Paul D. Camp Community College
Quick Facts
2012 - 2013
About Paul D. Camp Community College
Opened in 1971, Paul D. Camp Community College is a public two-year educational institution with campuses in Franklin and
Suffolk, and a Center in Smithfield, VA. With the mission of providing diverse learning opportunities to enhance the quality of
life for students and the community, the College offers a wide array of educational opportunities and workforce training.
Franklin Campus
An advocate of education, Paul D. Camp along with his brothers founded the lumber company, Camp Manufacturing, in 1887.
Later, after establishing a paper mill, the Franklin facility became a part of Union Camp Corporation then eventually International
Paper. Company officials announced the mill closure in 2009 and then mill repurposing plans in 2011. The mill began its “high
quality fluff” production in June 2012. The college in Franklin was built on over 80 acres of land donated by Paul D. Camp’s
daughters Willie Younts and Ruth Camp Campbell almost 50 years after his death.
Suffolk Campus
An engineering pioneer, Oliver Kermit Hobbs, Sr., founded the Hobbs Engineering Company in 1963. His company created
agricultural and farming innovations that have been used around the world. The Paul D. Camp Community College campus in
Suffolk is named for Mr. Hobbs in recognition of his generous donation of 67 acres of land to the College. In making this gift, his
goal was to ensure that others would have educational opportunities that he had been denied.
• Founded: 1970; Franklin Campus opened: 1971; Hobbs
Suffolk Campus: 1995; Smithfield Center: 1993; Regional
Workforce Development Center, Franklin: 2002.
• Tuition: In-State: $126.65 per credit hour. Tuition and
fees at PDCCC are less than half of the comparable cost of
attending Virginia’s public four-year institutions.
• President: Paul Wm. Conco, Ph.D.
• Students: Over 2,600 full- and part-time students attend
PDCCC each year. Full-Time: 32%; Part-Time: 68%;
Males: 37%; Females: 63%; Students older than 24: 46%
• Campuses and Sites: Franklin Campus, 100 North
College Drive, Franklin, VA 23851; 757-569-6700;
Hobbs Suffolk Campus, 271 Kenyon Road, Suffolk, VA
23434; 757-925-6300; Smithfield Center, 253 James
Street, Smithfield, VA 23430; 757-925-6340
• Website: www.pdc.edu
• Facebook URL: www.facebook.com/pdccc
www.VaWizard.org
• Career Development Center: The goal of the Paul D.
Camp Community College Career Development Center is
to support and guide students through career discovery to
employment. This work is accomplished through a broad
array of programs and services that focus on students’
individual needs, empowering them to make informed
career and educational decisions. Activities of the Career
Development Center include: assisting students in
exploring careers and college programs; locating
internships; helping students and alumni prepare for job
searches and successful interviews.
• High School Career Coaches: Paul D. Camp Community
College maintains a team of career coaches assigned to the
high schools in our service area. The coaches assist
students and their parents with college preparations and
exploring career choices.
• Dual Enrollment: In addition to day and evening classes,
credit and non-credit workforce services and training,
dual-enrollment classes are offered in area high schools.
Dual enrollment allows qualified high school students to
enroll in college coursework while still in high school.
Students enrolled in these courses may earn both high
school and college credit simultaneously.
• Distance Education: PDCCC uses the Blackboard course
management system to host instruction, assignments,
discussions, and tests. About one-third of students are
enrolled at some level in distance education courses.
• Financial Aid: More than 72 percent of our curricular
students received some type of financial aid in 2011/2012,
totaling about $4.3 million. Over 30 local scholarships are
available.
• Online Tools: PDCCC promotes registration with the
VCCS Virginia Education Wizard, an online one-stop
resource that helps students and their families make
informed decisions about college and career choices.
To access online tools, go to www.VaWizard.org.
• Clubs, Organizations and Programs: Faith Unleashed in
Everyday Life (FUEL); Literary Club; Nursing Student
Association; Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society; the Science
Club; Student Ambassadors program; Student Government
Association; Student Support Services program; and the
Upward Bound program.
• Technology: PDCCC has more than 300 computers
available for student use on its campuses and sites,
including its workforce development centers.
Wireless Internet is available at all locations; students
can register, pay for classes and receive their grades
online.
• Degrees & Certificates: Associate degree programs in
Business Administration, Education, General Studies,
Science, Administration of Justice, Administrative
Support Technology, Early Childhood Development,
Industrial Technology, Management, and Nursing. PDCCC
also offers four one-year certificates and 30 career studies
certificates that can be earned in less than one year.
• Admissions Agreements: Through guaranteed admissions
agreements, PDCCC students with an associate’s degree
and a minimum GPA can seamlessly transfer to more than
20 four-year colleges and universities in the state.
• Faculty, Staff and Administration: Approximately 174
full- and part-time faculty and staff are employed.
• Workforce Development: Training and Workforce
services are available at the college’s Regional Workforce
Development Center on the Franklin Campus, the City of
Suffolk Workforce Development Center, Hobbs Suffolk
Campus and the PDCCC Smithfield Center.
• Economic Impact: PDCCC is the fifth largest employer
in the city of Franklin. *The college has a budget of over
$10 million. *Source: Franklin Southampton Economic Development Inc.
from 2009 Virginia Employment Commission data.
Accredited by State Board for Community Colleges; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; the Commission on Colleges of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; State Approving Agency for Veteran’s Administration Assistance; U.S. Office of Education;
and the Virginia State Board of Nursing. Institutional membership is maintained in the American Association of Community Colleges.
EEO/AA