Western Piedmont Community College
![Western Piedmont Community College advertises itself as a](/Images/godic/202502/20/Western_Piedmont_Community_College_sign,_Morganton,_NC_IMG_52335356.JPG")
![Phifer Learning Resources Center houses the WPCC Library and the Sam J. Ervin Library.](/Images/godic/202502/20/Phifer_Learning_Resources_Center,_Morganton,_NC_IMG_52295356.JPG")
![WPCC front lawn](/Images/godic/202502/20/Front_lawn_of_Western_Piedmont_Community_College,_Morganton,_IMG_52305356.JPG")
Western Piedmont Community College is a small community college located in Morganton in western North Carolina. It is the home of the Sam J. Ervin Library, dedicated to the veteran U.S. senator, a Morganton native, who chaired the Senate Watergate hearings in 1973.