Randolph Community College Electrician Assistant Course Set to Begin Jan. 17

Students in Randolph Community College’s Electrician Assistant Certificate Program are uniquely positioned to take advantage of a situation developing in the electrical field, according to instructor Mike Whitt. “The average age of an electrician in the state of North Carolina is 55,” said Whitt. Those students in training now will be poised to take over for the slew of electricians who will be retiring in the next 10 years, he said.

The next Electrician Assistant class at RCC is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The class will meet Monday through Thursday mornings, from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., on the Asheboro Campus.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2011/2011-12-19a.php.

Rick Smith Retrospective Opens at Randolph Community College January 12

Randolph Community College’s Photography Department and the American Society of Media Photographers-North Carolina are hosting a 40-year retrospective of the work of Greensboro photographer Rick Smith beginning in January. An opening reception of “Still Hanging In There - A Forty Year Retrospective” will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12, in the Photography Imaging Center at RCC’s Asheboro Campus. The exhibit will remain up until Feb. 29.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2011/2011-12-19.php.

Basic Web Page Design Course Planned at Randolph Community College Archdale Center

Randolph Community College’s Archdale Center is offering a Basic Web Page Design course for anyone considering creating a personal, nonprofit, or business website. The class is scheduled from 9 a.m.-12 noon, Wednesdays, Jan. 11 through Feb. 29. Registration is $65, plus a $2 supply fee.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2011/2011-12-14.php.

Randolph Community College Adult High School Diploma/ GED Graduation Set for December 14

Dr. J. B. Griffith III, owner of financial planning firm Liberty Advisors, will be the guest speaker at Randolph Community College’s Adult High School Diploma/General Educational Development (GED) fall graduation ceremony set for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Asheboro High School Performing Arts Center. This year’s ceremony will include graduates from RCC’s Career College program.

For more on this story and a list of graduates, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2011/2011-12-13.php.

Randolph Community College Foundation Announces Presidential Scholar Program

The Randolph Community College Foundation will award two-year RCC scholarships to five high school seniors in Randolph County for a total of up to $25,000 in scholarships in its new Presidential Scholar program. The students will be chosen in a competitive process that includes an application packet and interviews, according to Joyce Wolford, executive director.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2011/2011-12-12.php.

RCC Emergency Services Training Center Opens Classroom Addition

Numerous law enforcement and emergency services representatives were among the nearly 60 people who attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Dec. 9 to open a 2,800-square-foot classroom addition to RCC’s Emergency Services Training Center.

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Randolph Community College Emergency Services Training Center Ribbon-Cutting Set For Dec. 9

Randolph Community College will hold a ribbon-cutting for a classroom addition at its Emergency Services Training Center on Friday, Dec. 9 at 10 a.m. RCC President Robert Shackleford will give a welcome, with remarks by Harold Holmes, chairman of the Randolph County Board of Commissioners, and Mac Sherrill, chair of the Randolph Community College Board of Trustees. Brian Causey, director of the ESTC, will also speak.

The 2,800-square-foot brick addition contains three classrooms that can be converted into one large meeting area, two small offices, and bathrooms. The cost of the project was approximately $460,000, paid for from RCC’s Future Undesignated Construction Fund funded by the Randolph County Commission.

According to Anne Hockett, vice president for instructional services at RCC, the ESTC provides training for 20 fire and rescue departments, Randolph County EMS, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department, four local municipal police departments, as well as multiple state and federal agencies. “The training needs for these agencies has the facility operating at 98% of its capacity,” she said before the expansion.

The Emergency Services Training Center is located 895 Training Center Drive, Randleman. Take Highway 64 East from Asheboro. Turn left onto East Presnell Street and make an immediate right onto Henley Country Road. Go about 1.3 miles. At the stop sign, take a right onto Old Cedar Falls Road. Go another 1.3 miles and the ESTC will be on the left.

Randolph Community College Biocommunications Photography Students Release New Book: “The Lumen Project: Building Working Relationships”

Students from Randolph Community College’s Biocommunications Photography Creative Problem Solving class presented Dr. Robert Shackleford, RCC president, with an autographed copy of their book, titled “The Lumen Project: Building Working Relationships,” and the companion calendar at a ceremony in the Photography Imaging Center on the Asheboro Campus on Dec. 6.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2011/2011-12-07.php.

The book is available for purchase through Blurb, the publication company, at http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2670463.