About the College
Our Mission
Surry Community College's mission is to promote personal growth and community development to a diverse population through excellence in teaching, learning, and service.
Our students are provided a culture of collaboration and cooperation among our faculty, staff, and community stakeholders.
While at Surry Community College students will develop a sense of personal responsibility. Surry Community College is committed to using emerging technologies to enhance students’ learning and to increase institutional research. We are always focused on continuous improvement and research-driven decision making.
Academics
Faculty Credentials / Qualifications
Surry Community College complies with The Commission on Colleges and Universities (The Commission) guidelines for faculty qualifications:
- Faculty teaching associate degree courses designed from transfer to a baccalaureate degree must have a doctorate or master’s degree in the teaching discipline or master’s degree with a concentration in the teaching discipline (a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline).
- Faculty teaching associate degree courses not designed for transfer to the baccalaureate degree must have a bachelor’s in the teaching discipline or associate degree (or highest SCC credential offered) and demonstrated competencies in the teaching discipline.
Faculty credentials are reviewed during the hiring process by the Chief Academic Officer.
Admissions & Financial Aid
Athletic Information
Campus Safety & Security (Clery Act)
SCC Campus Police is a certified sworn Law Enforcement agency, and as such, employs a professional police staff to enhance the safety for students and staff while on campus.
Police officers patrol the campus on a regular basis, and in addition to police responsibilities, they are in charge of campus safety and the well-being of the students and employees. SCC police officers are vested with full law enforcement powers and responsibilities, just as any municipal police or sheriff's department. These officers have jurisdiction on all property owned, leased or controlled by Surry Community College.
The officers are authorized to enforce federal, state and local laws as well as certain campus policies. The SCC Police Department cooperates with federal, state, and local police agencies in law enforcement matters, and prepares the federal reports required by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (otherwise known as the “Clery Act”) which was enacted in 1990.
This law requires institutions of higher education participating in federal financial assistance programs (Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, amended) to disclose campus safety information, including the procedures for handling incidents of sexual misconduct and emergency response situations.
By October 1st of each year, the SCC Campus Police Department must create and distribute an Annual Security Report (ASR) to disclose SCC’s crime statistics and summaries of SCC’s security policies to all students and employees. The SCC Campus Police Department must also maintain and publish a daily crime log for the SCC campus community.
Student Rights & Equity
Constitution Day Information
By Section 111 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 (Public Law 108-447), any institution of higher education that receives any Federal funding for a fiscal year must hold an educational program on the United States Constitution on September 17 of such year for students served by the institution.
Section 111 requires the Constitution Day (sometimes called Constitution and Citizenship Day) be held on September 17 of each year, commemorating the September 17, 1787 signing of the Constitution in Philadelphia, PA. However, when September 17 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, Constitution Day shall be held during the preceding or following week.
Surry Community College adheres to this requirement by holding academic events surrounding the importance of the signing of the Constitution. For more information regarding the United States Constitution, please see the following links.
Voter Registration Information
Under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, schools receiving federal financial aid (Title IV funds) are required to disseminate information on how students can register to vote. Since the state of North Carolina require registration prior to Election Day and does not allow the ability to register at the time of voting, then Surry Community College must make a good faith effort to distribute registrations forms to students.
The following links will take you to the general information about how to register to vote in North Carolina and the North Carolina voter registration form.
