Robert Shackleford Honored as NCCCS President of the Year

Randolph Community College President Robert S. Shackleford Jr. was recognized as the Wells Fargo President of the Year by the North Carolina Community College System during RCC’s curriculum graduation ceremony on May 8. The honor was originally announced in January.
           
Dr. Shackleford is a 1969 graduate of Roxboro High School. His sisters, Starr Loftis and Dawn Blalock, still live in Roxboro.
           
K. Ray Bailey, a member of the State Board of Community Colleges, was the keynote speaker at Wednesday’s graduation and presented the President of the Year plaque to Shackleford. Bailey talked to the graduates about becoming leaders in their communities, then noted they had a current outstanding leader in Shackleford. Bailey, who has known Shackleford for many years, said he would describe him as “a man who loves his creator, a man who loves his family, a man who loves his college, and a man who loves his community.”

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