Forsyth Technical Community College is a two-year public community college

Community college

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 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, with a 2010 population of 229,617. Winston-Salem is the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County and the fourth-largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and is home to...

, serving Forsyth

Forsyth County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 306,067 people, 123,851 households, and 81,741 families residing in the county. The population density was 747 people per square mile . There were 133,093 housing units at an average density of 325 per square mile...

 and Stokes

Stokes County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 44,711 people, 17,579 households, and 13,043 families residing in the county. The population density was 99 people per square mile . There were 19,262 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile...

 counties. The college is one of the largest in the North Carolina Community College System

North Carolina Community College System

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, with an enrollment of over 11,000 credit

Curriculum

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 students and 31,000 Corporate and Continuing Education

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 students.

The college has eight locations and offers many distance learning classes and specialty programs in addition to 67 Associates in Applied Science degrees, 20 college transfer (Associates in Arts and Associates in Science) degrees, 35 diplomas, and 67 certificates.

Under the leadership of Dr. Bob H. Greene (May 25, 1936-July 14, 2011), the university grew at an unprecedented rate, adding two new facilities and gaining more standing in the Winston-Salem community. The school is the home to the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools' Career Center

Career Center

The Career Center is a high school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It offers an extension to the regular high school program. Classes offered include Advanced Placement courses, career and technical education courses, as well as English and other classes too small to be held at the...

 High School. Forsyth Tech has purchased the current Career Center building, and a new Career Center on the campus of Kennedy Learning Center will open by December of 2011.

Forsyth was briefly mentioned in President

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 Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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's 2011 State of the Union address

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as an example of education reform in low-income and low-opportunity areas. President Obama visited the school to give a speech on October 6th, 2010.