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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 14, 2020

FTCC Foundation gives 50 Chromebooks to College for loaner laptop program for students

By Catherine Pritchard

The Fayetteville Technical Community College Foundation gave 50 Chromebooks to the College Thursday to boost a loaner laptop program for students. “FTCC is grateful to ...

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

May 5, 2020

FTCC Foundation raising money to help students affected by COVID-19

By Catherine Pritchard

The Fayetteville Technical Community College Foundation is urging people to give to a relief fund that will help FTCC students adversely affected by COVID-19. Since ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

May 1, 2020

FTCC mourns the death of Tony Rand

By Catherine Pritchard

Fayetteville Technical Community College is mourning the death of Tony Rand, the former N.C. State Senator and Senate Majority Leader who was a tremendous friend ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 29, 2020

FTCC signs ‘Pirate Promise’ agreement with ECU

By Alicia Banks

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 Alicia Banks

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 Alicia Banks

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 Alicia Banks

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 17, 2019

Josh Haymer a “coach on the court” for Trojans

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

When Josh Haymer entered Fayetteville Tech as a freshman in the fall of 2017, he experienced a feeling he hadn’t known in years. He was, ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

December 6, 2019

New, advanced greenhouse celebrated at FTCC

By Alicia Banks

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. ...