Five Randolph Community College Employees Complete Sixth President’s Leadership Academy

Five Randolph Community College employees completed the requirements of the President’s Educational Leadership Academy recently at RCC.
           
This is the sixth class to participate in the Academy, which is designed to help develop employee leadership skills. It was implemented in spring 2011 as part of President Robert Shackleford’s presidential initiatives. Employees participating this spring were Kevin Eames, Photographic Technology instructor; Shelley Greene, associate vice president for institutional advancement; Julie New, financial aid specialist; Donna Perry, division chair for the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) division; and Sharon Reynolds; purchasing agent.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-04-30.php.

Randolph Community College Global Logistics Student Wins PTTA Scholarship

Brenda Cook

Randolph Community College Global Logistics student Brenda Cook of Randleman has been awarded a $1,500 scholarship through the Piedmont Triad Transportation Association’s 2013 Scholarship Program. The Piedmont Triad Transportation Association is a provider of educational services to professionals in the field of transportation.
          
Cook is in her first year of classes in RCC’s Global Logistics curriculum, which prepares individuals for a multitude of career opportunities in distribution, transportation, and manufacturing organizations. Cook is enrolled at RCC to enhance her skills for her current position; she has been employed by Twinings North America since 1996.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-04-26.php.

Randolph Community College Pottery Sale April 30-May 2

Randolph Community College’s Pottery students will host a Pottery Sale, Tuesday through Thursday, April 30 through May 2, at the Pottery Center on the Asheboro Campus. Hours will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 30 and May 1, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 2.

A large selection of fun and functional items made by the Pottery students will be available for the sale, which is open to the public.

The Asheboro Campus is located at 629 Industrial Park Avenue; take the McDowell Road exit from I73/I74/220 Bypass.

New Photo Exhibit at Randolph Community College Portrays Women Living with HIV

Caitlin Margaret Kelly

Randolph Community College’s Photographic Technology department has opened a new photography exhibit in the Photography Imaging Center, which features a series of portraits of women living with HIV. The exhibit, titled “Please Call Me By My True Names: a portraiture project by Caitlin Margaret Kelly,” consists of nine large 30 x 40 inch black and white prints. The exhibit will be open until June 28 and available during normal College business hours, 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; the photo department closes at 2 p.m. on Fridays.
           
Kelly is a fellow student of former RCC Photographic Technology instructor John Rash in the Duke University Experimental and Documentary Arts Master of Fine Arts program. She earned a B.S. in Photojournalism in 1995 from Boston University and an M.A. in Visual Anthropology from California State University at Fullerton in 2002.

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Randolph Community College Archdale to Host SkillsUSA Welding Competition April 25

Randolph Community College’s Welding Technology program will host a SkillsUSA Welding Competition at the Archdale Center on Thursday, April 25. The daylong event will involve approximately 20 post-secondary student competitors and a four-part competition. It is not open to the public.
           
SkillsUSA Championships is a showcase for the best career and technical students in the nation. Contests begin locally and continue through each state and national levels.
           
For those participating in the Welding SkillsUSA Contests, competitors receive contest drawings and a set of welding procedure specifications. All drawings, welding symbols, and welding terms conform to the latest edition of the American Welding Society standards. Through a series of stations, contestants are tested on various aspects of welding: measuring weld replicas, using weld measuring gauges; laying out a plate and using oxy-acetylene equipment to cut several holes that are checked for accuracy and quality; Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) on steel making welds in various positions using short circuiting transfers; Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) using a shielding gas, making welds in various positions and, using a combination machine capable of providing the correct welding current for shielded metal arc (SMAW) and gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). Competitors complete the steel project and weld an aluminum project in various positions using a variety of filler metals.

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Randolph Community College Honors Ceremony Held

Randolph Community College held its fourth annual Student Academic Honors Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 18, at Rushwood Park Wesleyan Church. Academic and Curriculum Awards were presented, along with several other special recognitions.
           
RCC President Robert S. Shackleford addressed the students who were being honored, saying “You are not just our students, you are our scholars.” He told the students that there are three things that they can do to create a road map to an extraordinary life: “Learn everything that you can learn, touch a life, and live a life of integrity,” he said.

For a full list of those honored, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-04-22.php.

Randolph Community College Recognized by N.C. Energy Office for Energy Savings

Randolph Community College was presented a 2013 Utility Savings Initiative Leadership Award on April 16 by the North Carolina Energy Office at the 10th Annual Sustainable Energy Conference at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh.
           
RCC President Robert S. Shackleford accepted the award, which was presented to RCC for excellence in promoting Utility Savings Initiative principles.
           
North Carolina has mandated that all state agencies achieve a 30% reduction in energy consumption by 2015, according to Matthew Needham, RCC’s facilities and grounds conservation specialist. Although community colleges aren’t bound by these rules, RCC voluntarily met that challenge in the 2012-2013 school year.

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Randolph Community College Compensatory Education Open Houses May 14 & 15 in Asheboro and Archdale

Randolph Community College’s Compensatory Education program will hold an Open House on Tuesday, May 14 on the Asheboro Campus from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m. in room VT-104 of the J.W. “Willie” Plummer Vocational/Technical Center.
           
An Open House will also be held on Wednesday, May 15 on the Archdale Campus from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m. in room A-105.
           
The Open Houses will provide information for new and perspective students interested in RCC’s Compensatory Education and Career College programs.

For more information on these programs, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-04-18.php.

Randolph Community College Student Matthew Pope Receives NCCIA Scholarship

Matthew Pope

Matthew Dale Pope of Asheboro, a second-semester Computer Information Technology student at Randolph Community College, was awarded the North Carolina Computer Instruction Association Leadership Team Scholarship on April 4.
           
The N.C. Computer Instruction Association was established in 1994 to meet the needs of training and sharing information related to computer technology. Its goals include sharing ideas and exchanging information; cultivating professional development; acquiring and maintaining competencies in emerging computer technology; identifying student competencies within their students’ curricula; and increasing awareness of employment opportunities.

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Humanitarian Carl Wilkens to Speak at Randolph Community College May 2

Carl Wilkens, director of the nonprofit organization World Outside My Shoes, will be a guest speaker at Randolph Community College on Thursday, May 2. Wilkens will speak twice, at 12:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., in the R. Alton Cox Learning Resources Center auditorium on the Asheboro Campus. World Outside My Shoes is a nonprofit organization working towards ending genocide, racism, and intolerance.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-04-16.php.

Randolph Community College Nursing Assistant I Course Begins May 27

Randolph Community College will offer a Nursing Assistant I course through its Corporate & Continuing Education division beginning Monday, May 27. The course has been scheduled to make it convenient for students who may be enrolling in nursing programs at four-year colleges and universities or at RCC but who need to complete the Nursing Assistant I requirement before admittance, said Amy Ange, Nursing Assistant department head.
           
The eight-week course prepares graduates to provide personal care and perform basic skills in a variety of health care settings. The course includes class, lab, and clinical components. Upon satisfactory completion, the graduate is eligible to test for listing as a Nursing Assistant I on the N.C. Nurse Aid Registry at the N.C. Division of Facility Services.
           
Both daytime (8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.) and afternoon/evening (2:30-9 p.m.) sections are available. Students are urged to contact RCC immediately for an application and to learn about admission requirements, such as a physical examination, which must be completed before the student begins the course.
           
The cost of the course is $216.25; limited scholarship money may be available.
           
For an application and more information on requirements and scholarships, contact Adrianne Siler at 336-633-0009, or e-mail amsiler@randolph.edu .

Randolph Community College Academic Honors Awards Ceremony April 18

Randolph Community College will hold its fourth annual Student Academic Honors Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 18, at 6 p.m. at Rushwood Park Wesleyan Church. The public is invited.
           
Awards given out during this ceremony include the Academic Awards, which are based on the highest GPA in the degree and diploma program of study, and the Curriculum Awards, which go to students in each degree and diploma program who are both outstanding in their academic achievement and have potential for success in the particular fields they have chosen.
           
Rushwood Park Wesleyan Church is located at 1810 Old Farmer Rd., Asheboro.

Greene, McCroskey Promoted to Key Advancement Positions at Randolph Community College

Lorie McCroskey

Shelley Greene

Randolph Community College has announced changes in its Institutional Advancement Division, effective April 1, in key positions involving community outreach.
           
Shelley W. Greene was promoted to associate vice president for institutional advancement, after the retirement of Susan Milner. In addition, Lorie L. McCroskey has been promoted to director of development, a new position at the College.
           
As associate vice president for institutional advancement, Greene will oversee several key areas of support for the College, including resource development, the RCC Foundation, research, and marketing. 
           
The new director of development will work with the RCC Foundation to secure external funding from federal, state, private, and local sources. McCroskey will also provide leadership and support for development activities, including donor appreciation events, fundraising events, and community cultivation events.


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63 Students Inducted Into Phi Theta Kappa at Randolph Community College

Sixty-three students were welcomed into Beta Theta Rho, Randolph Community College’s Five-Star Phi Theta Kappa chapter, during the spring induction ceremony on Saturday, April 6, in the R. Alton Cox Learning Resources Center auditorium on the Asheboro Campus.
           
James J. Popp, a 2006 graduate of RCC’s Associate in Arts (College Transfer) program and chair of the History Department at Southwestern Randolph High School, was the guest speaker. Popp, who was a Phi Theta Kappa member when he was a student at RCC, transferred to North Carolina A&T State University where he completed a bachelor’s degree in history in 2009 and a master’s degree in teaching in 2011.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-04-09.php.

Randolph Community College’s Beta Theta Rho Winds Up Semester With Regional Convention Awards

Members of Beta Theta Rho, Randolph Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, have been quite busy since January. Several students from RCC’s PTK chapter attended the Phi Theta Kappa Carolinas Regional Convention in Clemmons from March 22-24. Members from PTK chapters in various North Carolina community colleges and South Carolina technical colleges attended various workshops and seminars to learn more about the mission and purpose of PTK.

Phi Theta Kappa is the only internationally acclaimed honor society serving two-year institutions that offer associate degree programs. PTK Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Miss., is the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,280 chapters on college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, Peru, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. More than 2.5 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 135,000 students inducted annually. The Carolinas Region has 84 chapters between the states of North Carolina and South Carolina.
           
For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-04-05.php.

Randolph Community College To Host Veterans Benefits Fair April 11

Randolph Community College’s Office of Financial Aid and Veterans Affairs will host a Veterans Benefits Fair from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 11 in the Foundation Conference Center on the Asheboro Campus. The event is open to RCC students and the public.
           
“The goal is to provide information about services and benefits available to veterans and their families,” said Cathy Aikens, RCC financial aid specialist & VA certifying official. “It gives them a one-stop opportunity to speak with different organizations that may offer the assistance they are needing.”
           
The event will feature information tables from the following agencies: American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Employment Security Commission, Veteran Services Officer, Salisbury Rural Health, Department of Veterans Affairs-Winston-Salem Regional Office, RCC student counselors, Joblink and the Greensboro Veterans Center, which will bring its 38-foot mobile unit.
           
RCC’s Asheboro Campus is located at 629 Industrial Park Avenue. Take the McDowell Road exit from Highway 220/I73-74 and follow the signs.
           
For more information, contact Aikens at 336-633-0308.

Dr. Charles Betts, Mat Sandifer Among Speakers for Randolph Community College April 13 Substance Abuse Forum

Dr. Charles Betts

Dr. Charles Betts of Asheboro will speak on “The Science of Addiction” at Randolph Community College’s Substance Abuse forum on Saturday, April 13. Dr. Betts earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1968 and completed his residency at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in 1973. He is a member of the American College of Physicians, the N.C. Medical Society, and the Randolph County Medical Society. Dr. Betts has been the medical director for Hospice of Randolph County since 1984, and is the medical director for Graybrier Nursing Home and Clapps Convalescent Nursing Home. He has been chairman of the Pharmacy & Therapeutic Committee at Randolph Hospital since 1985.
         
For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-04-03.php.

Learn About Advanced Manufacturing Jobs at Randolph Community College Career Fair April 9

Randolph Community College will help celebrate North Carolina Manufacturing Awareness Week, April 8-12, 2013, by hosting an Advanced Manufacturing Career Fair on Tuesday, April 9, from 6-8 p.m. in the Continuing Education and Industrial Center at 413 Industrial Park Avenue on the Asheboro Campus. Representatives from several local industries offering advanced manufacturing jobs will be in attendance. The public is invited.
           
Advanced manufacturing is modern, sophisticated, and uses cutting edge technology to create products used in fields such as aviation, communications, and health care.
           
During the Career Fair, visitors can learn about training at RCC leading to careers in this field, talk to students and instructors in those programs, participate in hands-on demonstrations of advanced manufacturing equipment, meet with business and industry representatives to learn about high-paying jobs, and tour RCC’s new Continuing Education and Industrial Center.
           
Local industries participating include United Brassworks, Timken, Kennametal, Southern Precision Tools, Tobe Mfg. Co., Teleflex, SouthCorr, Acme McCrary, and Americhem. A representative from Randolph County Economic Development Corporation will also participate.
           
For more information, contact Melinda Eudy, dean of curriculum programs at Randolph Community College, 336-633-0227, or e-mail maeudy@randolph.edu.