Cougar Bytes for Friday, April 27, 2018

Nomination Time!

There is so much excellence that goes on day to day that sometimes unnoticed. Now is your chance to nominate that deserving colleague for our Faculty, Staff, Advisors, and Adjunct of the Year awards. Remember, if you don't nominate them, then they can't win.

All awards provide an important recognition of the contributions these individuals have made to the betterment of the quality and advancement of our college. Everyone with the exception of the Adjunct of the Year and nominees will be recognized and congratulated during our Professional Development Day in December. Our Adjunct of the Year will be recognized during Adjunct Night on Aug 11.

To nominate a deserving employee, please complete the nomination forms below no later than close of business this Monday, April 30.

* It may be best to complete the criteria in a Word document first and then copy and paste into the Google form. Also, as the nominator, feel free to schedule a time with the nominee to complete the nomination form.

• Faculty Eligibility and Nomination form:
  • Faculty Eligibility
  • Faculty Nomination Form
• Staff Eligibility and Nomination form:
  • Staff Eligibility
  • Staff Nomination Form
• Excellence in Advising Eligibility and Nomination form:
  • Advising Eligibility
  • Advising Nomination Form
• Adjunct Eligibility and Nomination form:
  • Adjunct Eligibility
  • Adjunct Nomination Form

Thank you for participating and promoting CCCC excellence!

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2018 Outstanding Adviser Award

It was a pleasure for North Carolina Phi Beta Lambda to present our Outstanding Adviser of the Year Award for 2018 to Diane Kannarr, one of your Central Carolina Community College faculty and PBL advisers. Diane is such a pleasure to work with. She is always so positive with the students and so willing to assist with state activities. She has led workshops, administered competitive events, and just this past weekend served on the very demanding committee to oversee the entire competitive events part of our annual leadership conference.

Hopefully, the other CCCC folks have publicized her recognition. I'm sure she wouldn't call attention to it, though, so wanted to make sure the administration was aware of it and ask you to share it with your trustees and others who would be interested.

Congratulations to CCCC on the numerous awards at the conference but especially for this salute to Diane. It is very deserving. She is well liked and highly respected by both the students and other faculty advisers across the state.

Dan Hazlett
State Adviser
NC Phi Beta Lambda

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Grand Celebration: May 15

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Spring Fling

The CCCC Student Government Association
hosted "Spring Fling" on April 19 at the Chatham Main Campus.

The CCCC Student Government Association
hosted "Spring Fling" on April 17 at the Harnett Main Campus.

The CCCC Student Government Association
hosted "Spring Fling" on April 11 at the Lee Main Campus.

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Jazz Band Competition

For the third year in a row, the Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble, directed by Gregg Gelb, has the distinction of being among the 15 jazz big bands selected nationally to attend the 23rd Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival May 10-12.

Dr. Gelb has led the Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble, a group sponsored by the non-profit, Philharmonic Association, since 2010. They tried for many years to qualify in the national high school competition offered by Jazz at Lincoln Center. In May 2016, in a first for North Carolina, the Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble was selected to go to the finals in New York City and earned second place. In 2017, they were again selected to participate, and many of the individual musicians received special recognition. Now they are going back!

The Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble is among 109 high school jazz bands across North America that entered the competition by submitting recordings of three tunes performed from charts from Jazz at the Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington library. Further, the selection is limited to three bands from each of five regions to allow participation from across the USA. The Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble, under Dr. Gelb's leadership, has also won the Outstanding Community Band Award at the Carolina Jazz Festival, North Carolina Regional Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Festival at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for eight years in a row, from 2012 - 2018.

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Campus "Fun" Drive Employee Golf Tournament

A wonderful time was had by all at the 2018 Campus Fund Drive Employee Golf Tournament on April 20th at Sanford Golf Course!

A total of 11 teams comprised of current college employees and their guests played in the tournament combining fun, fellowship, and a little golf on a beautiful day on the greens!

The winners from the tournament were:

1st Place Team (with a score of 58)
Jonathan Hockaday
Kaitlyn Hockaday
Patrick Oldham
Alex Tucker

2018 Toilet Bowl Champions (Last Place Team)
Jack Marks
Russell Marks
Ernest Marks
Crystal Smith

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Golf Classics 2018

Jonathan Hockaday, Recruitment/Foundation Associate & Athletic Director

Mark your calendar! CCCC's annual Golf Classics are scheduled. Come join us!

• 5th Annual Chatham Golf Classic, May 9, 2018
• 29th Annual Lee Golf Classic, Sept. 19, 2018

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Students Teaching Students

Sandra Thompson, Associate Dean, College and Career Readiness

Ajsha Kester, Lee County's new lead ESL instructor, invites her students to present lessons and demonstrations in class. In the picture, Pedro is demonstrating basic mechanic techniques. His classmates learned to jump a car using cables, rid battery terminals of corrosion, and remove condensation from headlights.

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Pre-Order Your CCCC Tie!

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3rd Annual Culinary Showcase

The CCCC 3rd Annual Culinary Showcase event was held April 11th on the Lee Main Campus in Sanford. The event featured dishes by Culinary & Hospitality Arts students represented from Chatham, Harnett, and Lee counties.

Doni Shepard Steele, of Siler City,
with her Bacon Pimento Cheese Bombs,
won the People's Choice Award.

Brittany Campbell, of Pittsboro,
with her Banana Pudding Whoopie Pies
with Caramel Filling was the
People's Choice Award second-place winner.

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Federal Work Study

It is that time of year again! The Financial Aid Office has several open slots to request Federal Work Study student employees for the 2018-2019 academic year. If you or your department can benefit from the assistance of our wonderful students.

Please submit the Federal Work Study Request Form by May 11. If you have any questions regarding the request form, contact Precious Ward at (919) 718-7285.

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New Summer Continuing Education Classes

Looking for classes for the summer? Check out some of Continuing Education's offerings! For a full listing of courses, visit Find Classes.

• Develop Assertiveness and Self-Confidence, Harnett County
• 21st Century Technology Skills, Harnett County
• Data Analysis with Excel Pivot Tables, Harnett County
• Digital Media & Marketing, Harnett County
• Manicuring - Nail Tech, Harnett County
• Manicuring - Nail Tech in Spanish, Harnett County
• Moving from Memoir to Poetry, Chatham County
• Your Life is a Poem! II, Chatham County
• Social Media Tools for Job Seekers, Harnett County
• Dancing for Fun and Fitness, Harnett County
• Hatha Yoga, Chatham County

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Red Clay Review

From the 2017 issue of the Red Clay Review, "Amen & Amended Hallelujah" by Bonnie Korta.

Bonnie Korta graduated from the College of William & Mary. She studied writing at the Hindman Settlement School, and presented at conferences at both Radford and George Mason Universities. She was one of the first graduates of the CCCC Creative Writing Program. Her poetry appeared in Alcalines, Solstice, Bay Leaves, and Pinestraw. In memory of Bonnie, please join us for the CCCC Open Mic Night on May 3.

The May 10 deadline approaches for the 2018 music-themed Red Clay Review. Contributors can submit:

• Prose up to 1500 words (submit as .doc, .docx, or .rtf file attachment)
• Up to three poems of up to 80 lines each (submit as .doc, .docx, or .rtf file attachment)
• Up to three original images (submit as high resolution file)

Send submissions to rcr@cccc.edu. Be sure to include the writer's name, mailing address, phone number, and word count, and send no later than May 10. Questions may be sent to the same email or contact Summerlin Webb at (919) 718-7270.

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Notes from Institutional Effectiveness & Research

by Amy Gustavson, Assistant Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research

2nd Trivia Challenge Results!

Thank you to everyone who entered the 2nd Trivia Challenge! The winner of the random drawing is Heather Willett, Dean of Student Support Services! Heather went on her $15 CCCC bookstore shopping spree on April 17. Congratulations!

Here are the correct answers to the 2nd Trivia Challenge from the 2017 IPEDS Data Feedback Report for CCCC:

1. 18 institutions are included in CCCC's custom comparison group. (Page 2)
2. The Data Feedback Report is intended to provide institutions a context for examining the data they submitted to IPEDS. The purpose of this report is to provide institutional executives a useful resource and to help improve the quality and comparability of IPEDS data. (Page 1)
3. $4,907 was the average amount of Pell Grants awarded to all CCCC students for 2015-2016. (Page 5, Figure 9)
4. CCCC has a higher full-time retention rate! (It's 65% compared to our comparison group's 62%.) (Page 5, Figure 10)
5. CCCC's graduation rate for "200% of normal time" to completion for the 2012 cohort is 32%. (Page 6, Figure 13)
6. Bonus insights from our respondents:
1. a. "On most metrics, CCCC beats the custom comparison group."
2. b. "I learned that women were 64% of the students enrolled in Fall 2016."
3. c. "CCCC employs more instructional staff and spends more on student, academic, and instructional support."

Our next Trivia Challenge starts in May 2018!

Institutional Effectiveness & Research is your home for accreditation, strategic planning, outcomes & assessment, and institutional research!

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News From The Library

by Tara Lucas, Director of Library Services

National Library Week and Spring Fling Activities

Students at the Lee and Harnett Main Campuses enjoyed several activities for National Library Week and Spring Fling, including our popular Maker Fair at the Lee Main Campus Library. Below are some photos from these activities.

Button making at the Maker Fair was our most popular activity.

Robotics

Emilie Silva, LEC student,
wins the jelly bean jar count
contest for National
Library Week!

Paws to Read was another hit during National Library Week with the Vet Med pups!

Exploring "Library Land" at the Harnett Main
Campus Library during National Library Week.

The Harnett Librarywas transformed
into a life-size, interactive board game!

Harnett Library Community Garden

This year the Library staff at the Harnett Main Campus is continuing the tradition of creating an annual community garden. The garden will be located behind the library, which you can access by walking around the Etheridge Building, or by going through the library computer lab. This garden has created opportunities for community growth, learning, and the enjoyment of delicious fruits and vegetables. This year, with the amazing generosity of the Harnett faculty and staff, the garden will be even bigger than last year. The garden will be expanded to include an herb garden with parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme (just like the song!), as well as lavender, cilantro, dill, and chocolate mint. We also have three more raised garden beds that were built by Jon Matthews and the maintenance staff. These boxes will hold the squash, zucchini, cantaloupe, and green beans. And finally, in containers we will be planting tomatoes, okra, cucumbers, jalapeno peppers, and bell peppers (red, green, and yellow).

The garden will be planted on Tuesday, May 1. All are welcome to assist with the gardening - students and staff alike. This will be an all-day affair with refreshments provided for the gardeners. The library staff will continue to care for the garden over the summer. But if you would like to help us out, just stop by the Harnett Main Campus Library or email Grace Sharrar at gsharrar@cccc.edu. We will also keep everyone posted on how the garden grows and when the produce is ready for picking (and eating!).

Librarians Available for Summer Online Classes

Are you teaching this summer? If you think your students could benefit from persistent access to subject-specific library resources, consider adding a librarian assistant to your Blackboard course. If you opt in to having a librarian assistant, we'll place a library folder in your course, which will include a link to the Library Guide to your subject and a persistent chat box that students can use to contact a librarian 24/7 (with the exception of federal holidays).

You can also opt to have a librarian embedded in your course - this means we will use your syllabus to select interactive library instruction modules specific to your course needs, add a library pre- and post-test to the Blackboard course so that we can gauge the effectiveness of the provided library instruction, and add a persistent chat box that students can use to contact a librarian 24/7 (again, with the exception of federal holidays).

Instructors speak highly of the benefits of library involvement in their courses, stating "those that do well on the library lessons tend to perform better on the writing assignments" and "I've heard from numerous students that this has helped them - especially the piece on how to evaluate sources and the APA material." Feel like enhancing your course with very little effort? Consider adding a librarian! Contact Nora Burmeister at nburm777@cccc.edu for more details.

Book Sale

The Lee Main Campus Library is continuing our book sale of discarded materials from now into the summer semester. Everything is only $0.05 each. Stop by to get the good ones before they are all gone!

Chatham Community Library Events

• Holiday Closing: We will be closed Saturday, May 26, and Monday, May 28, for the Memorial Day holiday.
• Drop-in Computer Assistance: Need to know how to insert page numbers in your Word document, perform calculations in Excel, or get started with library eBooks? Drop in to Chatham Community Library's computer lab for one-on-one assistance on the second Wednesday of each month, any time between 4 and 5 p.m. Our next session is Wednesday, May 9th. If you have a question about something on your personal laptop or device, please bring it with you. We can typically spend about 20 minutes with each patron. Please come prepared with your specific questions. If you need extensive help with basic computer skills, we recommend that you take advantage of our Computer Basics classes. First come, first served. Call (919) 545-8086 with any questions.
• Spanish Book Club: Our book club 'Tertulia Compaginar' reads and discusses titles originally written in Spanish, including both fiction and non-fiction books. The majority of our members are English native speakers, with the added benefit of a few native Spanish speakers from different countries in Latin America. Our sessions are a bi-monthly, 1.5 hour immersion into both the Spanish language and its cultures. Our next meeting is Saturday, May 5, at 3:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. If you are interested in participating or would like to learn more, please call (919) 545-8084.
• Child Support Review: The Virtual Justice Project (VJP) presents a Child Support Review session on Wednesday, May 16, at 6 p.m. Originally established to address limited access to legal services for low-income and marginalized communities, the VJP offers legal information sessions made possible through the use of high-definition videoconferencing equipment. VJP events are free and open to the public. While registration is not required, seating is limited. Call (919) 545-8083 for more information.

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Touch-A-Truck Day

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Open Mic Night

The Creative Writing program invites the public to join writers of prose and poetry for its spring open mic night.

The event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 3, in the Mary Hayes Holmes Meeting Room at the Chatham Community Library, 197 N.C. Highway 87, Pittsboro. Light hors d'oeuvres will be provided.

This spring's event is dedicated to the late Bonnie Korta. She was an active member of the creative writing community, and among her many published works and accolades was awarded the 2017 North Carolina Poetry Society (NCPS) Poet Laureate Award. She was a founding member of the CCCC Creative Writing program Open Mic event. Her poetry has appeared in Leaves, Pinestraw, Vision and Voice, and Red Clay Review.

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Automotive Restoration Car & Bike Show

CCCC will host the Automotive Restoration Car & Bike Show on May 5 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you have questions or need additional information, contact Keil Rhodes at (919) 777-7771 or krhod054@cccc.edu. Come join the fun!

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Nanjing Impression

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My Employee Pathway

We are excited to announce the launch of the "My Employee Pathway" link on the Intranet where you will have access to a Top 10 questions list geared toward for faculty and students.

This link is intended to provide you with an immediate answer to the questions we typically hear from our students and faculty.

Keep in mind this is a beta test and if your particular question is not answered, feel free to complete the New Question Form under Getting Started to have your question answered. See below for the link provided on the Intranet:

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Blackboard Upgrade Coming This May

The college will be moving to the latest update for Blackboard on Saturday, May 12. We only anticipate one day of downtime. If you have any questions or concerns about the upgrade, please reach out to us at blackboard@cccc.edu or by phone at (919) 718-7529.

New features coming this summer include:

• Implementation of Learn 2016 Theme in Blackboard
• Course menu color options in the Learn 2016 Theme (yes, they're back!)
• Create audio/video recording for feedback
• Grade Center enhancements (including full screen option!)
• Record attendance for a grade (does not replace Web Attendance)
• Submission receipts for assignments
• Blackboard Ally integration

Stop - Collaborate - and Listen!

Blackboard Collaborate is our college's newest engagement tool. Collaborate can be used for student support, lecture, advising, meetings, and more! As of March 31, almost 80 faculty and staff have participated in our training. To sign up for Collaborate training, please email us at blackboard@cccc.edu or call us at (919) 718-7529.

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New Bike Rack

The CCCC Dunn Enrichment Center now has a bike rack thanks to Vice President Phillip Price and the Harnett Maintenance Team!

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Veterans Upward Bound

Veterans Upward Bound held a spring picnic at Crowder Park in Apex for its participants. They had over 30 people in attendance from all five of its servicing counties. Those in attendance played games, ate, and had an Easter egg hunt for the children. Guest speaker was Dale Robbins of Whole Vet, a non-profit serving veterans in the area.

VUB participant Donald "Bruce" Sacks was awarded the Golden LEAF scholarship. Mr. Sacks is a very active member within VUB and the newly created Student Veterans Club of CCCC. He is hoping to graduate with his Associates Degree in Accounting in the next year. Golden LEAF's goal is for scholarship students to gain the talent, knowledge, and skills needed to help their communities thrive.

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Alcohol Awareness Day at CCCC

Central Carolina Community College hosted the Arrive Alive Tour(R) from UNITE recently at the Lee Main Campus. UNITE's Arrive Alive Tour(R) program uses a high-tech simulator, impact video, and a number of other resources to educate the public about the dangers of texting while driving and intoxicated driving.

The event also involved Drunk Buster Goggles to simulate impairments that can occur while under the influence. The goggles can simulate impairments, including reduced alertness, slowed reaction time, confusion, visual distortion, alteration of depth and distance perception, reduction of peripheral vision, poor judgment and decision making, double vision, and lack of muscle coordination.

Different field sobriety tests were completed by attendees with and without the goggles to note differences and raise awareness. Photos provided courtesy of Matthew Smith.

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TRiO Student Support Services End of the Year Celebration for Mentor Program

On April 4, TRiO Student Support Services held an end of the year celebration for its mentor program. Here, our students and their mentors were celebrated for all of their hard work and dedication throughout the 2017-2018 academic year. Each mentee and mentor received a certificate to help acknowledge and show our appreciation of their commitment to our program. Our event concluded with refreshments and time for networking.

TRiO Student Support Services mentor program will pick back up this September. We are always looking for more mentors to participate in our program! If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Jennifer Trice at jtric920@cccc.edu or James Thomas at jthom821@cccc.edu for more information.

TRiO Student Support Services and Students Support Services STEM and Health Sciences are two federally funded programs through the U.S. Department of Education that provide specialized services for students who are low-income, first generation, or have a disability. If you know of a student that could benefit from our program's services, please refer them by e-mailing sss@cccc.edu or calling (919) 718-7567.

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Financial Aid Newsletter

Stay in the "loop" with the latest news and updates from the Financial Aid Office. Check out our April 2018 Financial Aid newsletter.

For any questions regarding information in the newsletter for this month, please contact the Financial Aid Office.

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Additional Degree Request

Human Resources

Employees may be eligible for salary increases once additional degrees have been completed! For the Additional Degree Request form, visit www.cccc.edu/intranet/files/AdditionalDegreeApprovalRequest.pdf

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Professional Development Opportunities

by Daisha Gaines, Director of Organizational Development

Recorded Sessions

As always, we continue to record the sessions offered in the Smartrooms. You can view them by:

• Using Internet Explorer to login into Blackboard at ccccblackboard.blackboard.com.
• In the upper right corner, click on your name and select "Professional Development" from the drop-down menu.
• Then select, Recorded Sessions from the left-side column.

Hope to see you all soon and please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns!

Daisha Gaines
dgain414@cccc.edu

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Summer Hours

The college's 4-day/10-hour work days will begin Monday, May 14, 2018 with the following Friday closures:

• May 18
• May 25
• June 1
• June 8
• June 15
• June 22
• June 29
• July 6
• July 13
• July 20
• July 27

The 8-hour work day schedule will resume Monday, July 30, 2018.

2018 Pay Dates

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Wellness Resources for Spring 2018

Wellness Committee

Check out the CCCC Wellness Resources for Spring 2018!

Upcoming Events

• Miles for Wellness Virtual Walking Campaign, March 12 - May 6
• President's Puppy Walk, May 4, at 10 a.m. to walk Vet Med animals

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Employee of the Month Program

by Daisha Gaines, Director of Organizational Development

Please join me as we continue recognizing our full-time faculty and staff for their exceptional contributions and customer service. The purpose of this award is to:

• Promote positive employee-to-employee and employee-to-student interactions on campus in order to further a learning first culture.
• Increase employee engagement through recognizing positive employee behaviors.

The Employee Recognition Committee is currently accepting nominations. All nominations are due by the first Monday of the calendar month to be recognized the following month.

Read Employee of the Month Program Eligibility & Guidelines. To nominate a deserving colleague, please click: Employee of the Month Nomination Form.

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Welcome New Employees!

New employees as of March 30.

• Alyson Cochrane, Career & College Advisor/Instructor
• Anthony Farrior, Outreach & Service Coordinator TRIO VUB
• Nikia Jefferies, Education Navigator

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Congratulations

Well done Ami Denton, Nursing Instructor, who will be graduating with her Master's in Nursing with a concentration in Nursing Education from Eastern Carolina University on May 5! Congratulations!

Congratulations to Chef Minter-Hargett and her team on winning second place in the Broadway BBQ cookoff. They had been cooking all through the night and camping by their grill outside at the festival, and I know they were exhausted! Great teamwork and leadership, Chef Minter, and thanks for your dedication to the students and program!
- Chef Hamm

Congratulations to Dean of Student Learning, Dr. Mike Beck, who has been named Associate V.P. of Instruction at Spartanburg Community College in South Carolina. His last day at CCCC will be May 18. Mike came to us in 2014 from Stanly Community College, and he has successfully led efforts of our student access and success efforts here at CCCC during his tenure. Thanks for everything you've done for CCCC and our students, Mike. You'll definitely be missed around here.
- Brian Merritt

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Birthdays

Birthday list provided by Human Resources

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News

We regretfully want to inform everyone of the passing of one of the college's past Trustees, Dr. William Don Roscoe Sr. Mr.Roscoe, age 90, of Sanford, died peacefully Saturday, March 24, at Parkview Retirement Center, surrounded by his family. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Dr. Roscoe's memory to Jonesboro United Methodist Church, 407 W. Main Street, Sanford, N.C. 27332.

We sadly want to inform everyone of the passing of Peggy Cotten's father-in-law, Mr. Fred C. Cotten. Mr. Cotten, age 84, passed on March 29, at Chatham Hospital, Siler City. Fred married the love of his life, Emma Josephine Dowdy, in 1956, and together they had five children. He loved his family, instilled in them to put God first, love your neighbor as yourself, and work hard. Fred worked hard as a foreman and forklift operator at Goldston Lumber Company in Pittsboro, which later became Koppers until it closed. Afterward, he started his own logging business and later retired from Townsend feed mill in Bear Creek in 1996. Arrangements by Knotts Funeral Home in Sanford.

We sadly tell everyone of the passing of Trevor Bradian's mother, Ann Rabu Bradian. The family held a private service at McGonigle's Funeral Home in Sharon, Pa. Please send any condolences to 1090 E. State Street, Sharon, Pa. 16146.

We are sad to announce that Jamie Childress lost her mother, Sylvia Churchwell, on April 3. The funeral was held in the Jonesboro United Methodist Church sanctuary, followed by the interment service at Lemon Springs UMC.

CCCC sadly wants to inform everyone of the passing of Mrs. Grace Hodges. She passed away April 22 in Burlington and will be buried in Roanoke Rapids with her late husband William "Bill" Hodges, past editor of The Sanford Herald. Mrs. Hodges worked in several positions with CCCC. She was the Lee County Continuing Education Coordinator, Executive Director of CCCC Foundation, and was on the Board of Trustees of CCCC. Rich & Thompson Funeral Home in Burlington will be handling arrangements.

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Dates to Remember

Saturday, April 28: Touch-A-Truck Day will be held at 10 a.m. at the Emergency Services Training Center (ESTC) in Sanford.

Monday, April 30: Nomination deadline.

Wednesday, May 2: Student Academic Awards Night will be held at 6 p.m. at the Mann Center in Sanford.

Thursday, May 3: Open Mic Night will be held at the Chatham Community Library from 6 to 8 p.m.

Friday, May 4: The President's Puppy Walk to walk Veterinary Medical animals will be held at 10 a.m. at the CCCC Lee Main Campus in Sanford.

Saturday, May 5: Automotive Restoration Car & Bike Show at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center

Wednesday, May 9: The Central Carolina Community College Foundation Chatham Golf Classic will be held at the Chapel Ridge Golf Course, Pittsboro.

Thursday, May 10: Red Clay Review submission deadline.

Friday, May 11: Federal Works Study Request deadline.

Tuesday, May 15: Grand Celebration at 5 p.m. at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center.

Sunday, May 20: The Central Carolina Community College Confucius Classroom will host "Nanjing Impression: An Exhibition of Chinese Performance Arts" at 3 p.m. on at the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center in Pittsboro.

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Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and More.

Do you write a blog for your course? Do you have a Twitter account or Facebook page for your department or classroom? Share your link! Email Cristina Oliver at coliver@cccc.edu to be added to the list.

YouTube

• Central Carolina CC YouTube

Digital NC

• Central Carolina Community College

Facebook

• Triangle South Enterprise Center
• Early Childhood Education Facebook
• TRIO Student Support Services Facebook
• NCWorks Career Center - Chatham Facebook
• CCCC Student Outreach and Recruitment Facebook
• The Central Carolina Works
  Career & College Promise Facebook
• Triangle South WDB Facebook
• Howard-James Innovation Center Facebook
• Library Facebook
• I am CCCC Facebook
• Cougar Pets Facebook
• CCCC Foundation Facebook

Blogs

• Triangle South WDB Blog
• ESL at Central Carolina Community College Blog, Julia Herbon, Lead ESL Instructor

Twitter

• CCCC Advising
• Triangle South WDB Twitter

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Cougar Pets News

My name is Mariska. I am a 4-year-old, spayed female kitty that wants to be the love of your life! I enjoy being the center of attention, so I would do best in a home where I can be the star of the show. I am an adventurous little kitty that enjoys playing, but also knows how to wind down and enjoy the sunshine.

Mariska is currently available for adoption!

All of our adoptable dogs are spayed/neutered, microchipped, and up-to-date on all vaccines. In addition, they have had regular dental cleanings, blood work, and physical exams. We pride ourselves on the care that our cats and dogs receive during their stay. Contact us at www.cougarpets.org for more information on our colony cats and available dogs.

To make it easier for potential adopters to fill out applications, complete the online form at goo.gl/forms/qHJlwXF0h3d1rx472. Happy adopting!

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Things Wanted, For Sale, or For Free!

Wanted: Looking for treadmill that is no longer wanted. Good condition with incline levels. Please contact Debra McNeill at (919) 718-7430 should you know of an available treadmill!

CCCC-Bay is happy to post your unneeded, unwanted, or unused items in Cougar Bytes! Send an email (photos would be great) to Cristina Oliver at coliver@cccc.edu and we will feature in next month's publication.

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Contribute to Cougar Bytes

Cougar Bytes is happy to accept your summer contributions. Cougar Bytes is a monthly newsletter focused on staff and faculty. We welcome any events, stories, photos, or shout-outs in each issue. Please submit your contributions to marketing@cccc.edu.

Our deadline for contributions is May 22 for the May issue. Thank you!

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