Blog Category - Programs & Departments

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 18, 2019

How an analytical mindset paid off: Alumni spotlight on Andrea Blakey

By Alicia Banks

FTCC is celebrating #CommunityCollegeMonth in April by sharing stories from graduates through the years. Andrea Blakey is the second story we’re sharing in this weekly ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 11, 2019

Veteran, entrepreneur and father: Alumni spotlight on Chris Harrison

By Alicia Banks

FTCC is celebrating #CommunityCollegeMonth in April by sharing stories from graduates through the years. Chris Harrison is the first story we’re sharing in this weekly ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

November 13, 2018

Dexter Morrill: A Q&A with the Art Gallery’s spotlight

By Alicia Banks

It’s hard to say where Dexter Morrill is from because he has lived all over. The son of a United States Marine Corps veteran, he’s ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

September 25, 2018

Annual Chair’s Gala supports scholarships, will honor two board members

By Alicia Banks

FTCC Foundation’s 4th Annual Chair’s Gala will serve as a time to further its dedication to students in need and honor two community members who have ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

August 27, 2018

FTCC Grad Diamond McCall, from Cosmetology to Disney

By Alicia Banks

Diamond Mercades McCall, 25, graduated from our Cosmetology Department in 2014. Prior, she became a single mother at 16, graduated from E.E. Smith. Her mother ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

July 24, 2018

GWU Partners with FTCC to Help Students Complete Degrees

By Alicia Banks

Officials Representing GWU and Fayetteville Technical Community College Sign Articulation Agreement BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Gardner-Webb University and Fayetteville Technical Community College (Fayetteville, N.C.) officials ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

June 8, 2018

‘Nevertheless, she persisted’

By Alicia Banks

One graduate’s story about failures, motherhood, family and persistence Nearly three years ago, Danielle Losh plummeted to her lowest point. Her marriage ran its course. ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

May 15, 2018

Grace Gore named Goodnight Scholar

By Alicia Banks

North Carolina State University’s Goodnight Scholars Program named Fayetteville Technical Community College graduating senior Grace Gore as a recipient of the prestigious scholarship focused on ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 27, 2018

Grace Gore named finalist for prestigious STEM scholarship at NC State

By Alicia Banks

North Carolina State University’s Goodnight Scholars Program named Grace Gore, a second-year student at Fayetteville Technical Community College, one of its 30 finalists who will ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 26, 2018

A program focused on minority male success thrives on campus

By Alicia Banks

Our story spotlighting FTCC’s Minority Male Mentoring Program is part of our efforts to celebrate April as #CommunityCollegeAwarenessMonth. Each week, we’re sharing a fact about ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 12, 2018

A mother’s concern, music, shape student Eric Bethea

By Alicia Banks

 Eric’s story is part of our efforts to celebrate April as #CommunityCollegeAwarenessMonth. Each week, we’re sharing a fact about NC Community Colleges, and how it’s ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 5, 2018

‘Family,’ Alumni Spotlight with Shannon Smith

By Alicia Banks

Shannon Smith graduated from FTCC with an Associate’s Degree in General Studies in 2012. She summarizes her higher education experience at FTCC with one word: ...