Randolph Community College Bartending/Mixology Class to Begin March 8

Randolph Community College's Corporate and Continuing Education division has scheduled a Bartending/Mixology class for March 8 - April 19. The class meets on Monday evenings for six weeks. Class will be held from 6-9 p.m. at Asheboro Country Club.

Topics include drink recipes, use of wines, fruit cutting, utensils, glassware, ABC laws, legal liability, bar management, and employment opportunities.

Students must be 21 years or older to take this course. In class, colored water is used to simulate liquor. The registration fee is $70. Call 336-633-0268 in Asheboro or 336-862-7980 in Archdale to register.

Prelicensing Real Estate Course Added at Randolph Community College

Randolph Community College has added another Real Estate Broker Prelicensing course to the schedule this spring. The new class will begin on Monday, March 15, at the Asheboro Campus.

This course, which is designed for those desiring to become newly licensed real estate brokers, will meet on Mondays and Thursdays, from 6-9 p.m., March 15 through June 17. Persons applying for initial licensure are required to complete this 75-hour broker course and pass the state license examination in order to qualify for licensure. The registration fee is $181.

For more information or to preregister, call the Asheboro Campus at 336-633-0268 or the Archdale Center at 336-862-7980. Preregistration is required.

JobsNow Program at Randolph Community College Under Way

When North Carolina's JobsNOW: "12 in 6" initiative was developed, it was conceived with people like Dale Spainhour of Asheboro in mind. Spainhour had worked in the furniture industry for nearly 30 years before being laid off due to the downturn in the industry and the economy. "I looked for employment and couldn't find anything," said Spainhour. He saw a story about JobsNOW in the newspaper and came to Randolph Community College to investigate. Spainhour, who is married with one daughter who is enrolled in Randolph Early College High School, is now a student in the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning/Industrial Maintenance program at RCC through JobsNOW.

"We started the first HVAC class Jan. 5 with 10 students (12 is the maximum number per class)," said Elizabeth Kremer, coordinator of the program at RCC. The students are currently in the industrial maintenance part of the training, which encompasses 100 hours of class time. On a recent day in the classroom, instructor Mike Whitt was teaching the students how electrical circuits work, how to wire up electrical switches, and introducing them to motor control circuits. After that, the students will move on to 60 hours of heating and air conditioning training, then finish up with a Human Resources Development class that will include resume writing, how to fill out applications, how to dress, and how to interview, said Kremer.

For more of this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2010/2010-02-16a.php .

Randolph Community College Mini-Mester Registration is March 1

If you didn't get signed up for college classes in January, it is not too late. Randolph Community College's Mini-Mester format provides an opportunity for students to sign up for classes in mid semester and still earn some credits before the end of the spring.

The Mini-Mester compresses classes normally held over 16 weeks into 8 weeks. Classes offered for the second eight-week Mini-Mester at RCC include general education courses such as Art Appreciation, Introduction to Communication, Expository Writing, Literature-Based Research, Western Civilization II, American History I, Technology and Society, American Womens Studies, Music Appreciation, Philosophical Issues, State & Local Government, General Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, World Religions, Sociology of the Family, and Intermediate Spanish. Some classes are held on campus and some are distance education/online courses. Course availability is limited.

Registration will be held from 9 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 1, in the Student Services Center on the Asheboro Campus. Archdale-area residents may register at the Archdale Center during the same hours. RCC's Mini-Mester classes start March 9 and end on May 10.

Call the admissions office at 336-633-0224 today for more information or visit www.randolph.edu/academics/schedule.php for a spring semester schedule.

Randolph Community College Interior Design Students Win First Place In High Point Design Center Competition

Randolph Community College Interior Design students Latasha Driver of High Point, Jenni Booth of Greensboro, and Melissa Stanley of Asheboro won first place recently in the Unity in Style competition at the High Point Design Center. The competition was part of a term project in the students' Residential Design II class, under the direction of instructor Ann Smith-Palenchar. Two teams and a total of six students from RCC participated.

"Student selected fabrics, finishes, and furnishings for the project using manufacturers within the High Point Design Center," said Holly Barker, program head for the Interior Design program at RCC. "Floor plans, elevations and perspective drawings were visually presented to illustrate the design intent." Students were asked to furnish and accessorize a great room, dining room, and hearth room and were given a specific floor plan.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2010/2010-02-15.php .

Randolph Community College Welcomes Fred Chappell on Feb. 24

Randolph Community College's Cultural Arts Series continues this month with "An Evening with Fred Chappell," scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. in the R. Alton Cox Learning Resources Center on the Asheboro Campus. Chappell will read and discuss selections from his work.

Fred Chappell taught creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for 40 years and directed the MFA program in creative writing. He has published 8 novels, 17 volumes of poetry, 2 books of essays, 2 collections of short stories, and a multi-genre reader. Chappell received the Yale Bollingen Poetry award and the N.C. Thomas Wolfe award. He was N.C. Poet Laureate from 1997-2002.

Admission is free, but seating is limited. Go to RCC's Web site to download a free ticket at www.randolph.edu/newevents/culturalarts.php. For more information on the Cultural Arts series at Randolph Community College, call 336-633-0244.

Randolph Community College Announces 2009 Fall Semester Honor Roll

Randolph Community College announces the President's List, Dean's List and Honor List for the 2009 fall semester.

To be eligible, a student must complete at least 12 credit hours for the session and earn a grade point average of 4.0 for the President's List, 3.50-3.99 for the Dean's List, or 3.00-3.49 for the Honor List. Also, students who complete at least six but less than 12 credit hours for the session and earn a grade point average of 3.00-4.00, excluding Developmental Studies hours and proficiency hours with no incompletes, are eligible for the Honor List.

To see the list, click here.

FAFSA Day at Randolph Community College Feb. 13

Randolph Community College will participate in FAFSA Day on Saturday, Feb. 13, in which college financial aid officers and other volunteers will help students complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms over the Internet.

The program is open to students who plan to attend college in the 2010-11 academic year and will be held at over 100 locations across North Carolina. RCC's event will be held from 9 a.m.-noon, Feb. 13, in the M.H. Branson Business Education Center on the Asheboro Campus. The event is free and students should register for FAFSA Day prior to Feb. 12 by going to www.CFNC.org/fafsaday. On the Web site, click on Randolph County on the North Carolina map to register for RCC's event.

Participants should bring their completed 2009 federal 1040 tax forms and each student and one parent should obtain a FAFSA Personal Identification Number (PIN) prior to FAFSA Day from the U.S. Department of Education at www.pin.ed.gov.

It will be helpful (though not required) for you to complete as much of the FAFSA on the Web worksheet as possible and bring it with you on FAFSA Day. Don't worry if you don't know all the answers; the experienced financial aid officers will help you. The FAFSA on the Web worksheet for 2010-11 is available online at www.fafsa.ed.gov/fafsaws01c.pdf.

RCC's Asheboro Campus is located at 629 Industrial Park Avenue. Take the McDowell Road exit from 220 Bypass. Follow the signs to the main entrance and use the main parking lot. The Business Education Center is located just behind the Computer Technology Center, which faces this parking lot.