University of North Carolina Asheville - Archive Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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TO COOPERATE WITH BUSINESS, INDUSTRY AND THE PROFESSIONS A course in Viscose Process taught by Mr. Graham Reems at American Enka Corporation, which is sponsored by Asheville -Biltmore College. IN INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF THEIR PERSONNEL 18

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President DR. GLENN L. BUSHEY B. S,, Shippensburg State Teachers College, Pennsylvania; M. A., Columbia University; Ed. D., Temple University, Pennsylvania. PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE The year 1 957- 58 maybe regarded as a year of destiny for Asheville-Biltmore College. It was in this year that the General Assembly of North Carolina enacted into law the Community College Act, which provides the basis for a system of State- supported connmunity colleges. State support for operation and maintenance is determined by student enrollment in specified courses approved by the Board of Higher Education. In any event, the State will not provide more funds than the local community. For capital outlay, the State will match the amounts provided by the local conrimunities within the limits prescribed by the Act and by the appropriations bill in keeping with the determined and approved needs of the individual community colleges. Asheville-Biltmore College was the first institution to be officially approved and designated as a State- supported Community College. Following the designation, our governing board requested of the State the sum of $450,000, to be m.atched by local funds for the purpose of carrying to connpletion a $900,000 building program. $225,000 of the amount to be provided locally was quickly pledgedby the public spirited men of the City Council and the Boardof County Commissioners. A group of fifty outstanding men and wornen of western North Carolina, headed by Mr. Louis Lipinsky, Sr,, organized a Community College Development Committee to raise the remaining $225,000 needed to match the amount requested of the State. The new buildings will alter the face of our cannpus and enhance its beauty. More important than this , the new facilities will enable this college to provide expanded and improved services for the people of our community. Hence, it will be possible for us to accomplish with a greater degree of thoroughness the ainns of the college. Meeting its stated worthy aims is of paramount importance to any institution of higher learning, for this is a true nn.easure of its worth. Asheville-Biltmore College is proud of its objectives as a comnnunity institution. It will strive constantly to i m p r o v e its already commendable record in accomplishing its aims. In delineating the aims of the college in a graphic and drannatic way in this issue of the Summit, the advisor, the editor, and the entire staff of this outstanding publication are to be commended for emphasizing the projected services of their Alma Mater. This is only one of the phases of the college program re- corded in the Annual. I extend my most sincere congratulations to the entire staff of this publica- tion for the over-all excellence of this issue. To those who have connpleted their workhere and are leaving our campus. Ibid farewell. My best wishes go with you for continued success in your future endeavors. I am confident that you will be living proof that your Alma Mater is meeting its objectives. Glenn L,. Bushey President