As the economy has changed in recent years, some citizens are finding it necessary to pursue a new career path. Community colleges across NC are helping students make that transition through specialized career training programs. Guilford Tech Community College is one institution doing just that through its GTCC Quick Careers Program.

Rick Sullivan takes us on a tour of Sampson Community College, Richmond Community College, Piedmont Community College and Asheville Buncombe Community College.

We continue our series of profiles of the Wayne Community College, Martin Community College, Fayetteville Tech, and Surry Community College.

We continue our series of profiles of the NC Community College System campuses with Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, Catawba Valley Community College, Rockingham Community College and Beaufort Community College.

We continue our series of profiles of the NC Community College System campuses with College of the Albemarle, Roanoke Chowan Community College, Central Carolina and Edgecombe Community College.

We continue our tour of the NC Community College System with visits to Forsyth Tech, Wilkes, Nash, & Carteret Community Colleges.

Our series showcasing the NC Community College System continues with visits to Craven Community College, Halifax Community College, Sandhills Community College, & Mayland Community College.

We continue our series of profiles of the NC Community College system campuses with Mitchell Community College, Stanly Community College, Randolph Community College, & James Sprunt Community College.

We continue our tour of the state's community college system with visits to Lenoir Community College, Pamlico Community College, Montgomery Community College, & Gaston Community College.

We continue our series profiling the campuses of the North Carolina Community College System with visits to Isothermal Community College, Alamance Community College, Durham Tech Community College, & Pitt Community College.

We continue our series profiling the state's community colleges with visits to Cape Fear Community College, Davidson Community College, Guilford Tech Community College, and Blue Ridge Community College.

We visit Southwestern Community College, Haywood Community College, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, & Southeastern Community College.

We visit Brunswick Community College, Bladen Community College, Central Piedmont Community College, & Tri-County Community College.

Rick Sullivan travels north of the Triangle to visit Piedmont Community College. A school that recognizes its mission to develop a strong workforce and to promote economic development to its service area. But not without a serious dose of the arts and humanities!

Rick Sullivan takes us to the Central Piedmont region of the state to visit Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. RCCC has its North Campus in Salisbury, South Campus and the Cabarrus Business and Technology Center in Concord and the North Carolina Research Campus, Cloverleaf Center and R3 Center in Kannapolis.

Rick Sullivan takes us to the west, to the city of Morganton, and Burke County's longest standing source of higher education, Western Piedmont Community College.

We continue our series on NC 's community colleges with Sampson Community College.

North Carolina's smallest community colleges sometimes have BIG challenges in assisting folks in remote locations. That's why Tri County Community College has a main campus in Murphy as well as centers in Graham and Cherokee Counties. Reaching out to those communities is one thing. Bringing them all together is another. Rick Sullivan visits North Carolina's far west to see how it's done.

Brunswick Community College is a full service institution serving one of the prettiest stretches of land, and water, in North Carolina. Rick Sullivan takes us to the southeast corner of the state where this school is making a positive impact on the community it serves, thanks in large part to a very devoted group of philanthropists.

Some of the most progressive college programs available are part of the curriculum at a North Carolina college located in a county where some once reliable industries have faltered. Surry Community College is our featured school as we continue our observance of the 50th anniversary of the North Carolina Community College System.

We continue our series on North Carolina's Community Colleges with a visit to Rockingham Community College.

As we mark the 50th anniversary of the NC Community College system, we feature one of the biggest "little" schools in the state. It's nowhere near the biggest in enrollment, but when it comes to the size of the territory represented, Rick Sullivan says the College of the Albemarle is unrivaled!

Sometimes it can be difficult to recognize the full impact a community college can have on its service area. North Carolina has 58 community colleges working within a thriving system that is celebrating its 50th year. Rick Sullivan visits Wilson Community College to shine a light on its important partnership with local industry - demonstrating the vital link between school & community.

There's a one of a kind community college in Williamston, and though it's a small school, certain folks are finding their way to Martin Community College from all across the region. Rick Sullivan takes a look at a "technology program" that has historical roots going back centuries….

Community Colleges are back in session for the fall and the 50th anniversary year for the North Carolina Community College System - and things are ramping up for the home stretch of our year-long tour of the campuses. Rick Sullivan visits Pitt Community College, a school with a strong commitment to its students, and to the towering FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY in its own backyard.