Cougar Bytes for April 19, 2013
April 19, 2013
Volume VI, Number 4
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- WOW! WHAT A TEAM!
- WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND CCCC
- PERSONNEL NOTES
- CCCC-BAY
WOW! WHAT A TEAM!
Annual Rabbit Run 5K and Earth Day Celebration Success!
Thanks to CCCC faculty, staff, and friends, for making the 2nd Annual Rabbit Run 5K Race/Children's Fun Run and Earth Day Celebration in Pittsboro on Saturday, April 13 such a success. It was an early start to the day, but well worth the crowd of runners that came out on such a beautiful spring morning.
See all photos from the Rabbit Run 5K Race/Children's Fun Run on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/RabbitRun5k.
As part of the Earth Day Celebration, visitors were able to tour The Chatham Cottage. The Chatham Cottage is a small (500 sq.ft.), affordable and energy efficient home built by Sustainability Technologies students at Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro, NC.
Learn more about the construction of Chatham Cottage on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/ConstructionOfChathamCottage.
Thanks to everyone that made these events so fun and exciting!
WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND CCCC
Spring Is in the Air
Spring has arrived! As the trees and bushes bloom, we can feel the excitement of the insects and the birds as they buzz around and sing. Even though we're covered with a yellow "cloud" of pollen that engulfs our cars and sidewalks, we love this time of year!
Broadway Our Way Celebration
Please plan to attend the 5th Annual Broadway Our Way Celebration on Saturday, April 20th from 10:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. in downtown Broadway.
Click here for the press release or visit www.broadwaync.com/festival.html for full details.
Library Mobile App Now Available
The library has a new mobile app called BookMyne that is available for both Apple and Android devices. This is a free download in your app store. You can use the new BookMyne app to do the following:
- Search the library catalog by keyword, title, author, subject, or barcode/ISBN (In a bookstore and wondering if you should buy a particular book? Search our catalog to find out instantly if we already have it!)
- Place requests/holds on books that are checked out
- Manage your account - view items out, requests/holds placed, fines owed, and account information, as well as renew your library materials (Login with your CCCC library card number is required.)
- Email an item's information
- Add items to a list
- Manage your bookshelf - keep track of what you have read or would like to read, and share it with friends
- Find similar items, suggested reading, and more!
Note: BookMyne works with the CCCC library catalog system only. Chatham users should contact the Chatham Community Library staff for account information, renewals, etc. The app does not work for Blackberry devices.
Getting Started:
- Simply go to your mobile app store to download the free BookMyne app.
- Next, install BookMyne for Central Carolina Community College Library. You'll be able to select your campus library.
- Establish your library BookMyne account by entering your library card number from the back of your CCCC ID badge in the My Account section of the app. No PIN is required. If your library card number has not been activated by library staff, or if you do not know your library card number, please call 919-718-7375.
Library staff is available for assistance and/or a personal demo. We hope you will enjoy using BookMyne and accessing the CCCC Library anywhere you go!
Red Clay Review
The 2012 edition of Red Clay Review is now available. This year's literary magazine revolves around the theme of time and features poetry, prose, and artwork from members of CCCC and the community. Entries for the 2013 issue are now being accepted. The theme for 2013's edition is food. Contributors can submit prose up to 1500 words, up to three poems of maximum 80 lines each, and/or three original images. Submissions must be made electronically.
For copies of the Review or more information, please contact Summerlin Page at slpage@cccc.edu.
News from the Foundation Office
Thank you for your participation in the 2013 Campus Fund Drive. We will be finalizing results and totals, and they will be announced in next month's Cougar Bytes. If you have not returned your pledge form to Abby Walker, CCCC Foundation, please do so. We appreciate all you do for the college!
CCCC Relay For Life
You're invited to join the CCCC Relay for Life team and friends on Saturday, April 20th from 1:00pm to 5:00pm at UnWINEd. UnWINEd is a retail wine shop serving and selling exclusively North Carolina wines by the bottle or the glass, cheese, crackers, salami, and chocolates. Ten percent of UnWINEd proceeds will be donated to the CCCC Relay for Life Team.
Commemorative plants to celebrate Earth Day and to honor or memorialize loved ones affected by cancer will be sold as well. Enjoy live music and unwinding with good friends for a great cause. Raffle tickets and ribbons also will be available.
UnWINEd is located at 237 Center Grove Church Rd. in Moncure (27559). Check out UnWINEd at www.unwinednc.com.
News From Green Central
Chatham Cottage Auction
The CCCC Green Building Program will be auctioning the Chatham Cottage on Friday, June 7th at noon. The cottage was built to energy star standards, and it is 498 square feet, one bedroom, and one bath. The house is open by appointment and each Friday until the auction from 10-2pm. You can learn more about the cottage at www.cccc.edu/thechathamcottage.
Happy Earth Day!
Every Day is Earth Day at Green Central! April 22 is the official Earth Day in the United States. How will you celebrate? Our green teams are gearing up with some special events. You can celebrate Earth Day at the Sanford campus at the Farmers Market and the Lillington campus BIO 140 class will host an event.
What will you do?
Some ideas include: bring a plant to your office to add to indoor air quality, carpool to work or lunch, recycle old office files, take a walk during your break, and notice all the green in our trees.
News From Student Learning
Inaugural ACA Faculty Training!
On April 4-5, over 30 faculty and staff members participated in the inaugural ACA Faculty Training with the College Success Center staff. This training helped to prepare all three campuses for the implementation of the college's comprehensive first-year experience (FYE) program in 2013-2014.
A major initiative of CCCC's Title-III grant project is to integrate an FYE program, which is guided by the "extended orientation" model. This newly-adopted model includes: (1) an enhanced on-campus orientation that will help students make an initial connection to the campus, and (2) ACA "first-year experience" courses designed with a common core curriculum that help to introduce students to intensive academic and college-related concepts.
Cougar Pets News
We have had quite a few adoptions of both dogs and cats over the past couple of weeks. This time of year is our busiest for adoptions and our candidates for adoption are worth considering. These animals, waiting patiently for permanent homes at the CCCC veterinary medical facility, are healthy, have all their shots, and have been spayed/neutered.
Visit the Cougar Pets website on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/CougarPets for more information and pictures of all the animals that need homes.
You can reach Jonathan at (919) 718-7465 or by email at jloftis@cccc.edu if you are interested in adopting.
PERSONNEL NOTES
Cougar Profile
Amanda Matthews
Career & Technical Distance Education Coordinator
- Q. How long have you worked for CCCC?
- A. I started working October 22, 2012 as the Career & Tech Ed Distance Education Coordinator. Prior to this, I worked as an Admissions Assistant at Campbell University.
- Q. What brought you to CCCC?
- A. I have known for most of my adult life that I wanted to work in a higher education facility. I became very interested in working with the Distance Education Department after I met with some of the staff last summer. Thankfully, not long after meeting with them, the opportunity to join the department presented itself. It was difficult leaving behind the friends I made at Campbell University, but I believe this is where I am meant to be. I am able to use the education I earned at ECU to assist me with my responsibilities and, as a bonus, I have gained many friends in the process.
- Q. Describe what you do for the College.
- A. My primary responsibility is to train the Career and Tech Ed faculty with Blackboard. I am also a good resource for faculty if they are looking for ways to enrich their online courses.
- Q. Where were you born?
- A. I was born in the panhandle of Texas in Pampa. I spent the first three years of my life in Perryton.
- Q. Where did you grow up?
- A. I grew up in China Spring, Texas which is just outside of Waco. My family still lives there so I am able to visit at least once a year to see them and to eat real barbeque along with other great Texas cuisine.
- Q. Educational credentials?
- A. I graduated from East Carolina University with a BS in Business Education in 2010 and an MS in Vocational Education in 2012. Prior to attending ECU, I graduated from CCCC with an associate degree in Office Administration.
- Q. Where do you live now?
- A. I currently reside in Fuquay-Varina.
- Q. Marital status?
- A. I am married to Daniel, a Wake County Deputy, and we will be celebrating our 10th anniversary this summer.
- Q. Do you have children/grandchildren?
- A. I have an 8-year-old son, Preston. In addition to my human child, we have many pets including 5 dogs, 2 cats, a cow, and chickens.
- Q. What are some of your hobbies or other interest outside of CCCC?
- A. I am known for my love of reading. It is not unheard of for me to read 2-3 novels in one week. Also, I love the time spent with Daniel and Preston. I also enjoy baking and on occasion decorating cakes. I love watching sports, especially football and can always be heard cheering for the Dallas Cowboys and the University of Texas Longhorns.
News From the CCCC Family
Bereavement Announcements
Stella Burns Hornaday, sister of Medical Assisting Instructor Joyce Thomas passed away March 25, 2013. Visitation was held March 27, 2013 at Wilkerson Funeral Home located at 1909 Richardson Drive in Reidsville, NC. The funeral service was Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 11:00 am at Wilkerson Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to the Hospice Home of Rockingham County or the American Cancer Society. Joyce Thomas would appreciate hearing from her CCCC family at: 2458 Riddle Rd. Sanford, NC 27330.
Retiree Norman Calcutt, 71, passed away on April 4, 2013. The family received friends at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home on April 6. A graveside service was held on April 7 at Shallow Well Cemetery in Sanford. He leaves behind his wife Lois, two children, 3 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. You may send correspondence to the family at 1417 O'Quinn Road, Sanford, NC 27330. A corner of the Student Center on the Lee campus is named Norman's Corner.
Birthdays
| 4/21 | Kassandra Lyles |
| 4/25 | Wendy Cotten |
| 4/26 | MontE Christman |
| 4/28 | Charlotte Baggett |
| 5/03 | Barbara Wood |
| 5/03 | Lori Rainforth |
| 5/03 | William Lawhon |
| 5/04 | Alyce Gaines |
| 5/05 | Barrett McGehee |
| 5/09 | Kimberly Sherrill |
| 5/10 | Kim Michael |
| 5/11 | Patrick Kelly |
| 5/13 | Phyllis Huff |
| 5/13 | Karen Allen |
| 5/13 | Christopher Beal |
| 5/14 | Mitchell Carr |
| 5/14 | James Flannery |
| 5/14 | Kevin Luck |
| 5/15 | Douglas Arevalo |
| 5/16 | Martha Wolfenbarger |
| 5/18 | Melanie Yarborough |
| 5/19 | Cynthia Page |
| 5/20 | Trinnette Nichols |
| 5/20 | Cynthia Ramsey |
| 5/21 | Rosalind Cross |
| 5/22 | Robert Powell |
| 5/22 | Michelle Coore |
| 5/23 | Thadd McElreath |
| 5/24 | Hillary Heckler |
| 5/25 | Clint Matthews |
| 5/26 | Joey Shue |
| 5/27 | Hazel Tysor |
| 5/27 | Melissa Fogarty |
| 5/27 | Christa Mashburn |
| 5/27 | Drew Goodson |
| 5/28 | Janae Poole |
| 5/30 | Dwight Dixon |
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Dates to Remember
May 10 - Spring Graduation, 11:00 am and 3:00 pm, Civic Center
May 27 - Memorial Day Holiday - College Close
June 1 - Harnett Furniture Auction, 10:00 am until noon, Lillington Campus
June 7 - Chatham Cottage Auction, 12:00 noon, Pittsboro Campus
CCCC Summer Schedule
The college's 10-hour work day will begin Monday, June 3, 2013 with the following Friday closures:
- June 7
- June 14
- June 21
- June 28
- July 5
- July 12
- July 19
- July 26
The 8-hour work day schedule will resume Monday, July 29, 2013.
Summer paid holiday dates:
- Monday, May 27, 2013 - Holiday (Memorial Day)
- Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - Holiday (Independence Day)
- Thursday, July 4, 2013 - Holiday (Independence Day)
CCCC-BAY
Things For Sale, For Free or For Adoption
Whirlpool large capacity washer and dryer. Washer is from 2006, and the dryer is from 2004. Both work well, but the washer is a little loud. You haul the pair away for $150. Call Janelle at x7253 or 419-634-0545.
Great home available for sale. 3 bedroom/2 bath home with an additional 12x12 bonus building in back. 1,092 square feet home, built in 2005. New hardwoods (pergo) throughout house with a fenced-in backyard. Located on a cul-de-sac in beautiful Harmony Hills subdivision, Siler City, NC. Call Mike: (919) 280-6681 or email peluso72@gmail.com with questions or for photos. Click here for more details.
Our deadline for CCCC-Bay ads is 9:00 AM on the Wednesday before publication date.