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Central Carolina Community College's Small Business Center received the Research Triangle Regional Center of Excellence Award at the July 20 meeting of the State Board of Community Colleges. The Small Business Center Network of the North Carolina Community College System selected the college for the award for its work in promoting and assisting small businesses in its service area. Pictured (from left) at the awards program are Scott Daughtery, executive director, N.C. Small Business and Technology Development Center; Dr. Scott Ralls, NCCCS president; Dr. Pamela G. Senegal, CCCC vice president for Economic and Community Development; Gary Kibler, Dale Fey and Nancy Blackman, CCCC's Small Business Center directors for Chatham, Lee and Harnett counties, respectively; Linda Weiner, NCCCS vice president of Engagement and Strategic Innovation; Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, chair of the State Board of Community Colleges; and Dr. George Millsaps Jr., state director of the Small Business Center Network.