Dear Carteret Community College Students, Staff, and Faculty,
Welcome to the 2023-2024 Academic Year! So much of what we do at Carteret Community College is expressed in our Mission Statement, which was approved by our Board of Trustees in November 2021. The mission is the result of collaboration among students, faculty and staff, trustees, foundation directors, advisory committee members, business and industry partners, and other members of the community to define our strategic directions and goals for the next several years.
Carteret Community College Mission Statement
Carteret Community College serves and empowers our students and coastal community by providing high-quality education, workforce training, and lifelong enrichment in an innovative and inclusive learning environment.
Serving and empowering students and our community are at the heart of this mission, and we commit to striving to provide excellent programs and opportunities that support not only access to Carteret CC for all students in our service area, but also success and goal achievement that can lead to greater social and economic mobility for all residents and businesses in our county. To that end, we have begun the process of creating “One Door” for students seeking enrollment and support by locating curriculum, continuing education, and returning student advising (MAPS Center) in the McGee Building. Over the course of the next year, all of the staff involved in those support areas of the College will be engaged in a design process to determine the physical upgrades needed in the McGee Building to make their services more effective and convenient for students.
Last year, Carteret Community College was named by SmartAsset to be the Number Two Community College in the country. This recognition was based on an analysis of over 800 community colleges in the nation and how they rated in terms of student:faculty ratio, program progression and completion, and affordability (tuition and fees). With these favorable opportunities, Carteret CC is delighted to further the vision of Dr. W. Dallas Herring, considered the Father of the North Carolina Community College System, who charged community colleges to take people where they are and carry them as far as they can go within the constraints of our system.
I look forward to working for and with you to continue the College’s work to serve and empower our students and community.
Wishing you a productive and invigorating year,
Dr. Tracy Mancini
President