CFCC News

LM Restaurants recently provided a gift of $8,800 to the Cape Fear Community College’s Hotel and Restaurant Management program. Fifty percent of the gift will be applied to tuition scholarships for students in the program and fifty percent will purchase program supplies.

Mindy Amerson, marketing coordinator for LM Restaurants, stated that she hopes “this contribution to Cape Fear Community College’s Hotel and Restaurant Management Program will help enrich lives of students by improving the school’s resources and relieving the stress of tuition of those in need.”

CFCC’s hotel and restaurant management program is one of the most popular programs at CFCC and trains employees for many local eateries in our area. While in the program, students get hands-on training is restaurant management at their own restaurant, “Our Place,” located in downtown Wilmington, which serves a wide variety of regional and international cuisine once a week during the fall and spring semesters.

LM Restaurants is the parent company of many award-winning restaurants including Eddie Romanelli’s in Wilmington and Leland, Bluewater Grill and Oceanic in Wrightsville Beach, and Henry’s in Wilmington. LM Restaurants also manages AQ Catering and Events located in Wilmington. Carolina Ale House is also a part of LM Restaurants, which just opened its new location on November 11, 2009 on South College Road in Wilmington.

CFCC is one of the oldest and largest in the North Carolina community college system. Approximately 27,000 students take classes at the college each year. Studies show that for every dollar spent education CFCC students, more than $2.36 is returned back to the local community. Additionally, CFCC helps boost the economy of New Hanover and Pender counties by generating an additional $435 million business sales and $192 million in labor income.

For more information about the College, Foundation, endowments, or scholarship opportunities, please contact the Cape Fear Community College Foundation at (910) 362-7331 or visit www.cfcc.edu/foundation.

***

This course is for Nurse Aide’s whose registrations have expired or who are from out of state.  Classroom and lab hours will prepare you to retake the state examination. Registration is March 1, 2010 from 2:00-4:00 pm.  Bring with you to registration: Money order for $68.00; Photocopy of drivers license & Social Security card; and Copy of expired nurse aide registration. Class is March 4-April 8, 2010, Thursdays, 6:00-10:00 p.m., at the CFCC Burgaw Center, room B-101. For additional information call (910) 362-7901.

This 30-Hour Construction Outreach Training Program is intended to provide a variety of safety training to workers with some safety responsibility at their place of employment.  It provides advanced training that emphasizes hazard identification, avoidance, control and prevention as well as the OSHA standards.  This course takes an in depth look at the OSHA 1926 Code of Federal Regulations.  Upon completion the worker should be able to identify project hazards and use the OSHA 1926 Code of Federal Regulations to form a means of abatement. Class is March 5, 6, 12 & 13 , 2010, Fridays and Saturdays, 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., on the downtown campus, room F-110. Cost $123. For questions or to pre-register, call (910) 362-7319 or e-mail tcriser@cfcc.edu.

On Friday, Jan. 29, hundreds of people turned out for CFCC’s silent auction which earned an estimated $3,800 to benefit survivors of the Haiti earthquake. The event was coordinated by the CFCC art department and other employees at the college.

A wide variety of items were donated, including drawings, paintings, photographs, pottery and jewelry made by artists from CFCC and the local community.

The highest bids for individual items were $150, which went to a hand-sculpted ceramic bowl, and $125 for a painting called “Mad Emu.”

The auction was held in the college’s cafeteria, which donated 10% of its lunch specials along with pizza and popcorn sales by student clubs.

***

The purpose of this 8 hour class is to specifically address the NEC as it relates to electrical installations in one and two family dwellings. Instructor: Darryl Hinson. This course when offered during the fiscal year July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010, meets the requirements of the NC State Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors for 8 contact hours of continuing education credit.  This course is not sponsored by the Board. Class is Saturday, February 20, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., on the downtown campus, room S-603. Cost $68. To pre-register, call (910) 362-7319 or email tcriser@cfcc.edu.

The Cape Fear Community College Alumni Association has launched a campaign to fund its first-ever scholarship for CFCC students.  “As the Association enters its third year, we feel it’s an appropriate time not only to look forward, but to give back,” said CFCC Alumni Council President Josh Kinchen. The association recently sent a letter to its 700+ members asking for assistance in funding the CFCC Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship.

“We hope to raise a minimum of $10,000 to endow this scholarship by the end of 2010. The good news is that our goal can easily be reached if each one of our current alumni members donates a gift equal to the year they graduated,” said Kc Spangle, Alumni Council Vice-President. “For example, if alumni graduated in 1978, we want them to consider giving $19.78.”

The association is also in the midst of a membership drive, hoping to increase its membership to 1,000 members during 2010. The CFCC Alumni Association currently offers free membership with valuable benefits such as discounts at local merchants, free admission to CFCC athletic events, regular email updates, family-friendly events and its annual Homecoming celebration. Membership is free. (In lieu of paying annual alumni membership dues, which many schools charge, the association is instead asking for voluntary scholarship support.)

Once endowed, the CFCC Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship will be awarded to a CFCC student with a family member or legal guardian who is a member of the CFCC Alumni Association. Student applicants will be required to have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 and submit a 500-word essay addressing the question, “What or who inspired you to attend Cape Fear Community College?” The scholarship may be awarded to a full- or part-time student in any program of study. 

Tens of thousands of CFCC alumni live in southeastern North Carolina. Once they graduate, CFCC students become an important and integral part of the community and our neighborhoods. You’re likely to find a CFCC student working in nearly every office and shop in the region. They are a key part of our economic vitality because they stay and work here when they graduate.

To join the CFCC alumni association, visit www.cfcc.edu/alumni. To donate to the CFCC Alumni Legacy Scholarship, visit http://foundation.cfcc.edu/give.

***

This course is designed to improve skills and effectiveness of wastewater treatment plant operators and prepare students for level I & II state certification examination. Class is February 2-April 20, 2010, Tuesday and Thursday, 6:00-9:00 p.m., at the CFCC Burgaw Center, room B102. Cost $178. Registration for this class will be held at the Burgaw Center on Friday, January 29, 2010. For additional information, call (910) 362-7901.

Class offered in Pender County - This course will introduce students to the basics of digital cameras. Topics will include camera settings, lighting concepts, etc. Students must have their own camera for class.  Class is February 2-March 23, 2010, Tuesdays 1:00-4:00 p.m., at the Surf City Community Center. Cost $70. Please call (910) 362-7901 or email kharrell@cfcc.edu to register. 

Class offered in Pender County -  This course introduces educators to appropriate and effective teaching practices.  Successful completion of this program meets the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction requirements for teachers and substitutes. Class is February 4-March 25, 2010, Thursdays 6:00-9:00 p.m., at the CFCC Burgaw Center, room 205. Cost $68. Please call (910) 362-7901 or email kharrell@cfcc.edu to register.