60 Years of Impact
Join Haywood Community College to celebrate 60 years of impact in Haywood County and our region.
Awareness of this milestone will be celebrated throughout the 2025-2026 academic year, with a special event to be held on Thursday, September 18th to showcase where we've been, where we are going, and much more!
60 Years of Impact
A special event on September 18 to recognize and celebrate 60 years!
2:00 - 5:00 (remarks at 2:30), Auditorium Lobby - Hemlock Building
- Special presentation from distinguished guests
- Light refreshments
- Reveal of the new art trail in campus
- Video debut of special stories from those that helped shape HCC
- Special gifts
- Guided art walk tours: 3:45, 4:00, 4:15
Make a Gift
We are inviting the community to the celebration as a way to reflect and celebrate HCC’s contribution to the many lives it has impacted. HCC is truly the community’s college.
If you are interested in making a donation to help with this celebration and student support, we have established a special fund for these efforts. With your $60 (or more), HCC can continue to make an amazing impact for 60 more years, and beyond.
Bobcat Chat
In this episode, we chat with Hylah Birenbaum, Executive Director of the HCC Foundation
about the upcoming year of events to celebrate and recognize HCC's 60 Years of Impact.
Haywood Community College is celebrating 60 years of impact in Haywood County in the
2025-2026 academic year. To acknowledge this milestone, HCC will host a special event
and conduct various recognitions throughout the year. Festivities include a kick-off
celebration, commemorative book, over 60 tree plantings throughout the year, and a
special video showcasing stories from those that helped to shape and were shaped by
HCC.