Randolph Community College Opens 50th School Year

Over 200 Randolph Community College faculty and staff members gathered for the school’s fall convocation on Aug. 9 in the R. Alton Cox Learning Resources Center auditorium. The college opens its 50th year when classes begin Aug. 15.
           
Traditionally during the fall convocation, new faculty and staff are introduced, achievement awards are presented, and President Robert S. Shackleford introduces his initiatives for the year.
           
RCC Board of Trustees Chair Mac Sherrill welcomed the group on behalf of the Board and congratulated them on the recent achievement of meeting the North Carolina Community College Exceptional Institutional Performance standards for the fourth year in a row. “Our Board is extremely proud of you,” said Sherrill. “It has been said that it is not bragging if you can back it up, and I think you can back it up.”
          
In addition, RCC’s Excellence in Teaching and Staff Person of the Year award winners were unveiled. Dorothy Hans, English/reading instructor, was named the Excellence in Teaching winner. Other nominees were Cathy Beeson, Clyde Cash, Angela Cox, Dolores de Haro, Kevin Eames, Tom Jones, Todd Thompson, and Dacia Murphy-Price. Chad Williams, director of financial aid and veterans affairs, was named the Staff Person of the Year. Other nominees were Rose Chilson, Yacine Kout, Debbie Luck, Susan Scott, Janice Wassack, Cindi Goodwin, and Ken Kinley.

For more on the presidential initiatives, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2012/2012-08-14.php.