Application Deadline Jan. 1 for RCC Firefighter Academy Beginning Jan. 17 at ESTC

Randolph Community College’s next Firefighter Academy, for ages 18 and above, will begin Tuesday, Jan. 17, at RCC’s Emergency Services Training Center. Students will train Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., from Jan. 17 through May.

This program, which prepares students for employment as a firefighter, is 614 hours and covers all topics required by the N.C. Fire Commission for certification. It also covers the requirements for HazMat Operations and N.C. Technical Rescuer. There is a required physical training aspect to this class. When completed, students affiliated with a department are certified as N.C. Firefighters. On a space-available basis, volunteer firefighters can take individual topics for certification.

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Mac Sherrill Named to ACCT Nominating Committee

Mac Sherrill

Mac Sherrill, chair of the Randolph Community College Board of Trustees, was elected a member of the Regional Nominating Committee for the Southern Region of the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) at the Community College Leadership Congress in New Orleans recently.

Sherrill was elected to the five-member committee at the Southern Regional Caucus and Meeting on Oct. 7, 2016. Regional Nominating Committee members serve two-year terms and nominate one or more nominees for regional director from the region to serve on the ACCT Board of Directors. They may also support director-at-large candidates. Regional Nominating Committees are also responsible for nominating one or more nominees to the ACCT Diversity Committee.

The ACCT is a nonprofit educational organization of governing boards, representing more than 6,500 elected and appointed trustees who govern over 1,200 community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States and beyond. Located in Washington, D.C., ACCT is a major voice of community college trustees to the presidential administration, U.S. Congress, the Departments of Education and Labor and more.

Sherrill has been a member of RCC’s Board of Trustees since 1997.

RCC Human Services Technology Students Attend State Conference

A large group Randolph Community College Human Services Technology students along with their department head, Scott Smith, and adjunct instructor, Cathleen Hedgecock, recently attended the North Carolina Organization for Human Services Fall Conference in Albemarle.

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Randolph Community College Inducts 69 Into Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

Beta Theta Rho, the local Five Star Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Randolph Community College, welcomed 69 new members during its Fall Induction Ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 5, in the R. Alton Cox Learning Resources Center auditorium on the Asheboro Campus.

Zeno Phu, Beta Theta Rho treasurer, led the Pledge of Allegiance while Lilith Ward, secretary, presented the invocation. Clark Adams, RCC English/Communication instructor and one of the chapter advisors, welcomed the crowd and explained the mission and purpose of Phi Theta Kappa, noting the four hallmarks of Phi Theta Kappa: leadership, fellowship, scholarship, and service. 

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/headlines/1450-ptk-fall-2016.html.

‘RCC Presents’ Plans Tree Lighting/Holiday Concert Nov. 30

Back Creek Dixie Band

Randolph Community College invites the community to its “RCC Presents” 9th annual Tree Lighting and Holiday Concert, scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the R. Alton Cox Learning Resources Center on the Asheboro Campus. The RCC Presents cultural arts series receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Children will be able to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus in the RCC plaza beginning at 4:30 pm. There will also be refreshments and games sponsored by the RCC Campus Store. The tree lighting will be at 6 p.m. outside the LRC, with the concert in the auditorium directly following. This year, the Holiday Concert will feature the Back Creek Dixie Band of Asheboro.

The event is free and open to the public.

RCC’s Asheboro Campus is located at 629 Industrial Park Avenue. Take the McDowell Road exit off of U.S. 220 Bypass/I73-I74 and follow the signs.

RCC Magazine Wins Gold at Community College Conference

Randolph Community College was awarded a Gold Medallion Award at the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR) District 2 Conference recently. The 1st-place award was for the Randolph Community College and RCC Foundation magazine. Colleges were asked to submit any two consecutive issues within the entry year for the magazine category. RCC submitted the fall 2015 and summer 2016 magazines.

For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/headlines/1445-magazine-gold.html.