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Powell steps down as CCCC board chairman

07.26.2010 • Admin, Faculty & Staff  • College General  •  

Powell steps down as CCCC board chairman

SANFORD - Bobby Powell steps down from his chairmanship of the Central Carolina Community College Board of Trustees on July 28 after serving the maximum of four one-year terms allowed by the board’s bylaws. Powell has served in that position since July 2006, when the other board members first elected him as the chairman. He said he plans to continue serving as a b ...

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CCCC helps Siler City man start own business

07.22.2010 • College & Community  •  

CCCC helps Siler City man start own business

SILER CITY - Start a conversation about fixing hydraulic hose blowouts, replacing O-rings and welding broken rock-crusher teeth and you’ve got Jeronimo Prieto Medina’s attention. That’s the kind of hands-on work he loves. For 11 years, he used his skills to maintain and repair heavy equipment as an employee for several companies. In 2009, he started his own c ...

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Child-care center fulfills founder’s dream

07.15.2010 • Curriculum Programs  • Students/Graduates  •  

Child-care center fulfills founder’s dream

SANFORD – Charlotte McLean loves children. That’s good,rnbecause she has about 80 of them.Since 2008, McLean has owned and been director ofrnStop-n-Drop Academic Center, located at the W.B. Wicker Business Campus, inrnSanford.“This business really has met all of my expectations,” shernsaid with a smile.McLean has always had a soft spot in her heart for childr ...

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CCCC Small Business Center helps launch new business

07.15.2010 • College & Community  •  

CCCC Small Business Center helps launch new business

SANFORD – Juan Guerrero smiles as he looks back overrnthe past year.Back in April 2009, Guerrero was laid off from Coty. That’srnnothing to smile about, but he had seen the lay-off coming with the recessionrnand already considered his options.“Competition for jobs was rough so I thought, why not startrnmy own business?” he said. “The idea of doing that had be ...

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CCCC exceeds state performance standards

07.13.2010 • Admin, Faculty & Staff  • College General  •  

SANFORD – Central Carolina Community College has exceeded performance standards set by the State Board of Community Colleges, according to the board’s just-released 2010 Performance Funding Measures Report.Central Carolina is one of only 24 of the 58 colleges in the North Carolina Community College System to meet or exceed the standards for the eight Performance M ...

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CCCC’s Shull serves as College Board AP exam reader

07.13.2010 • Admin, Faculty & Staff  • College General  •  

Nationally known sustainable farmer speaks at CCCC-Chatham

07.13.2010 • Admin, Faculty & Staff  • College General  •