SALISBURY, N.C. — The next meeting of the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Board of Trustees is scheduled for Oct. 29, at 4 p.m., in the new 3000 Building on RCCC’s South Campus. The board will meet in room 3333 and then take a tour of the new building.

            The meeting agenda includes:

		Announcement of a contribution from the Glenn E. and Addie G. Ketner Family Foundation;
		Introduction of the new student government president, Adele Harper;
		The presentation of multiple scholarships
			Potts Franklin Nursing Scholarship
			Food Lion LLC scholarships
			State Employee Credit Union Scholarships
			Southern Select Community Credit Union Scholarship; and
		A report on RCCC’s biotechnology program.

            Media representatives are invited to attend the board meeting and join the tour of the new 3000 building. The 40,000-square-foot facility will give RCCC’s South Campus much needed space for additional classrooms, student activities and faculty offices.

            Increasing the South Campus overall square footage by 50 percent, the 3000 building will provide space for:

		2 computer classrooms;
		13 general purpose classrooms;
		5 continuing education classrooms;
		2 laboratory classrooms;
		A new student center and cafeteria;
		A new bookstore;
		26 faculty offices and a faculty workroom;
		A student government office;
		An outdoor commons area for students;
		Technical services workroom;
		Storage space; and
		Additional parking spaces.

            RCCC’s South Campus is located at 1531Trinity Church Rd., just off I-85, at exit 55, in Concord.

           Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a comprehensive, community-based institution of higher learning, serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. RCCC offers approximately 40 programs of study in business, health and human services and engineering technologies at multiple campus locations. RCCC annually provides more than 2,000 course offerings, serving an enrollment of approximately 20,000 adult students. RCCC programs include an associate degree in arts and sciences, an associate degree in applied science, and diploma and certificate programs focusing on workforce training, continuing education and basic skills education.

           In addition, RCCC provides the education and job-training programs needed to meet many of the workforce demands of the North Carolina Research Campus, under construction in Kannapolis, N.C.

           For complete details, see the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu.