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a) Organization of academic affairs, showing a line of responsibility to president for each<br />

department, school division, library, admissions office, and other units assigned to this area;<br />

b) Organization of student affairs, including health services, student government, intercollegiate<br />

activities, and other units assigned to this area;<br />

c) Organization of finances and business management, including plant operations and maintenance,<br />

non-academic personnel administration, IT, auxiliary enterprises, and other units assigned to this<br />

area;<br />

d) Organization of institutional advancement, including fund development, public relations, alumni<br />

office and other units assigned to this area.<br />

19. Record briefly the central elements in the history of the institution:<br />

History of the institution:<br />

Date Event<br />

1961 New Hampshire Legislature authorized the development of 5 vocational institutes [RSA<br />

188-1] to prepare qualified high school graduates or the equivalent as skilled workers<br />

to meet the occupational needs of the state.<br />

1968 New Hampshire Vocational Institute at Claremont opens.<br />

1969 Name of NH Vocational Institute is changed to New Hampshire Vocational Technical<br />

College at Claremont.<br />

1973 NH Vocational Technical College at Claremont is accredited by NEASC (CTCI).<br />

1989 NH Vocational Technical College at Claremont name is changed to New Hampshire<br />

Technical College at Claremont.<br />

1996 NH Technical College name is changed to New Hampshire Community Technical<br />

College (NHCTC) at Claremont.<br />

1996 NHCTC at Claremont is merged with NHCTC at Nashua to form one regional college.<br />

1999 NHCTC at Claremont implements an Associate in Arts degree<br />

2002 NHCTC- Claremont/Nashua is accredited by NEASC (CIHE)<br />

2004 NHCTC at Claremont opens the Keene Academic Center.<br />

2006 Reorganization results in the separation of merged colleges, creating New Hampshire<br />

Community Technical College at Claremont as one college.<br />

2007 New Hampshire Technical College System reorganizes as a self-governing entity under<br />

the Board of Trustees and changes its name to the Community College System of New<br />

Hampshire.<br />

2008 Renamed River Valley Community College<br />

2012 Fifth Year Report to NEASC<br />

2013-2014 Renovation of the <strong>RVCC</strong> Claremont facility<br />

2016 <strong>RVCC</strong> opens the Academic Center of Excellence in Lebanon, N.H. (Former Lebanon<br />

College)<br />

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