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Education leaders from the nations of Morocco, Chad and Yemen sit down for a question-and-answer session with Central Carolina Community College, Lee County Schools, and industry leaders about how an American community college helps to educate the workforce through hands-on training and community partnerships. Pictured (front, from left) are Mankhous Ahmat, computer science professor, King Faisal University, Chad; Abderrahman Nounah, professor and head of the Urban and Environmental Engineering Department, Ecole Superieure de Technologie, Morocco; Dr. Mohammed Khanbash (behind Honeycutt), rector of Hadhramout University, Yemen; Mugahed Al Samawi, Communication Unit Manager for the Yemen Ministry of Education; and translators Mohammed Abulimon and Wael Abdelsattar. The CCCC panel (back from left) is composed of Dr. Stephen Athans, CCCC Dean of Vocational, Technical and Public Services; Jerry Pedley, founder and president of Mertek Solutions, in Sanford; Dr. Bud Marchant, CCCC President; and Dr. Andy Bryan, Lee County Schools Superintendent. The March 3 visit also included a tour of the college's Industrial Systems Technology and Computer Integrated Machining programs The visit was arranged through the International Focus, Inc., in Raleigh, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program and the Institute of International Education. For more about Central Carolina Community College's programs, visit www.cccc.edu.

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Central Carolina Community College Computer Integrated Machining students Jess Rhodes (left), of Carthage and Eric Honeycutt, of Lillington, show visitors from Africa and the Middle East a keychain made using the plastic stamper, one of the pieces of equipment they learn to operate. Pictured from left are translators Wael Abdelsattar and Mohammed Abulimon (behind Rhodes); Mike Messersmith, CCCC director of Human Resources; Mugahed Al Samawi, Communication Unit Manager for the Yemen Ministry of Education; Abderrahman Nounah, professor and head of the Urban and Environmental Engineering Department, Ecole Superieure de Technologie, Morocco; are Mankhous Ahmat, computer science professor, King Faisal University, Chad; Celia Hurley, CCCC vice president for Institutional Advancement, and Dr. Mohammed Khanbash (behind Honeycutt), rector of Hadhramout University, Yemen. The visit was arranged through the International Focus, Inc., in Raleigh, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program and the Institute of International Education. For more about Central Carolina Community College's programs, visit www.cccc.edu.

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Chris Jackson (right), Central Carolina Community College Computer Integrated Machining instructor, speaks with an International Leadership delegation from Africa and the Middle East about the creation of tools and other objects by students in the college's CIM program and its partnerships with area industries. Pictured (from left) are Mugahed Al Samawi, Communication Unit Manager for the Yemen Ministry of Education; translator Mohammed Abulimon; Mankhous Ahmat, computer science professor, King Faisal University, Chad; Abderrahman Nounah, professor and head of the Urban and Environmental Engineering Department, Ecole Superieure de Technologie, Morocco; and Dr. Mohammed Khanbash, rector of Hadhramout University, Yemen. The visit was arranged through the International Focus, Inc., in Raleigh, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program and the Institute of International Education. For more about Central Carolina Community College's programs, visit www.cccc.edu.

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Education leaders from the nations of Morocco, Chad and Yemen visited Central Carolina Community College March 3 to learn how an American community college helps to educate the workforce through hands-on training and community partnerships. They toured the college's Industrial Systems Technology and Computer Integrated Machining programs and had a question-and-answer session with a panel from CCCC, Lee County Schools and local industry. Pictured (from left) are Dr. Stephen Athans, CCCC Dean of Vocational, Technical and Public Services; Mankhous Ahmat, computer science professor, King Faisal University, Chad; Jerry Pedley, founder and president of Mertek Solutions, in Sanford; Dr. Mohammed Khanbash, rector of Hadhramout University, Yemen; Mugahed Al Samawi, Communication Unit Manager for the Yemen Ministry of Education; Abderrahman Nounah, professor and head of the Urban and Environmental Engineering Department, Ecole Superieure de Technologie, Morocco; Dr. Andy Bryan, superintendent of Lee County Schools, and Dr. Bud Marchant, president of CCCC. The visit was arranged through the International Focus, Inc., in Raleigh, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program and the Institute of International Education. For more about Central Carolina Community College's programs, visit www.cccc.edu.