Blog Category - Students

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 ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

November 4, 2020

Project for FTCC welding students creates connection to Battle of Mogadishu

By Alicia Banks

Welding students at Fayetteville Technical Community College are using their trade skills to honor Special Operations troops who fought in the deadly Battle of Mogadishu ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

October 20, 2020

Aspiring student chef leads FTCC’s World Food Day volunteer effort   

By Alicia Banks

FTCC culinary student Citronella Todd didn’t ponder long when asked the kind of event she wanted to work on for a school project.  “Feeding the ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

October 16, 2020

FTCC recognized nationally for cybersecurity program, efforts

By Alicia Banks

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) recently highlighted Fayetteville Technical Community College for its “great achievements” as one of the National Centers ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

September 28, 2020

Massage students finish credits at FTCC

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

In mid-September, seven aspiring massage therapists found themselves in need of a place to learn when Miller-Motte College ended its therapeutic massage course before they ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

September 15, 2020

Fayetteville Tech’s Red Hat Academy program earns two awards

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Fayetteville Technical Community College’s Red Hat Academy program has garnered two awards for the 2019-20 school year. The program, steered by Department Chair for Systems ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

September 11, 2020

Former FDNY paramedic recounts 9/11 experience at FTCC remembrance ceremony

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

William Lehmann describes the events of Sept. 11, 2001, as being etched in his mind forever. But it wasn’t until Friday, some six years after ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

August 14, 2020

High School Connections “a tremendous blessing” for Autry family

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

With three daughters growing up fast, Craig Autry knew his family had to find a way to cut down on college costs. “We don’t qualify ...

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

July 8, 2020

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

By Alicia Banks

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 ...