Greetings! Here's your monthly guide to what's happening at CFCC.
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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Cape Fear Community College
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Greetings from Jim Morton - CFCC President
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The fall semester is well underway and you can feel the hustle and bustle around campus as students are fully immersed in their classes and beginning to prepare for the spring semester. It's great to see our advisors working one-on-one with students and going the extra mile to give them the guidance they need.
Each day, we are expanding our reach to prospective students and telling them about the opportunities available at CFCC. We often hear from alumni regarding their success and share these stories on social media, so please follow us (links are in the footer of this email) to hear student stories that will inspire you.
Thanks for reading and thanks for your support of CFCC.
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A look at events from the past month....
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CFCC Launches Fully Redesigned Website
October 18, 2019
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If you haven't visited our website in a while, please take a moment to see what's new at
cfcc.edu
. As you can imagine, developing a college website is no small undertaking. We've streamlined our site with prospective students in mind, and created easy-to-follow navigation and engaging content for optimal user experience.
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Sea Devil Athletics Excitement
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We're proud of our women's soccer team, who made it to the NJCAA D1 Region 10 Championship finals. Congrats on a great season!
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Well done team — 2019 Region X Runner Ups! CFCC women's volleyball always makes us proud!
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CFCC Fall Fest
October 30-31, 2019
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Students celebrate at CFCC Fall Fest, 2019
This event at our north and downtown campuses, is hosted by our Student Activities department. It's a great time for students to enjoy food, socialize, and find out about happenings at the college. There are vendors on hand with information about housing and more. Can't forget the costume contest...who will the winner be?
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Gene Haas Foundation Supports CFCC With Grant
October 24, 2019
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Recently, Bill Cranford, Haas Automation, Inc. sales engineer, presented $16,000 to the Computer Integrated Machining program at CFCC on behalf of the Gene Haas Foundation. The funds received will be used for student scholarships.
“I am always excited to be able to deliver a check from the Gene Haas Foundation. Gene's commitment to the Community College system is unlike any I've experienced in any industry. Our hope at Haas is that by giving back a portion of what our customers spend with us, we will help them grow their business by feeding them experienced and talented machinists and programmers. And if they can graduate with less student debt to worry about we will consider that worth it all.”
~Bill Cranford, Haas Automation
Thank you to the Gene Haas Foundation!
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Brandon Guthrie, CFCC Dean of Arts & Humanities receives Arts Friendly Award
October 19, 2019
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Brandon is the recipient in the Arts In Education category of the 2019 Arts Friendly Awards.
Held on October 19 at the ArtWorks in Wilmington, the Arts Friendly Awards recognized outstanding individuals in the following categories: Artist, Arts Advocate, Arts in Education, Arts Friendly Nonprofit Partner, and Certified Arts Friendly Business.
Congrats, Brandon!
Photo Credit: StarNewsOnline.com
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CFCC Announces New Director of Customized Training - Jan Yokeley
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Yokeley holds an MBA in Business Administration from Gardner-Webb University and Economic Development credentials from the University of Oklahoma.
Glad to have you join us, Jan!
Read more about CFCC Customized Training
here
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CFCC's John Downing Named Vice President of Continuing Education
September 24, 2019
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Congrats to our own John Downing, CFCC Dean of Continuing Education, who was recently named CFCC's
Vice President of Continuing Education.
John has been with us since August of 2017, and before joining CFCC, he served as Director of Customized Training at Forsyth Technical Community College.
Congrats, John!
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CFCC Faculty/Staff Spotlight
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We're so proud of the faculty and staff here at CFCC. Below are just a few of many recent achievements we'd like to recognize:
David Key (Music)
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David earned the Certified Clinical Musician certification, accredited by the National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians.
Tracy Holbrook (Chemical Technology Program Director) and Matt Groff (Chemical Technology Program Liaison)
: Holbrook and Groff recently attended the ATE National Science Foundation Conference, held in Washington, DC October 22-25. Holbrook and Groff, along with two representatives from Columbus State Community College (Columbus OH), led a forum/discussion session titled “Creating Efficiency and Scale with Specialized Support Roles."
Over the past three years, this position has increased enrollment and retention in the Chemical Technology program, created new industry partnerships, and has managed to obtain over $150,000 in equipment and supply donations for the program.
CFCC Culinary Arts - Compass Pointe Culinary Club recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to one of our top students at our Classical French class dinner. We're also excited to share that CFCC's Culinary Book Scholarship Fundraiser dinner raised $1,000 for our student scholarship.
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CarFit: CFCC OTA Students Educate on Safety
October 17, 2019
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NIR Family YMCA
CFCC Occupational Therapy Assistant students recently participated in
CarFit, a community-based program that promotes the safety of our older drivers, helping them optimize their vehicles' seating and safety equipment for maximum safety and comfort.
We had a good turnout of safety-minded drivers, that were so grateful for the help of our students! #cfccota
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A look at events coming up...
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Campus Food Drive Underway
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he CFCC Faculty Association is sponsoring a Food Pantry program to assist students and employees in need this holiday season
. We want to be prepared for Thanksgiving — so starting now, we are accepting nonperishable food items at the following drop off locations: S200-Union Station, S301-Union Station, McKeithan Lobby-North Campus, and others to be announced as we gain volunteers. Thanks to everyone for your contributions!
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CFCC Veterans Day Ceremony - November 8
November 8, 2019
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Tabitha's Courtyard
CFCC Downtown Campus
Please join us for a patriotic and moving ceremony as we honor our Veterans at our downtown campus in Tabitha's Courtyard (behind the "L" building). We hope to see you there.
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FREE Haircuts for Veterans this Veterans Day
November 11, 2019
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We want to say thank you for your service, so if you're a U.S. Military Veteran, come on out, and please tell the Veterans in your life to come to CFCC Barber School Monday, November 11, for a free haircut!
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CFCC 2017-2018
President's Report
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Take a moment to view our
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Continuing Education
Online Catalog
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Until next month...
Thank you for taking time to read about current events at Cape Fear Community College. Most of all, thank you for your support that empowers us to be the best community college we can be, providing top programs and instruction that encourage learning at every stage of life.
Go Sea Devils!
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Jim Morton, CFCC President
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