Blog Category - Students

Fayetteville Technical Community College

July 20, 2022

Photos: Practical Nursing pinning ceremony

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Fayetteville Technical Community College held the pinning and lamp-lighting ceremony for graduates of the Practical Nursing program on July 19, 2022, at Cape Fear Botanical ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

June 29, 2022

FTCC receives $2 million from county for HOPE adult learner initiative

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

An innovative new adult-learner program at Fayetteville Technical Community College has been awarded $2 million in American Rescue Plan funding by Cumberland County.   The FTCC ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

May 16, 2022

Grad Stories 2022 – Deanndra Pascal

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Deanndra Pascal, a 24-year-old from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, graduated May 13, 2022 with an Associate of Science in Respiratory Therapy. She is a military spouse ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

March 15, 2022

FTCC students show off skills in NISOD graphic design contest

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Jennifer Fisher, department chair of FTCC’s Advertising and Graphic Design, is always on the lookout for real-world learning opportunities for her students. The National Institute ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

February 28, 2022

FTCC student Xamagga Whitfield turns Work-Based Learning into real-world opportunities

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Xamagga Whitfield has a bit of advice for her fellow students at Fayetteville Technical Community College. “Take advantage and capitalize on all of the opportunities ...

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

August 13, 2021

FTCC’s High School Connections expands course offerings to younger students

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Davin Gardner, a 16-year-old student at Village Christian Academy, earned college credit before his junior year. He took two courses offered at Fayetteville Technical Community ...

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 ...