Randolph Community College Announces 2013 Fall Semester Academic Standing Lists

Randolph Community College announces the President’s List, Dean’s List, and Academic Merit List for the 2013 fall semester.

The College recently adopted a new Academic Recognition Policy. To encourage academic excellence and bring RCC's Academic Recognition policy in line with other community colleges and universities, the criteria were tightened to eliminate the Honor List, add a requirement for a cumulative GPA of 2.0, and allow part-time students to be recognized in a new category called the Academic Merit List.

Curriculum students enrolled in 12 credit hours for the semester excluding college preparatory hours and proficiency hours who receive no incompletes and have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 are eligible to be recognized on the following lists:

President’s List - GPA of 4.00
Dean’s List - GPA of 3.50-3.99

Curriculum students enrolled in at least six but less than 12 credit hours for the semester excluding college preparatory hours and proficiency hours who receive no incompletes and have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 and earn a grade point average of 3.50 – 4.00 are eligible to be recognized on the Academic Merit List.

For the full list of students, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-12-19b.php.

Six Randolph Community College Employees Complete 7th President’s Leadership Academy

PELA participants

Six Randolph Community College employees completed the requirements of the President’s Educational Leadership Academy recently at RCC.
           
This is the seventh 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 fall were Nancy Bullins, director of human resources; Curtis Burnette, network administrator; Tina Dixon, division chair for Health Sciences & Cosmetic Arts; Grey Lane; division chair for Arts, Social Sciences & Public Services; Matthew Needham, facilities and grounds conservation specialist; and Melissa Smith, distance education specialist for College and Career Readiness.
          
The participants took part in both group and individual sessions with Dr. Shackleford and studied leadership texts. They were also required to attend several leadership learning opportunities, such as Randolph County Commissioners’ meetings, Board of Trustees’ meetings, civic club meetings, or Foundation Board of Directors’ meetings.
           
Applicants are required to have completed one year of employment at RCC by the start of the session for which they are selected. Selection is based on a number of factors including evidence of leadership, leadership potential, representation from all areas of the College, as well as the nature of the applicant’s job.

Randolph Community College Opening Classroom Facility in Randleman in January

Randolph Community College will take another important step toward fulfilling its community outreach goals when it opens its Randleman Center in January. The 4,400-square-foot facility is located at 100 Hilliary Street in the old police department building. It houses four classrooms, a testing room, three offices, and a reception area.

RCC’s administration has been working with Randleman city officials for some time to locate a space that could be used by the College. RCC has offered a few computer courses at the Randleman Public Library in the past. When the Randleman City Hall moved to a former bank building on South Main Street and the Police Department took over the former city hall building, the space on Hilliary Street became available for the College’s use.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-12-19.php.

Jerry Howell Lecture Series: Pulitzer Prize Winner Matthew Lewis to Speak at Randolph Community College Jan. 21

Matthew Lewis' photo of Martin Luther King Jr.

Randolph Community College’s Photography Department will present its next Jerry Howell Lecture Series event on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Matthew Lewis will speak from 7-9 p.m. in the Photography Imaging Center on the Asheboro Campus.
           
Matthew Lewis began his professional photography career freelancing for the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper in the early 1960s, covering historic figures and events including Martin Luther King Jr., the 1963 March On Washington, and President John F. Kennedy’s funeral.

Lewis joined the Washington Post in 1965 as a staff photographer covering the Civil Rights marches, Democratic National Conventions, Super Bowls, and celebrities for the Washington Post and the Post’s Potomac Sunday Magazine. Lewis won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 1975 for his series of photographs in color and black and white, a first in the category’s history that color photographs won. Later, Lewis was promoted to assistant managing editor of photography.
           
After retiring from the Post in 1990, Lewis moved to Thomasville, N.C., and became a staff  photographer for the Thomasville Times.
           
The Jerry Howell Lecture Series honors the memory of Randolph Community College Photography Program co-founder and long-time chairman Jerry Howell. The series is funded
by the Photography Challenge Fund administered by the Randolph Community College
Foundation.
           
RCC’s Asheboro Campus is located at 629 Industrial Park Avenue. Take the McDowell Road exit from 220 Bypass and follow the signs.

The event is free and open to the public; please register at www.rccphoto.blogspot.com in order to assure sufficient seating.

Randolph Community College's College and Career Readiness Graduation Set for December 16

Dr. Mary Kirk, president of Montgomery Community College, will be the guest speaker at Randolph Community College’s College and Career Readiness graduation set for 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 16, at the Asheboro High School Performing Arts Center.
           
Approximately 75 students are expected to participate in Monday’s ceremony out of over 280 General Educational Development (GED) graduates and 5 Adult High School Diploma graduates who are eligible.
           
Also speaking at the graduation ceremony will be GED graduates Maximiliano Ramirez and Jeanine Salas (husband and wife); Maria Tejeda; and Lauren Johnson, an honor graduate.
          
Dr. Robert Shackleford Jr., RCC president, will give the welcome. Anne B. Hockett, vice president for instructional services, will recognize the honor students and present the candidates for graduation. The conferring of the diplomas will be handled by F. Mac Sherrill, chairman of the RCC Board of Trustees, and Ashley Moody, director of adult basic education and adult high school. Moody and Melissa Smith, distance education specialist, will also present a special invitation to the graduates.
           
Serving as graduation marshals will be Foundation Ambassadors Connor Bryant, Michael Dunn, Sheryl Pugh, and Monica Spencer, and Randolph Rotary Scholar Jennifer Martinez. Faculty marshals will be Callie Everett and Melissa Woodell.

For a complete list of graduates, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-12-13.php.

Randolph Community College Small Business Center Schedules Social Media Series for Archdale/Trinity Small Business Owners

Randolph Community College’s Small Business Center will offer a series of free social media seminars in January for small business owners in the Archdale/Trinity area. The series is being cosponsored by the Archdale/Trinity Chamber of Commerce.
           
The four 3-hour classes, which will be held from 6-9 p.m. at RCC’s Archdale Center, may be taken separately or as a complete series as a Core Competency Certificate Program.
          
The first class on Tuesday, Jan. 7, “Results Driven Social Medial Marketing for Small Business Owners,” introduces the fundamentals of major Social Media platforms and how they are to be correctly used. You will determine what is appropriate for your business, which platforms to use first, in the future, and which not to use for your business. Areas of focus include set up of accounts; populating base accounts; establishing a content distribution system, including photos, graphics and video; and maximizing keywords and online directories.       

For more on this series, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-12-10.php.

Randolph Community College Photography Students Publish Third “Lumen” Book

Press release written by Photographic Technology student Dylan Pugh. For more information, contact Dylan at dmpugh217@yahoo.com.

Randolph Community College’s Biocommunications Photography students have published a book, “Lumen III: Impressions of Light.”

The book was a collaborative project created by the students enrolled in the Creative Problem Solving class taught by Kevin Eames and is part of the Biocommunications concentration of the Photographic Technology curriculum. This is the smallest class to attempt to make a book, which is the class’s third book. Normally the Biocommunications Photography class averages between 10 to 12 students. This year the class totaled four.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-12-05.php.

Randolph Community College Small Business Center Earns ‘Centers of Excellence Award’

Randolph Community College’s Small Business Center received a Small Business Center Network “Centers of Excellence Award” from the North Carolina Community College System at a recent annual statewide conference. The award, one of six, was presented in the category “Business Success Story: Overcoming Challenges.”
           
The award recognizes a Small Business Center director who overcame difficult challenges while working with a client with special needs (i.e., political, intellectual, economic, or personal hardships) that resulted in a success story, according to Daniel K. Farmer, RCC’s SBC director. The award selection was made by an independent committee.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-12-04.php.