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WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND CCCC

AEOP Silent Auction Results

Silent Auction

The CCCCAEOP would like to thank all participants for their contributions and participation in the Silent Auction last week. Thanks to your help we were able to raise over $2,000 for scholarships for our students. We would not be able to accomplish this goal without the wonderful donated items and participation from all CCCC employees.

Thank you again for supporting CCCCAEOP in our efforts to better support our students.

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Be Part of the CCCC Lee Relay For Life Team 2010!

Want to take part?

Please contact one of the team co-captains ASAP to become part of a wonderful team and effort

Bianka Stumpf bstumpf@cccc.edu or (919) 718-7470

Amanda Carter abcarter@cccc.edu or (919) 718-7515

CAN'T BE ON THE CCCC TEAM, BUT STILL WANT TO HELP?

If you can't be on a team, you can still support the cause. You can make monetary donations in any amount to the CCCC team via secure online donation http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY10SA?team_id=590097&pg=team&fr_id=24617 or checks made payable to the American Cancer Society. Get the details from Bianka or Amanda.

You can also purchase a luminary in honor or memory of someone. These luminaries will line the track during the event and display your loved one's name. Notification cards can also be sent to let people know whom you've honored or remembered. Contact Bianka or Amanda if interested.

With your support CCCC can help find a cure!

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Adopt A Sign

Sign

Help spread the word about spring registration! Take a step stake sign and place it in a visible location. Locations may include the following: your own property, the property of another, or the property of a business. All signs should be placed at a location that will be visible to traffic. Also, please keep in mind that you must get permission from the property owner to place a sign. Signs must be collected within 48 hours after open registration.

To request a sign(s), please contact the Front Office at the Chatham County Campus (919-542-6495), the Front Office at the Harnett County Campus (910-814-8801), or the Marketing Department in Lee County (919-718-7518).

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Third Friday Art Walk

Make your holidays happier by visiting the CCCC Sculpture student gallery in downtown Siler City

Third Friday Art Walk December 18, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Glee Club musicale

See fantastic art on our blog at http://ccccsculppottery.blogspot.com

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Jazz Improv Workshop with Dr. Gregg Gelb

Every Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. at Marsh Woodwinds, 707 N. Person St., Raleigh.

For all instrumentalists from the intermediate to advanced level. Monthly fee is $70 (4 classes per month) or $20 per class.

The Jazz Improv Workshop is an on-going ensemble that meets every Tuesday. Students can join at any time.

Every class will mostly consist of playing jazz in an ensemble setting to gain experience improvising and learn the jazz repertoire. Additionally, each class will also include instructional materials and guidance from Dr. Gregg Gelb who has a Doctorate of Musical Arts at UNC-Greensboro, 25 + years of professional jazz experience, and degrees from the Berklee College of Music and the NC School of the Arts.

For info, send an e-mail to Dr. Gregg Gelb at dr.ggelb@gmail.com

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Cosmetology Grad Finalist in National Competition

One of our very own past graduates from the Cosmetology Department is a finalist in the "Imagine Your Shade of Success contest for the Matrix Artistic Designer" National competition. Her name is Christy Callaghan, she currently works at the "All About the Image" Salon, Buffalo Lake Road, Sanford.

She needs all of our votes to help her win. All you have to do is log onto: MatrixCRAFT.com/ImagineSOCOLOR http://MatrixCRAFT.com/ImagineSOCOLOR

You can log onto this site and see Christy's video and cast your vote. It is very exciting to have one of our very own past students who even qualifies for such a prestigious experience. Voting closes December 18, 2009. Please take the time to support her.

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Holiday Greetings

Holiday Greetings

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PERSONNEL NOTES

Cougar Profile

Bill Eubanks

Cindy Casler
Director, Workforce Development, WIA

Cindy Casler is a woman of action. She was hired by CCCC on October 30 as the Workforce Development Director for the college and the Workforce Investment Act Administrator for Chatham, Harnett, Lee, and Sampson counties. CCCC is the first North Carolina community college to serve as the administrative entity for WIA funds. By November 2 she was moving into a rented house in Sanford, setting up a makeshift office in the W.B. Wicker Center, rolling up her sleeves, and going to work. On the day of this interview, December 7th, Cindy was already deeply immersed in helping to find solutions to the double-digit unemployment in the college's service area.

Cindy brings formidable experience to her new job: She comes to the college from Clinton Community College in Plattsburgh, N.Y. where she served as Workforce Development Education & Training Coordinator. Prior to that, she spent 18 years serving on the Workforce Investment Board in New York State.

"I have a passion for workforce development," she said. She went on to describe the complex network of state and federal resources that are the foundation of CCCC's program and described what her job is:

Nurturing and sustaining the WIA system so that all of the institutions and agencies involved work collaboratively to bring each resident to the place they need to be to find work paying a livable wage. She described a system of case management that makes the needs of the individual its focus and the broad range of services available to everyone who participates in the program.

Cindy shares a common experience with many of Central Carolina's students: She returned to school as an adult, the mother of two children. She earned an associate degree from Clinton Community College and went on to obtain a B.A. from the State University of New York (SUNY) in workforce administration with minors in human resource management and supply chain management. Cindy's kids are both in college now, a son who will soon graduate and a daughter who is preparing for a career in medicine.

Cindy has fallen in love with North Carolina. She delights in the mild winter she is experiencing and the house she was able to find in Sanford. "I can get anywhere from here in no time at all," she said.

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News From the CCCC Family

S. L. Turner, College Courier, is recuperating at home following a recent hospital stay. He would appreciate hearing from his CCCC family at 3610 Renee Drive, Sanford, NC 27330.

Anita Green, Literacy Instructor/Siler City Campus, is recuperating at home following a recent hospital stay. She would appreciate hearing from her CCCC family at 180 Green Acres, Pittsboro, NC 27312.

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Birthdays

Birthday Cake
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
1/02 Bianka Stumpf
1/02 Teresa Harrington
1/03 Pamela Wells
1/03 Sharlene Satchell
1/05 Ellen Dickey
1/05 Johnny Frye
1/06 Nicole Brown
1/07 Michelle Wheeler
1/09 Joyce B. Thomas
1/09 Lerah Snipes
1/10 Jessica Brown
1/10 Rory Dutterer
1/10 David Watson
1/11 James Anderson
1/12 Jonathan Loftis
1/12 Anthony Muscarella

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Dates to Remember

Planner

Dec. 15 - Holiday Party, Chatham County Campus, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

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CCCC-BAY

Things For Sale, For Adoption or for Free

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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.

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