Sandhills Community College is a community college located in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Sandhills was chartered in 1963, and officially opened October 1, 1965. It was the first comprehensive community college in North Carolina to offer a degree for transfer to a four-year college or university. It is part of the 58-campus North Carolina Community College System. Sandhills has almost 4,500 students enrolled in college-credit curriculum courses and over 11,000 students who take continuing education courses annually. Sandhills Community College is located on 150 acres (0.61 km) of long leaf pine-filled land in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The college moved to its present location from Southern Pines in March 1966. The Sandhills Community College campus comprises ten instructional buildings. Several recent additions to the college campus are the Dempsey Student Center, Little Hall and Steed Hall. Named for Dr. John Dempsey, the current and only the second President of Sandhills, the Dempsey Student Center houses the college bookstore, areas for study, a gymnasium, a fitness center, locker rooms, a game room, a full-service cafeteria, dining areas, and the Ewing Leadership Center.