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CCCC Lee Campus hosts Earth Day mini-Farmers Market

04.22.2014 • College & Community  • College General  •  

CCCC Lee Campus hosts Earth Day mini-Farmers Market

Central Carolina Community College's chapter of the Phi Beta Lambda Honor Society hosted a mini-Farmers Market at the college's Lee County Campus April 22 in celebration of Earth Day. Josh Marshburn (left), owner of Garden of Eden Specialty Soaps, in Sanford, sells some of his handmade goat milk and vegan soaps to Faye Stone, CCCC Financial Aid assistant. Earth Day has been celebrated internationally since 1971 and is intended to raise awareness of the importance of protecting the environment an ...

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Harnett Schools co-recipient of $800,000 education grant

04.17.2014 • College & Community  • College General  • Continuing Education  • Foundation  •  

Harnett Schools co-recipient of $800,000 education grant

LILLINGTON - Students in Harnett County public schools will soon have a new program and skilled advisors to help them advance their academic and vocational education, thanks to an $800,000 Education and Workforce Innovation Fund grant. The five-year grant, from the North Carolina Education and Workforce Innovation Commission, was awarded jointly to the Harnett, C ...

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CCCC students raise awareness of Child Abuse Prevention Month

04.16.2014 • College & Community  • College General  •  

CCCC students raise awareness of Child Abuse Prevention Month

SANFORD - Pinwheels spin in the breeze on Central Carolina Community College's Lee County Campus. According to the college's Early Childhood Education students, they represent the beauty and joy of childhood innocence and the hope for a bright future for all children. April is national Child Abuse Prevention Month and, to bring awareness to this, the ECE students ...

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Volunteer fire fighters earn certification at CCCC Fire Academy

04.15.2014 • College & Community  • College General  • Graduations  •  

Volunteer fire fighters earn certification at CCCC Fire Academy

SANFORD - Thirteen volunteer fire fighters received their fire fighter certificates from Central Carolina Community College's Fire Academy during an April 1 ceremony at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. As Fire Academy graduates, they are now certified fire fighters. The volunteers had already been serving as fire fighters in various central North Carolina fire ...

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Harnett eighth graders tour CCCC programs

04.15.2014 • College & Community  • College General  •  

Harnett eighth graders tour CCCC programs

Central Carolina Community College Barbering student Adrian Thomas (standing), of Harnett County, lathers up a fellow student during the Harnett County Campus' April 8 vocational programs tour for Harnett County Schools eighth grade students. Barbering was one of a number of programs that put on demonstrations and provided information to the visiting students to g ...

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