Blog Category - Students

Fayetteville Technical Community College

July 30, 2021

A daughter’s promise to her father fulfilled at FTCC

By Alicia Banks

  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 Alicia Banks

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 Alicia Banks

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

April 21, 2021

#CommunityCollegeMonth Spotlight #6: DeSiyre Spurgeon

By Alicia Banks

During the month of April, FTCC will share a post on Monday and Friday mornings highlighting #CommunityCollegeMonth through students, graduates and our work in the ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 16, 2021

#CommunityCollegeMonth Spotlight #5: Lisa O’Hern

By Alicia Banks

During the month of April, FTCC will share a post on Monday and Friday mornings highlighting #CommunityCollegeMonth through students, graduates and our work in the ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 6, 2021

FTCC joins statewide push for higher education enrollment

By Alicia Banks

Fayetteville Technical Community College is joining a statewide effort to encourage current and future students to complete the free FAFSA forms that are required for ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 2, 2021

Trojan athletes line up for COVID-19 vaccine 

By Alicia Banks

Thirteen players from FTCC Athletics have opted to get vaccinated against COVID-19.  The student-athletes, who play for FTCC’s baseball and softball teams, recently got the ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

February 3, 2021

First graduate of FTCC program for hard-to-employ individuals lands a full-time job

By Alicia Banks

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – A 38-year-old Fayetteville man is the first person to successfully complete a new job-training and job-placement program at Fayetteville Technical Community College ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

January 12, 2021

FTCC receives grant from foundation supporting machining industry

By Alicia Banks

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 ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

December 9, 2020

‘Something bigger than us’

By Alicia Banks

FTCC students finish project for Battle of Mogadishu exhibit Welding students from Fayetteville Technical Community College huddled together on the main floor of the U.S. ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

November 18, 2020

FTCC Opens Food Pantry to Help Needy Students

By Catherine Pritchard

Fayetteville Technical Community College has opened a food pantry on its campus to help FTCC students who are in need. The College held a ribbon-cutting ...