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Name: Mountain Empire Community College
President/CEO: James Scott Hamilton
Website: http://www.me.vccs.edu
City: Big Stone Gap
State: VA
Type: Public
Campus Setting: Rural: Fringe
Year Established: 1972
Governing Board Website
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Student Characteristics based on Fall 2010 IPEDS data
2010 Fall Credit Enrollment
Total Enrollment: 3404
Part Time: 52.8%
Fulltime: 47.2%
Gender
Male: 38.8%
Female: 61.5%
Race/Ethnicity
African- American: 1.8%
Asian/Pacific: 0.2%
Hispanic: 0.6%
Native American: 0.2%
White: 96.7%
Other: 0.5% |
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James Scott Hamilton President |
Rex McCarty
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Quote from the President
“The positive impact Mountain Empire Community College (MECC) has had on the lives of the people from southwest Virginia is undeniable. The benefits of this college for the communities in the district have been great, and the lives of the citizens have been enriched in many ways because of the presence of MECC.”
At a Glance
- The annual Mountain Music School brings together students of all ages for a week of learning, music and fun. The event is dedicated to the preservation and continuation of Appalachian music and culture and includes "ear training" classes in "old-time" fiddle, claw-hammer banjo, folk guitar, mandolin and dulcimer.
- Since 1972, musicians and craftspeople from southwest Virginia, east Tennessee and eastern Kentucky have come to MECC every October to participate in Home Craft Days, which includes crafts and demonstrations of weaving, pottery making, grist milling, wood crafting, basket weaving, broom making, quilting and tatting.