Matthew Lewis Photo Exhibit on Display at Randolph Community College for Black History Month

An exhibit of photography by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Matthew Lewis is on display in Randolph Community College’s Photography Imaging Center through the end of February for Black History Month. Lewis lectured at the College on Jan. 21. The exhibit is accessible from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on Fridays; evening viewing can be arranged by calling 336-633-0325.

For more information on this exhibit, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2014/2014-01-31.php.

N.C. Theatre for Young People Returns to RCC March 4

Randolph Community College’s 2013-2014 Cultural Arts series continues with a visit from UNCG’s North Carolina Theatre for Young People on Tuesday, March 4, at 7 p.m. in the R. Alton Cox Learning Resources Center auditorium on the Asheboro Campus. The talented troupe from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, which has performed live theatre for more than 2 million children in the region, will present “A Year With Frog and Toad.”
           
The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are encouraged to ensure enough seating. To get your FREE tickets, go to http://www.randolph.edu/cultural-event-calendar.     

Golden LEAF Foundation Awards $240,000 to RCC for Machining Equipment

Randolph Community College’s Computer-Integrated Machining program has received an additional grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. The $240,000 grant will be used to purchase a CNC Milling Center and a CNC Turning Center to expand the Machining lab in the Continuing Education and Industrial Center on the Asheboro Campus.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2014/2014-01-28.php.

Free Small Business Center Seminars in Asheboro and Archdale Cover Marketing, Bookkeeping, Taxes, and Legal Considerations

Randolph Community College’s Small Business Center will offer several free seminars in February to help current or future business owners with a variety of topics. The classes are scheduled in Asheboro and Archdale.
           
RCC’s Archdale Center will host the seminar, “Creative Marketing for Artists and Crafters,” on Monday, Feb. 3 from 6-9 p.m. Participants will learn the top 10 marketing methods of over 25 artists—painters, sculptors, folk artists, jewelry makers, musical instrument makers, theatre artists, writers, crafters, etc.—who make their livings from their art. You’ll come away with palette of bold, bright ideas and a plan to implement them.

For information on additional classes, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2014/2014-01-27.php.

Randolph Community College Honors Outstanding Faculty and Staff Member, Employee Years of Service at Spring Convocation

Dr. Nancy McCurry and Lorie McCroskey

Randolph Community College honored Dr. Nancy Y. McCurry as its 2014 Excellence in Teaching award winner and Lorie L. McCroskey as the 2014 Staff Person of the Year during its Spring Convocation held Jan. 10 in the R. Alton Cox Learning Resources Center auditorium. RCC Board of Trustees Chair Mac Sherrill and RCC President Robert S. Shackleford both welcomed the audience of over 200 faculty and staff members to the official kick-off to the spring semester. “This is an overachieving college,” said Shackleford, who explained he receives a lot of questions about how RCC accomplishes what it does with the challenges it faces. “We live in an economically depressed area, we don’t have all the jobs we need in the county, we’ve had budget restraints, we have a lot of obstacles,” he said. “But we absolutely ignore them and step over them to achieve our goals. I tell them, ‘You just have to know our people.’”

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2014/2014-01-16.php.

Randolph Community College Foundation Seeks Applicants for Presidential Scholar Program

The Randolph Community College Foundation will award two-year RCC scholarships to five high school seniors in Randolph County in the third year of its Presidential Scholar program. The students will be chosen in a competitive process that includes an application packet and interviews, according to Joyce Wolford, director of foundation operations.

High school seniors from all Randolph County public, private, and home schools are invited to apply. To be considered, students must plan to enroll at RCC in the fall of 2014, have an unweighted GPA of at least 3.0, participate in extracurricular/community activities, and submit an application packet (application, two recommendations, and high school transcript) by 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2014/2014-01-10.php.

Real Estate Provisional Broker Course Set To Begin Jan. 27 in Asheboro and Archdale

Randolph Community College is offering a Real Estate Provisional Broker course beginning Monday, Jan. 27, with the option of taking a day or evening class.
           
The course will be held on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, Jan. 27 through March 27. The daytime course will meet at the Archdale Center from 9 a.m.-12 noon, while evening course will meet on the Asheboro Campus from 6-9 p.m.
           
The course is required to satisfy the educational requirements for a provisional broker and is designed to prepare the student to pass the real estate license examination administered by the N.C. Real Estate Commission. Topics include basic real estate principles and practices, law and contracts, financing, closing valuation, fair housing and real estate laws. For more information on these requirements, go to http://www.ncrec.state.nc.us/ . The total cost for the course (includes tuition, textbook and fee) is $238.22.
           
For more information or to register, contact RCC at 336-862-7980 or 336-633-0268.
           
RCC’s Asheboro Campus is located at 629 Industrial Park Avenue, between I73/I74/220 Bypass and 220 Business/S. Fayetteville Street. The Archdale Center is located at 110 Park Drive inside the city of Archdale’s Creekside Park just off Highway 311.

Small Business Owners Can Get REAL Training at Randolph Community College Randleman Center

Randolph Community College’s Small Business Center will offer Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning (REAL) classes at the college’s new Randleman Center beginning in February. These free classes will lead participants through the principles of constructing a business plan with hands-on exercises.
           
The NC REAL mission is to develop entrepreneurial talent through action learning and to foster the creation of sustainable enterprises throughout North Carolina, with special emphasis on rural communities.
           
The class will meet in the Randleman Center from 6-9 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Feb. 4 - 27. Topics will include an overview of the REAL course and entrepreneurship, a self-assessment and introduction to business planning, feasibility, marketing, operations, financials, and writing a business plan. Students will present their business plans at the end of the course.
           
The RCC Randleman Center is located at 100 Hilliary Street in the old police department building. For more information or to register, call 336-633-0268.