Paul D. Camp Community College

Paul D. Camp Community College
TypeCommunity College
Established1970 (1970)
PresidentCorey L. McCray
Location
Franklin, Suffolk, and Isle of Wight
,
Virginia
,
United States

36°40′28″N 76°56′16″W / 36.674499°N 76.937649°W / 36.674499; -76.937649
Websitewww.pdc.edu

Paul D. Camp Community College (PDCCC) is a public community college in Franklin, Virginia. Founded in 1970, it is one of 23 schools in the Virginia Community College System.[1][2] The college is named after a local advocate of education, who, along with his brothers, founded the lumber business, Camp Manufacturing Company.[3] The college was built on land donated by Camp's daughters almost 50 years after his death.[3]

Paul D. Camp Community College has campuses in Franklin and Suffolk, Virginia (Hobbs Suffolk Campus) as well as a center in the town of Smithfield, Virginia.[2] The Franklin Campus opened in fall 1971.[2] Classes were offered in Suffolk as early as 1979.[2] However, the current building on Kenyon Road was not erected until 1995.[2] The Smithfield Center began its operations in 1993.[2] PDCCC serves the cities of Franklin and Suffolk, and the counties of Southampton and Isle of Wight.[4]

PDCCC offers day and evening classes, credit and non-credit workforce services and training for area businesses and industries through the college's Regional Workforce Development Center on the Franklin Campus, dual enrollment courses for high school students, and a growing number of online classes.[4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Find your College". Virginia's Community Colleges. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "History". Paul D. Camp Community College. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Paul Douglas Camp (25 October 1849–5 March 1938)". Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Library of Virginia. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "About CAMP". Paul D. Camp Community College. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to Camp Workforce Development". Paul D. Camp Community College. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Dual Enrollment". Paul D. Camp Community College. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Distance Education". Paul D. Camp Community College. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
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