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Central Carolina Community College's Harnett County Campus celebrated Advanced Manufacturing Awareness Week with an April 8 Open House. In the Laser and Photonics Technology lab, (from left) student Jerel Brown, of Harnett County; Dr. Stephen Athans, CCCC Dean of Vocational and Technical Programs; and Clem Medley, CCCC trustee and Dunn banker, observe a student (not seen) using a computer-controlled laser engraver. The North Carolina Advanced Manufacturing Alliance promoted Advanced Manufacturing Awareness Week to showcase manufacturing and industrial academic programs and career opportunities within the state. For more information about CCCC's engineering and industrial technologies programs, visit www.cccc.edu.

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Central Carolina Community College Laser and Photonic Technology students Joseph Price (left), of Erwin, and Caleb Cardin, of Garner, demonstrate the argon-krypton laser during the April 8 Advanced Manufacturing Awareness Week Open House at the college's Harnett County Campus, in Lillington. The North Carolina Advanced Manufacturing Alliance promoted Advanced Manufacturing Awareness Week to showcase manufacturing and industrial academic programs and career opportunities within the state. For more information about CCCC's engineering and industrial technologies programs, visit www.cccc.edu.