SANFORD -- Central Carolina Community College has been awarded $12,000 from the Hagerty Education Program to fund six new scholarships in Automotive Restoration for the 2015-2016 school year.

In the CCCC Automotive Restoration program, students get extensive hands-on training in metal and plastic body restoration, wood and steel component fabrication, automotive engines and drive train, painting and refinishing, automobile upholstery, electrical systems, and welding. Graduates can earn either a Diploma or Certificate in Automotive Restoration.

The Hagerty Education Program (HEP) is an educational grant-making organization, and is a program of LeMay-America's Car Museum. HEP is funded by collector vehicle and classic boat enthusiasts to serve youth and young adults on their pathways to careers in automotive restoration and preservation, along with the long-term interests of the collector vehicle and classic boat communities. Visit www.hagertyeducationprogram.org for more information.

Since 2005, HEP has awarded $2.5 million in funding education and training for the collector vehicle community.

Students successfully completing the CCCC Automotive Restoration program will be able to:

• Recognize the major technological systems of the automobile.
• Explain authentic antique automobile restoration materials, methods, and techniques.
• Identify historical automotive research material sources, methods, and techniques necessary to complete and document historically accurate automotive restoration.
• Use materials and tools necessary to complete authentic automobile restoration work.
• Demonstrate the attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary to pursue a successful business career in antique automobile restoration.
• Recognize the historical role of the automobile in modern society.
• Identify related and supporting scientific fields.

Scholarship applications are being accepted immediately by contacting CCCC Foundation Executive Director Emily Hare at 919-718-7230 or by email at ehare@cccc.edu.

For more information on Central Carolina Community College's Automotive Restoration Technology program, visit the website www.cccc.edu/curriculum/majors/automotiverestoration/.