Blog Category - Curriculum

Fayetteville Technical Community College

September 7, 2022

Cumberland Polytechnic students on educational fast track

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

High school students in Cumberland County have been offered an ever-expanding array of choices in education in recent years. Families weigh options such as academic ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

August 19, 2022

Staff spotlight: Amanda Colores goes from student to staff at FTCC

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Amanda Colores’ journey at Fayetteville Technical Community College has taken her from student to graduate to staff member. Now Colores, who celebrated eight years as ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

March 9, 2022

FTCC and Cape Fear Valley partner to provide free education, employment to CNA students

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

FTCC and Cape Fear Valley Health have partnered to fund the education of interested enrollees of FTCC’s Nursing Assistant I & II programs.  FTCC Nursing ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

October 29, 2021

With cybersecurity foundation, Jonathan Thomas finds career success at 21

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and FTCC is spotlighting some recent graduates of its Computer Information Technology programs. Reader earlier spotlights in the series ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

October 13, 2021

Gerald King traded monotony for challenges with career in networking

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and FTCC is spotlighting some recent graduates of its Computer Information Technology programs. This is the second spotlight in the ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

September 29, 2021

With hard work and strong support, Phillip Putman overcomes a reading disorder

By Catherine Pritchard

By Alicia Banks A reading comprehension disorder might have blocked Phillip Putman from moving forward in life. But hard work and support from family, colleagues ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

August 18, 2021

Sen. Thom Tillis gets close-up of cybersecurity defense at FTCC

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis visited Fayetteville Technical Community College Wednesday to take a closer look at the programs, classes and partnerships under the campus’s ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

July 30, 2021

A daughter’s promise to her father fulfilled at FTCC

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

  Elisa Betancourt-Ruvalcaba was 17 years old in 1996. In June that year, she visited a Kaiser Permanente hospital in San Diego where she lived. ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

June 4, 2021

High school student’s graduation also marks a first for an FTCC program

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Izaihes “Izzy” Villegas, 18, walked two graduation stages in May. The first as a Fayetteville Technical Community College graduate on May 14 and a week ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

May 21, 2021

Graduates celebrated with in-person and virtual ceremonies

By Catherine Pritchard

Fayetteville Technical Community College celebrated its Class of 2021 in an in-person commencement ceremony on the Fayetteville campus on May 14 and a virtual ceremony ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 30, 2021

#CommunityCollegeMonth Spotlight #9: Helena Rogers

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

During the month of April, FTCC  has shared a post on Mondays and Fridays highlighting #CommunityCollegeMonth through students, graduates and our work in the community ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

January 12, 2021

FTCC receives grant from foundation supporting machining industry

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Fayetteville Technical Community College has received a $15,000 grant from the Gene Haas Foundation (GHF). The grant will benefit the College’s Computer-Integrated Machining Department, which ...