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Economic impact study shows value of CCCC

02.24.2015 • College & Community  • College General  • Finances  •  

SANFORD - Central Carolina Community College and its students added $229.4 million in income to the college's service area economy in Fiscal Year 2012-13, according to data from a new statewide economic impact study. The $229.4 million in income is approximately equal to 3.4% of the Gross Regional Product, according to the report. The total income includes the college operations impact ($36.1 million -- payroll amounted to $29.8 million, much spent in the CCCC service area, and $18.1 million ...

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Central Carolina Works: Free college pathways for high school students

02.24.2015 • College & Community  • College General  •  

Central Carolina Works: Free college pathways for high school students

SANFORD - High school students in Chatham, Harnett, and Lee counties will soon be registering for free college classes for the 2015-2016 year through the Central Carolina Works (CCW) program. CCW enables high school juniors and seniors to enroll, tuition-free, in college credit courses that also apply toward their high school diploma. By the time they graduate ...

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CCCC student farm ranks on Top 20 list

02.23.2015 • College & Community  • College General  • Curriculum Programs  •  

CCCC student farm ranks on Top 20 list

PITTSBORO - Central Carolina Community College's student farm on its Chatham County Campus ranks among the Top 20 best college farms in America, according to Best College Reviews. Best College Reviews noted: "Central Carolina Community College is a pioneer in the teaching of sustainable agriculture among community colleges." The CCCC five-acre student farm was ...

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CCCC will host nonprofit leadership workshop

02.23.2015 • College & Community  • College General  • Continuing Education  •  

CCCC will host nonprofit leadership workshop

PITTSBORO-- Chatham LIVE - Lead, Inspire, Volunteer, and Empower - is the name of the nonprofit leadership workshop set that will be held Thursday, March 19, in Pittsboro. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at the Chatham Community Library's Holmes Conference Room in Pittsboro. As a non-profit itself, Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) - ...

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'Sim Man' is highly effective new teaching tool for CCCC Nursing program

02.16.2015 • College & Community  • College General  •  

'Sim Man' is highly effective new teaching tool for CCCC Nursing program

LILLINGTON - Nursing students at Central Carolina Community College's Harnett Health Sciences Center assess a patient who has just been brought into the emergency room. A man of about six feet, the patient opens his eyes, blinks, and says, "I have chest pain." This isn't a real life event because the patient is a high-fidelity simulator known as "Sim Man," but ...

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CCCC Small Business Centers help create local economic impact

02.11.2015 • College & Community  • College General  • Finances  •  

CCCC Small Business Centers help create local economic impact

SANFORD - One of the biggest hurdles to starting or expanding a business is limited access to capital, according to Mike Jones, Central Carolina Community College's Small Business Center (SBC) Director in Lee County. "Since July, 2014, our Small Business Centers have helped clients obtain over $1 million in new loans through partnerships with the USDA Intermediary ...

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