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Nash Community College outlines $22 million health‑sciences project and asks county for operating support

Nash County Board of Commissioners / Nash County Board of Education (joint session) · May 13, 2026
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Summary

College leaders told county commissioners the institution served a record ~22,750 students year‑to‑date, touted national SkillsUSA awards and outlined a $22 million health sciences building as its next major capital priority while requesting roughly $4.0 million in county support for FY27 operating needs.

Nash Community College officials presented the institution's FY27 budget ask to the Nash County Board of Commissioners on May 12, emphasizing student growth, workforce training and a planned $22 million health sciences building.

Dr. Honeycutt, who led the college's presentation, said the college now serves a record number of students and stressed its regional workforce role. "Last full year we served 22,434 students ... and as of today we've already surpassed last year's record, 22,750 students," he said. He highlighted the college's career and technical programs and recent SkillsUSA success: "we won our largest number of medals at 31, 8 of those were gold medals." He also invited commissioners to a ribbon‑cutting and tour of a grant‑funded emergency medical services mobile unit set…

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