Salem College-Randolph Community College University Center Program Graduates First Students

In the 1989 film “Field of Dreams” starring Kevin Costner, Costner’s character keeps hearing a voice that tells him, “If you build it, they will come.” Though the University Center of Randolph County is not an actual physical facility, as classes are held in various classrooms on Randolph Community College’s Asheboro Campus, surely Dr. Robert S. Shackleford Jr., Randolph Community College’s president, must have heard a similar voice about the University Center.  Since its establishment in August of 2008, the University Center has provided opportunities for Randolph County citizens that were once unthinkable, as students can now obtain bachelor’s degrees without leaving the county.
           
Salem College, who became a partner in the University Center in 2008 along with Pfeiffer University, has certainly experienced massive growth in the nearly four years of the existence of its Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program at RCC. When the program first began, Ed Hartgrove, executive in residence, business and economics faculty, and coordinator of academic advising for the Martha H. Fleer Center for Adult Education at Salem College, and Clark Adams, RCC English/Communication instructor and Salem College liaison, were asked to coordinate the program from their respective campuses. Both looked at the experimental program as an exciting challenge. “It was and has been very exciting to be involved with this program,” said Adams. “It is a very rewarding experience.” 

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