In the Spotlight

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

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. ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

May 8, 2019

Trojan student-athletes honored at banquet

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Fayetteville Tech’s 84 student-athletes were celebrated at the annual athletics banquet, held April 30 in the college’s multi-purpose room. All five sports teams recognized individuals ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

April 18, 2019

How an analytical mindset paid off: Alumni spotlight on Andrea Blakey

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

FTCC is celebrating #CommunityCollegeMonth in April by sharing stories from graduates through the years. Andrea Blakey is the second story we’re sharing in this weekly ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

November 13, 2018

Dexter Morrill: A Q&A with the Art Gallery’s spotlight

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

It’s hard to say where Dexter Morrill is from because he has lived all over. The son of a United States Marine Corps veteran, he’s ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

August 27, 2018

FTCC Grad Diamond McCall, from Cosmetology to Disney

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Diamond Mercades McCall, 25, graduated from our Cosmetology Department in 2014. Prior, she became a single mother at 16, graduated from E.E. Smith. Her mother ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

July 24, 2018

GWU Partners with FTCC to Help Students Complete Degrees

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Officials Representing GWU and Fayetteville Technical Community College Sign Articulation Agreement BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Gardner-Webb University and Fayetteville Technical Community College (Fayetteville, N.C.) officials ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

March 5, 2018

FTCC Foundation hosting events to benefit students

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Making sure students achieve success during their educational journey remains an important goal for FTCC Foundation, Inc. And the organization plans to continue the tradition ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

January 23, 2018

Collision U Talk: Part I

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Four years ago, FTCC welcomed its Collision Repair & Refinishing Technology Program to campus. Students learn how to make cosmetic repairs on plastics, composites and ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

December 8, 2017

Speech-language pathology and ‘making a difference’ propel former FTCC student to national recognition

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

One student’s successes doesn’t surprise Charisse Gainey, Fayetteville Technical Community College’s Department Chair of the Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Program. Her name is Jasmine McKoy, a ...

Fayetteville Technical Community College

September 2, 2017

FTCC and William Peace University sign transfer agreement for theater students

By Jaclyn Shambaugh

Fayetteville Technical Community College and William Peace University approved an articulation agreement for future theater graduates seeking admission to the private institution in Raleigh. President ...