Blog Category - Programs & Departments

Fayetteville Technical Community College

August 12, 2020

Jacqueline Montero climbs to the top in FTCC’s electric utility line worker course

By Catherine Pritchard

After years of traveling the country as a rigger for an events company, Jacqueline Montero wanted to stay closer to home. That meant finding a ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

August 10, 2020

FTCC’s Victoria Mehl follows passion for EMS

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Victoria Mehl only needed a couple of ride-alongs with her local fire department to find her passion. “While my husband was away at training, I ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

August 6, 2020

FTCC Instructor named Educator of the Year by Automotive Company

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Fayetteville Technical Community College automotive instructor Andy Harmon earned the Mitchell 1 Educator of the Year award for 2020. The annual award recognizes an instructor ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

July 8, 2020

FTCC offering new “class” format to start 2020 school year

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Fayetteville Technical Community College will offer “synchronous online classes” as an option for students who enroll for the 2020 school year, which begins Aug. 17. ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

May 18, 2020

Erica Klenk earns Student Veteran Leadership Award

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

When Erica Klenk decided to add a welding diploma to her educational tool bag, she needed help navigating the veteran-specific benefits and enrollment process. “It ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

May 11, 2020

FTCC cosmetology students find fun and success in unique final exam

By Catherine Pritchard

Students in an advanced hair-styling class at Fayetteville Technical Community College haven’t been able to meet in person since late March but completed their final ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 29, 2020

FTCC signs ‘Pirate Promise’ agreement with ECU

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Fayetteville Technical Community College and East Carolina University approved a new student transfer agreement Tuesday, deepening the College’s partnership with the four-year institution involving future ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 23, 2020

Radiographer on frontline in coronavirus fight

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Rebekah Maples’ career as an allied health professional was right on track. A graduate of Fayetteville Tech, where she earned her associate degree in radiography ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 23, 2020

Traveling African American museum connects past to present

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Angela Jennings sat in a chair inside the Tony Rand Student Center on FTCC’s Fayetteville campus in early March. Her hands, folded. Her eyes scanned ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 10, 2020

From small town to NASA

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Brie Haynes is a future graduate of FTCC. She has always felt out of place and struggled to find where she belongs. That changed during her ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

March 4, 2020

FTCC Students take Top Awards in Dogwood Festival Contest

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Two students from Fayetteville Technical Community College’s Advertising & Graphic Design Program claimed the 1st place and runner-up positions in the Dogwood Festival’s annual poster ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

December 6, 2019

New, advanced greenhouse celebrated at FTCC

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Two natural disasters left Fayetteville Technical Community College’s Wesley A. Meredith Horticulture Educational Center without a greenhouse for more than a year. That changed Dec. ...