Cougar Bytes for November 24, 2009
November 24, 2009
Volume II, Number 31
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND CCCC
- PERSONNEL NOTES
- MARK YOUR CALENDAR
- CCCC-BAY
- COUGAR BITE-BACKS
WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND CCCC
Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Siler City Center
Local, state, and college officials gathered November 16 at the Central Carolina Business Campus for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Siler City Center. Among those wielding shovels for the event were (from left) Bobby Powell, Board of Trustees Chairman; N.C. Sen. Bob Atwater, Chatham Provost Karen Allen; N.C. Rep. Joe Hackney; George Lucier, College Trustee and Chairman of the Chatham County Board of Commissioners; Siler City Mayor Charles Turner; Dianne Reid, President of the Chatham County Economic Development Corporation; and President Bud Marchant. The Center will enable the college to expand educational opportunities and workforce training for the residents of western Chatham County.
Chinese Art Exhibition A First for CCCC and Lee County
Chinese artist Yue'zi Lu (center) presents a painting he just created to President Bud Marchant for the college during the Chinese Art Exhibition hosted by the college Nov. 19. Guanglin Dai (right), program manager for North Carolina State University's Confucius Institute, looks on. Lu and four other faculty of the College of Fine Arts at Nanjing Normal University in the People's Republic of China, showed their traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy during the exhibition at the McSwain Center in Sanford.
Hands-on Learning at IPC
Perry Emmons (left), Telecommunications instructor, enjoys the reaction of Linda Carmichael (center), career development coordinator at Chapel Hill High School, and Victoria Dietrich (right), Lee County High School counselor, as they and other counselors and career coordinators see the analog signals created by the phones. The demonstration was part of the Networking and Telecommunications Technology Workshop, one of four programs featured at the college's 34th annual Information and Planning Conference November 13 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Educators from schools in seven counties gathered to learn about educational opportunities for their students and graduates at the college. The 2009 event had workshops on the University Transfer/Associate in Science, Networking and Telecommunications Technology, Green Central Sustainable, and Business Technologies programs.
Scholarship Donors and Recipients Meet at Foundation Luncheon
Katie Renshaw (center), of Lillington, a Laser and Photonics student, had the opportunity to personally thank the Womble family for the Robert D. and Ray H. Womble Sr. Scholarship that is helping to pay for her college education. Katie met Robert D. Womble (left), retired Harnett County businessman, and his son, George Womble, CCCC Foundation president, at the Foundation's Scholarship Luncheon Nov. 17 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The event brought together more than 200 scholarship donors and recipients.
Getting the Inside Info
Jamee Stiffler (left), Admissions Counselor, and Melissa Staley, Chair of the Math and Science Department, manned the sign-in table at the college's University Transfer Day on November 19. About 200 CCCC and Lee Early College students came to talk with representatives of senior institutions concerning what they had to offer the students.
Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre
CCCC Acting I students will perform a MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE for charity at Pittsboro Kiwanis building, 309 Credle St.
Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 6:30 p.m.
$14 tickets gets you an ample, delicious meal and dessert, an audience-participation murder mystery, and great music by the great local band, The Swang Brothers.
All proceeds got to CORA, Chatham county's food pantry.
The murder "victim" is Pittsboro Mayor Randy Voller, and the play is a spoof on 1940s film noir, written by local playwright Drew Lasater.
Tickets will be on sale at Pittsboro campus starting Nov. 18 or, for more information, contact ebland@cccc.edu
Help the hungry while enjoying great food and entertainment!
PERSONNEL NOTES
Cougar Profile
Do you have a co-worker you feel your colleagues on the faculty and staff of CCCC would be interested in knowing about? Please send your suggestions for future Cougar Profiles to Irene Smith, ismit196@cccc.edu.
News From the CCCC Family
Larry and Sue Tipton (GED Testing Coordinator and Literacy Counselor/Jonesboro Center) are proud new grandparents. Grandson, Madden Thomas Tipton was born Wednesday, November 11 to Ross and Lindsay Tipton (Lindsay teaches part-time for CCCC in Early Childhood). Madden weighted 7 lbs. 15 oz. and was 21-1/2 in. long. Mother, father, and baby are all doing well. You may wish to congratulate the grandparents at 215 Edgewater Drive, Broadway, NC 27505.
Gradison Womack (father of Vivian Davis/Bookstore-Harnett Campus and Debra McNeill/Admin.Specialist-Jonesboro Center) passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Funeral services were held Saturday, November 21 at 11:00 a.m. at Antioch Baptist Church located on Old Hwy 421 (approx. 6 miles out of Lillington). Graveside services followed at Baptist Chapel Church in Broadway. You may send card/note to Vivian at 2775 McDougald Road, Lillington, NC 27546 and to Debra at 121 Cats Drive, Broadway, NC 27505.
Ray Patterson, father of Deborah Arnold (Dunn/Cosmetology) passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Funeral services were Thursday, November 19 at 3:00 p.m. at Holly Springs Baptist Church. You may remember Deborah with a card/note at P.O. Box 607, Mamers, NC 27552.
Gary Allen, husband of Karen Allen (Chatham Provost) is doing well and is recuperating at home following surgery. They would appreciate hearing from their CCCC family at 185 Ashford Drive, Pittsboro, NC 27312.
Patrick Butler, nephew of Eric Butler (Maintenance/Lee Campus), passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2009. Funeral services were on Wednesday, November 18 at Rocky Fork Christian Church in Sanford. You may remember Eric and family at 112 Eric Drive, Cameron, NC 28326.
Birthdays
| 11/26 | Bianka Stumpf |
| 11/27 | Glenda Ray |
| 11/27 | Jackie Hearn | 12/06 | Jim Felton |
| 12/06 | Steve Lympany |
| 12/09 | Wayne Graham |
| 12/09 | Derrick Wright |
| 12/10 | Len Royals |
| 12/11 | Curtis Robinson |
| 12/13 | Cathy Phillips |
| 12/14 | Ginger Harris-Pike |
| 12/16 | David Carter |
| 12/18 | Polly Bouldin |
| 12/18 | Tamara Joyner | 12/19 | Peter Eckley |
| 12/20 | Michelle Powell |
| 12/21 | Ben Johnson |
| 12/23 | Anne Davis-Johnson |
| 12/24 | Joy Hewett |
| 12/28 | Diane Dellinger |
| 12/28 | Charlotte Harrington |
| 12/29 | Mike Spivey |
| 12/29 | Dawn Harris |
| 12/30 | Fred Fritz |
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Dates to Remember
Nov. 25 - 27 - Thanksgiving Holidays
Dec. 8 - Holiday Party, Lee County Campus, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Dec. 9 - Holiday Party, Harnett County Campus, 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Dec. 15 - Holiday Party, Chatham County Campus, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
CCCC-BAY
Things For Sale, For Adoption or for Free
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For Sale:
- Queen Size box spring (brand new, never used)
- Asking $50, but willing to accept a good offer. Please contact Diane Kannarr,(919) 718-7247 or dkannarr@cccc.edu For Sale:
- 2003 Custom Honda Shadow.
- 750 cc - 13, 500 miles. $3,800. For more information please contact: Susie Isenhour, (919) 775-5945 (home), (919) 770-7006 (cell)
COUGAR BITE-BACKS
Compliments, Complaints, Comments
Have something you would like to get off your chest? Send your letters and your news to marketing@cccc.edu. The editors reserve the right to select what will be printed and to edit material to fit the space available.