carolina). It is part of the [North Carolina Community College System](/source/North_Carolina_Community_College_System). ## History The school that would later become Mitchell College opened in 1856 as **Concord Female College**, a women's college sponsored by the Presbyterian church in North Carolina. After the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War), during a brief period of private ownership, the name of the school was changed to **Simonton Female College**. In the 1870s, the school grew under the leadership of Eliza Mitchell Grant and Margaret Eliot Mitchell, daughters of the scientist and educator [Elisha Mitchell](/source/Elisha_Mitchell). In 1917, the name of the school was changed to Mitchell College in their honor. In 1932, the school became coeducational, admitting its first male students.[1] In 1973, Mitchell College joined the [North Carolina Community College System](/source/North_Carolina_Community_College_System) and the name was changed to Mitchell Community College. The [Main Building, Mitchell College](/source/Main_Building%2C_Mitchell_College) and [Mitchell College Historic District](/source/Mitchell_College_Historic_District) are listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places).[2] In the 2008–2009 school year, Mitchell became the first community college in the United States to be accepted into [NASA](/source/NASA)'s [University Student Launch Initiative](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_Student_Launch_Initiative&action=edit&redlink=1) competition and placed 8th out of 28 teams. In 2009–2010, Mitchell was again accepted to the competition and the team was able to finish 4th overall.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Notable alumni - [Dale Earnhardt Jr.](/source/Dale_Earnhardt_Jr.), [NASCAR](/source/NASCAR) driver who earned his associate degree in automotive technology at Mitchell Community College.[3] - [Virginia Dare Aderholdt](/source/Virginia_Dare_Aderholdt), cryptanalyst [4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Powell, William S. (1970). *Higher Education in North Carolina*. Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: publisher location ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_publisher_location)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-nris_2-0)** ["National Register Information System"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP). *[National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places)*. [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). July 9, 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["DaleJr.com | Official Website of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150512203722/http://www.dalejr.com/about/mydad/xfinity/default.aspx). Archived from [the original](http://www.dalejr.com/about/mydad/xfinity/default.aspx) on May 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Liza Mundy. Code Girls. Hachette Books; 2nd prt. edition (October 10, 2017) pp 326-329. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.mitchellcc.edu/) v t e North Carolina Community College System Colleges Alamance Asheville–Buncombe Beaufort County Bladen Blue Ridge Brunswick Caldwell Cape Fear Carteret Catawba Valley Central Carolina Central Piedmont Cleveland College of The Albemarle Coastal Carolina Craven Davidson-Davie Durham Tech Edgecombe Fayetteville Forsyth Gaston College Guilford Halifax Haywood Isothermal James Sprunt Johnston Lenoir Martin Mayland McDowell Mitchell Montgomery Nash Pamlico Piedmont Pitt Randolph Richmond Roanoke–Chowan Robeson Rockingham Rowan–Cabarrus Sandhills Sampson South Piedmont Southeastern Southwestern Stanly Surry Tri-County Vance–Granville Wake Wayne Western Piedmont Wilkes Wilson Administration History Policy on admission of undocumented students Presidents Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF National United States This North Carolina university or other tertiary education institution article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:NorthCarolina-university-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3ANorthCarolina-university-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NorthCarolina-university-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mitchell Community College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Community_College) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Community_College?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.