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RCC Delegation Attends N4CSGA Convention

Science Club Put Together an Award Winning Team

Software for Students
by Michael Rose
Public Services Librarian

Family Remembers Daughter with Scholarship   

Pat and Brenda Pittman (center) have established a scholarship in memory of their daughter Veronica.

     Family and friends of Veronica Pittman have established a scholarship at Rockingham Community College in her memory.  Pittman, a 2007 graduate in the respiratory therapy program at RCC, was employed at High Point Regional Hospital.   She died in March 2008.
     Pittman’s parents, Pat and Brenda Pittman of Stoneville, say their daughter appreciated her education at RCC and loved being a therapist.  Therefore they, along with other family members and friends, wanted to honor her memory with the Veronica Estelle Pittman Memorial Scholarship. 
       The scholarship will be awarded to second year students in a health sciences program with preference given to students in the respiratory therapy program.  Recipients of the scholarship must maintain a 2.75 grade point average.  In selecting recipients, financial need will be considered and preference will be given to non-traditional age students and those that have done volunteer work in the healthcare field.
       To apply for the Veronica Estelle Pittman Memorial Scholarship, contact the RCC Student Financial Aid Office in Whitcomb Student Center.
      To make a gift to the scholarship, donors may mail contributions to the RCC Foundation, Post Office Box 38, Wentworth, NC  27375 or call the Foundation office at 342-4261, Ext. 2201.

SGA Elects Officers for 2008-2009

Jeana El Sadder (president)
Adam Cardwell (VP)
Tynesha Joshnson (secretary)
Chris Prados (Treasurer)
Crystal Boswell (PIO)
William Benge (parliamentarian)

Eugene Kelley (left), Brian Harbour, and Jimmy Van Eerden were among the students honored at the Awards Day assembly.

Awards Assembly Honors Students' Accomplishments

            More than two dozen students were recognized for their services and contributions to the life of the college and community during a student awards ceremony earlier this month. Dr. Bob Lowdermilk, Vice President for Student Development, noted the importance of recognizing students’ accomplishments and contributions.
            “I've always eagerly anticipated the annual awards ceremony because of the opportunity we have to honor and recognize students for their accomplishments,” he said. “Too often, we fall short in acknowledging students who have excelled in their academic life as well as in other aspects of college life--whether through service, leadership, or participation. One of the most important features of a college or university is the approach taken to honoring students for their achievements. When we honor 'our own,' we bring honor to the institution.”
            Holly Protzek and Alison York  received the North Carolina Community College Academic Excellence Award.
            The Science Club was named organization of the year; its advisor, Mandy Comes, was also recognized.
            Seven students were nominated to be listed in “Who’s Who.” These included Matthew Cox, Lucas Fordham, Bradley Hubbard, Eugene Kelley Jr., Valerie Stone, James Van Eerden, and Alison York.
            Brain Harbour and William Henchey were presented with Meritorious Service Awards.
            Several clubs and organizations recognized outstanding members. The Criminal Justic Club presented the distinguished officer award to Valerie Stone and the leadership award to Brian Harbour. The Science Club named Amy Small distinguished officer and presented leadership and service awards to Cameron Martin, Kayla Cary, and Mary Boyd.
            Sigma Kappa Delta presented a community service award to Sherry Garrett. SIFE recognized the contributions and achievements of James Van Eerden. Malcolm Pickard received the Student Intramural Leadership Award.
            The Student Government Association recognized Jeana El Sadder for leadership, William Henchey for service, and Adam Cardwell as distinguished officer. Brian Harbour received the N4CSGA Community Service Award while Eugene Kelley, Ashely Bishop, Adam Cardwell, Jeana El Sadder, and Brian Harbour were recognized for taking third place in the N4CSGA spirit competition.
            Brian Harbour was commended as the 2007-2008 graduate of the Student Leadership Institute and Jeanna El Sadder was recognized as the RCC Representative to the institute for 2008-2009.

Manufacturing Companies Are Looking for Good Workers
Do You Want a Job?

    Do you want a job?  Do you really want a job?
    Good news.  You can have one in companies offering competitive salaries, advancement possibilities, and good benefits.
     Manufacturing companies are experiencing a shortage of workers.  If a layoff from a manufacturing company has hit you between the eyes, don’t squirm.  Some companies are not only alive and well, they are growing and expanding.And they need machinists, electricians and electronic technicians.
      People, however, shy away from machining altogether and electricians seem to gravitate to the construction industry.  But manufacturing companies locally, regionally, nationally and internationally are experiencing shortages.
      To repeat: they need machinists, electricians, and electronic technicians.
      Della Taylor, human resources manager/safety director at ABCO Automation, Inc., in Brown Summit explains the problem.  “Companies are automating their machining process.  While it is good for today’s machinist to understand the basics of manual machining, the real need is for individuals with CNC programming knowledge.”
      The same is true for electricians and electronic technicians.  The work has become more complex for each of these disciplines.
      Taylor admits that manufacturing companies like ABCO want experienced workers, but the experienced ones aren’t typically looking for jobs.  Therefore, the time is ripe for those with highly skilled training, but little or no experience.
       Fortunately for locals, that training is available at Rockingham Community College.
      “We’ve been successful in getting people from the north to fill these jobs,” said Taylor, “but I would much rather hire locally.”
       ABCO, which designs, builds and installs custom automation equipment for various industries including Proctor & Gamble, Phillip Morris, and Bosch is not the only company with needs.  KobeWieland in Pine Hall, manufacturer of copper tubing for HVAC and plumbing industries, needs machinists and electricians to run and troubleshoot their modernized equipment.  TigerTek in Eden, which specializes in industrial repairs, needs electronic technicians.  But there’s a catch.
       “The repairs we handle now are more complex,” said Mitchell, president of TigerTek.  “We need highly skilled electronic technicians.”
        So far, Mitchell says he has been lucky in filling openings at his company – 12 jobs last year and three so far this year.  But he, like others, worries about finding qualified employees to continue filling jobs in his expanding company.
        According to Taylor, Mitchell, and Kirsty Lawson, director of purchasing and human resources at KobeWieland, graduates of Rockingham Community College’s industrial systems technology, electrical/electronics, electronics engineering, and machining technology programs would have a heads-up on many other applicants.  The problem is that few people enroll in these courses and companies are competing fiercely for those who do graduate.
        “I don’t have a single employee who is an RCC graduate,” said Mitchell.  “I have Patrick Henry Community College and Danville Community College graduates but not one from RCC.  The course curriculum and instructors at RCC are excellent.  An RCC graduate would be fabulously qualified for my company.”
         Like many other area companies, these three are stable, solvent and growing.  ABCO expects to expand within two years.  KobeWieland will soon add an entire new line to their production.  TigerTek is growing 30-40 percent per year.  Just last year the company netted a $5 million Navy contract to repair ship motors.
         All are looking for individuals with modern training.  All are looking to RCC.  All are looking to RCC, hoping to find industrial technology graduates.

Job Fair Makes Contacting Companies Easier

     Representatives from over 60 businesses and industries will be in the Rockingham Community College gymnasium on April 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the annual Job Fair and Career Expo.  Armed with descriptions of job openings, literature about their companies, information on how to apply for jobs with their companies, and more, representatives will be available in the RCC gymnasium to talk to attendees and answer questions.  Many will be taking applications and resumes.
            According to Joelene Cheshire, event coordinator, the number of companies attending this year’s job fair is much larger and represents a wider variety than those who have participated in previous years.  They are Bank of America, Annie Penn Hospital, Danville Fire Department, Goodwill Industries, Karastan, KobeWeiland Copper, Miller Brewing Company, NC Department of Corrections, Proctor & Gamble, Reynolds Home Care, Time Warner Cable, UPS, Weil-McLain, Wek South, plus 52 others.
            Job seekers, recent graduates, and experienced workers who are interested in discussing job opportunities with the representatives are encouraged to dress to impress, and bring an up-to-date resume, questions for the company representatives, and an understanding that many company representatives will be assessing them as potential employees.
            The event is jointly sponsored by RCC and Rockingham County JobLink Career Center in Wentworth.
            For more information, call Joelene Cheshire at 342-4261, ext. 2132.

Electronics students have formatted hard drives, set up software, and participated in troubleshooting with computer problems around campus under the careful direction of their instructor Mike Frazier.

Partnership Gives ‘Work Study’ New Meaning 

     Sometimes there is no substitute for real world experience.  That’s Mike Frazier’s attitude.  So, as electronics engineering technology professor at Rockingham Community College, Frazier, also a graduate of RCC, looks for ways to bring real world experience to his students.  It’s one of the ways RCC faculty seek to give students the best education possible.
     Fortunately, the real world exists right outside of Frazier’s classroom and lab so students don’t have to travel far to get a taste of it.  Basically, they travel down one sidewalk from RCC’s Industrial Technologies II Building to its Administration Building where Technology Specialist, Cheryl Evans, waits.
     Through a partnership between the college’s Technology Support Services (TSS) division and electronics program, Frazier’s students are applying their classroom knowledge to real world situations by working in the college’s TSS division.
     “It’s impossible to simulate in a lab everything they’ve encountered while working with TSS personnel,” said Frazier.  “They are gaining valuable experience that will help them when they graduate and look for a job.”
     Under Frazier and Evans’ watchful eyes, the electronics students have formatted hard drives, set up software, and participated in troubleshooting with computer problems around campus.
     “It’s given us a lot of confidence,” said student Tommy Lay.
     Frazier and Evans say they have watched the students’ confidence grow.
     “When they first came, they were hesitant to do anything,” said Evans.  “Now they pick up a screw driver and dive in.”  She laughs.  “I don’t know if that’s good or bad.”
     It’s good.  Because of the partnership, theories learned in class become clear, problems not covered in books are solved, and communication is honed.  In addition, job possibilities are expanded.
     “Most students think they have to go into industry for a job,” said Evans, also a graduate of RCC’s electronics program, “but I believe we show them there are other avenues they can explore.”
     The students have bonded through their work and enjoy helping each other out.  They have also enjoyed the trust shown by the RCC staff.
     “They have faith in us,” said Devin Shumake, another student.  “It’s been great.  I’ve learned a lot more than I would have just studying in a book and working in a lab.”

Students Join Sigma Kappa Delta, English Honor Society

New inductees into Sigma Kappa Delta listen intently to the keynote speaker.

     Thirty-one Rockingham Community College students were inducted March 27 into the English honor society Sigma Kappa Delta.  Sigma Kappa Delta was founded in 1996.  RCC’s chapter, Nu Gamma, held its first induction ceremony in 2007.
     Keynote speaker for the evening event was current SKD President, Teresa Hodges.
     “I was scared when I sat down in my first English class,” said Hodges, a wife, mother and grandmother who returned to school after a 30 year absence.  “I thought, ‘What have I done?’”
     Today, Hodges is excelling.  She plans to obtain a bachelor’s degree from Greensboro College after earning an associate degree in early childhood education.
     After repeating the society’s oath, the following individuals were inducted:  Sherry Ahoush, Kelly Archer, Jamal Bajwa, Rhiana Bankston, Lance Brown, Chelsea Draughn, Jessica Brooke Earles, Betty Farmer, Joy Farrish, Lori Gantt, Woodraille Gilchrist, Helen Gladden, Bobbie Jo Harris, Amy Johnson, Chelsea Joyce, VaNecia Lipscomb, Mitsy Porter, Brandi Richardson, Allison Setzer, Meloday Shockley, Leisa Stanley, Valerie Stone, Pamela Throckmorton, Jennifer Tremblay, Shannon Prillaman Tucker, Jennifer Tulloch, Stephanie Vanderpool, Donna Williams, Jacque Williams, Amanda Wray, Candace Wright.
     Elected officials are:  Teresa Hodges, president; Charles Pruitt, vice-president; Cathy Tuggle, treasurer; Mike Finney, secretary; David Dalton, historian.
     Advisor is RCC English instructor, Donna Shumate.

Winners Take the Money and Stay Put

     Three students are selected each year as Rockingham Community College Foundation student essay contest winners.  Each year their essays paint an eloquent picture of the profound impact RCC has on this county and its citizens.
     Listen to their voices.
     First place winner, Shannon Blackwell:  “By chance (after returning to North Carolina), I bumped into an old friend from high school; I told her I was thinking about going back to school.  She suggested…RCC.  I wanted a career in healthcare.  I met the director of the respiratory therapy program and, at that moment, my life changed.  His passion for respiratory therapy was and is contagious…I was informed of a work-study program and selected for a position as an office assistant.  I was awarded a child care scholarship!...I’m currently in my third semester of the respiratory therapy program and I’m enjoying and loving every minute of it…I shudder to think what my life would be like had I not enrolled at RCC.  To me, RCC is a family with loving arms that embrace you through every step of a life changing journey, vigilant in keeping you on track, helping you to succeed and fulfill your goals.”
      Second place winner, Jennifer Hyler:  “During my time at RCC, I have grown academically, emotionally, socially, and professionally.  I have met some of the most influential people in my life…first, my former art professor.  Second…my (work-study) boss who is the registrar at RCC.  The rest of the staff in the office…helped me find qualities in myself that I never realized I had and motivated me to reach my life’s goals.  I feel that as I leave this college I am prepared for my future and will be an asset to the community.  I am proud to be graduating from this great institution.
      Third place winner, Melissa Odom:  To me, (RCC) is the opportunity to advance myself in an affordable and personal setting.  I am the traditional student: I graduated high school in 2007 and started at RCC full time last fall.  I made the decision to pay for my own schooling for as long as I could.  Because I am looking to transfer next year, I have looked at the tuition cost at the university.  The numbers make me want to cry…I love being a student at RCC…Many teachers enjoy taking time to get to know their students, and this is often helpful in helping us succeed…I will graduate from college…finish my master’s degree…and get the job I have always dreamed of.  All of it will be made possible because my educational career was given the jump start it needed right here at RCC.
      Blackwell will receive $300; Hyler, $200; and Odom, $100 for their winning essays.  But according to their words, they are receiving their future from RCC.

Video Conferencing Brings the World to RCC

RCC students take part in an international video conference.

     For the past ten years we have been using video conferencing in some form at RCC.  It all started back in 1998 when Ed Tweedy taught a class from Ireland using desktop video conferencing.  Over the next few years, RCC used desktop video conferencing to link to colleges around the globe all the way from Ireland to Japan.
     A number of PowerPoint presentations were made to international conferences using this technology and Ed Tweedy gave a joint presentation on this work with a colleague from Dublin City University at the 1999 League for Innovation CIT conference in Chicago.  We also brought lecturers from the distance to some of our classes, with one example being a lecture from Ireland to an RCC history class about the Irish Troubles and Peace Process. 
     Then, in 2002, RCC installed new full-room video conferencing using grant funds in a project with the Rockingham County high schools, and video conferencing continued.  With this equipment we made connections to a number of colleges and high schools over the next five years.  Links were made from RCC to various sites all the way from Ireland to Hawaii.
     Finally, in 2007, new state-of-the art PolyCom equipment was installed in our distance learning room and the push is on to use this equipment to bring the world to our classrooms.  Now we have a new opportunity to connect to others using the up-to-date equipment.  The new equipment is very easy to use, is fully supported by our own technical support staff, and has excellent quality audio and video.   We just need our faculty and staff to make use of this fantastic tool.
     We have had a number of linkups with Southern Regional College (SRC), Galway Mayo Institute (GMIT), and University of Ulster (UU) in Ireland.  Several linkups sharing lectures and PowerPoint presentations have been exchanged with GMIT and SRC, and plans are to continue these in future semesters.  Ed Tweedy is planning for a joint computer class between GMIT and RCC, with students working together across the Atlantic this fall.  
     Using videoconferencing, Sourthern Regional College art students and their instructor, Dougal McKenzie, just recently met with RCC art students and instructor Todd Drake for sharing and critiquing art work.  There were also discussions about favorite artists, type of art, and live in students respective countries.  Plans are to continue the dialog and other activities between the RCC students and their counterparts in Northern Ireland. 
     Just recently a professor from University of Ulster in Derry lectured to two of our World Civilization classes.  Plans are to have another such lecture to one of our summer history courses.  And, only a week ago we had a live interview with five University of Ulster graduate students, two of whom may visit RCC this summer. 
     Our video conferencing equipment also connects well to the NC Information Highway, and we have had a number of meetings across the system without people having to travel a great distance.  In these Information Highway meetings, several sites were linked together and the meeting was conducted with all participating from various locations. 
     RCC’s ability to connect to other community colleges opens the way for additional distance learning courses.  In the fall, RCC will be starting a truck driving program with Davidson County Community College.  The classroom courses will be beamed live in the evening by video conferencing to RCC, and students will do their actual driving at DCCC on weekends.
     The videoconferencing equipment will also be used for foreign language instruction this fall as part of the new grant-funded consortium with several other community colleges.  RCC students will be able to take languages we do not normally teach at RCC.
     As you can see from the above, videoconferencing is a powerful tool for teaching and learning in our classrooms and for conducting meetings of all types across the distance.   All faculty and staff at RCC are encouraged to learn about this equipment and make use of it to bring the world to classrooms at RCC.  
     RCC students need exposure to this tool which is now used by so many businesses and organizations around the world.  They should encourage their instructors to use video conferencing to bring resources to their college classes, and link students up with international counterparts from around the world. 
     Plans are to have another open house to demonstrate the equipment before the end of the semester, and continue to encourage its use.  We need to be fully utilizing this valuable equipment provided us by the state. 
     If you have questions about the RCC videoconferencing equipment or its use, contact Charlotte Meeks or Ed Tweedy.

SGA members get help from art instructor Todd Drake (in cap).

Safety and Security Improvements Continue

Rockingham Community College is working with the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department as part of its continuing efforts to improve safety and security on campus.

            On March 20, during the college’s spring break, members of the sheriff’s department’s Special Response Team conducted a training exercise in three college buildings.  The team focused on approaching and gaining entry to a building, negotiating hallways and stairwells, gaining control of large areas such as the auditorium and library, and room-clearing techniques.  The exercise was a prequel to lockdown drills on campus.

            Deputy Kelly L. Lipford, training officer with the sheriff’s department, has been working with the college in including a lockdown procedure in the college’s Emergency Action Plan.  The procedure, being reviewed by RCC’s Safety, Security, and Accessibility Committee, involves notification by short, intermittent blasts on the college’s horn system.  These blasts would be distinct from the college’s tornado warning, which features one long blast of at least 30 seconds.  E-mail, telephone, and the campus’ video system could also be used.

            The committee also is coordinating the set-up of two- to three-member safety teams in each building that would help develop and maintain building-specific lockdown and other emergency action procedures.  The Science and Humanities buildings already have put together some of these procedures.

            Other actions being undertaken by the college include switching of locks from some office doors to classrooms so that classrooms can be locked without a key; formalization of a threat-assessment team, to coordinate a process for identifying, assessing, and managing individuals who may pose a threat of violence; and following Rockingham County’s efforts to obtain carriers on a newly installed emergency communications tower, which should improve cell-phone coverage on campus; and exploring the feasiblity of emergency notification systems for the campus community. The college also held a a tornado-warning drill in March.

HRD Class Made the Difference!

            Had she known about it, Carla Bray says she would have joined the human resources development class at Rockingham Community College a lot earlier.  Instead, she floundered; spending months fruitlessly looking for jobs after Piedmont Natural Gas Co. gave her the pink slip in January 2007.
            “I hadn’t looked for a job in 13 years,” said Bray.  “I was out of practice.  I didn’t have good interview or resume writing skills.”
            Bray was at the Employment Security Commission in Wentworth when she first heard about the college program.  She called about it, enrolled, and encouraged her friend, Natalie Hooker, another layoff victim from the gas company, to enroll as well.
            At the time she started the class, Bray had been volunteering at her youngest child’s school.
            “It helped me get over my frustration,” she said.  “When you get laid off it’s a shock.  You get up in the morning and think, ‘I have nothing to do and nowhere I have to go.’  You feel like you’re the only one going through that experience, but when I started the HRD class, I learned I wasn’t alone.  I found out there are a lot of people in the same situation.”
            Encouraged, Bray threw herself into learning everything she needed to know in order to best present herself to a prospective employer.
            “I learned how to answer interview questions, how to conduct myself on an interview, how to write a great resume, and how to network in order to find out about jobs.”
            Bray finished the class in September 2007.  Her job search was limited to Rockingham County because of her children.  Also, she had worked in customer service and collections at Piedmont Natural Gas and wanted to continue in that field.
            Bray’s husband, Wayne, and children Maryann and Thomas, kept up her spirits.  Then in December 2007, the collections unit at the Rockingham County Tax Department advertised a job opening.  Along with 150 others, Bray applied.  Two weeks later, she was hired.
            “It’s basically the same as my last job,” said Bray.  “I love it.
            She gives HRD credit for giving her back the life she once enjoyed.      

Jim Smith, Eden Plant Manager, Miller Brewing Co., presents REACH grant check to Jay Stephens, Chairperson of the Rockingham County Literacy Project Board, as Jean Light Kinyon, Executive Director of the Literacy Project, looks on.

Miller Brewing Presents Grant to Literacy Project

            The Rockingham County Literacy Project has received a $6,000 grant from Miller Brewing Co.  The Literacy Project is a non-profit charitable and educational corporation that provides basic reading, writing, and math skills instruction to the citizens of Rockingham County who are in need of these basic skills.  About 20-30% of Rockingham County adults have only basic reading skills, preventing them from reaching their personal and employment goals.  Adults work with volunteer tutors for 2-3 hours per week, with materials provided free of charge from the Literacy Project.  Much of this Miller Brewing Co. grant will be used to purchase these instructional materials, including books, laptop computers, instructional software, and on-line instruction.

            The Rockingham County Literacy Project received this grant through Miller REACH®, the program that establishes the focus and standards for Miller’s corporate social investments.  Miller REACH® aligns their community support with 5 focus areas of shared importance to the community and to Miller:  Responsibility, Employment, AIDS/HIV, Cultural Diversity, and Heritage Initiatives.  This year, Miller invested $5.4 million, 1.5% of its pre-tax income, in programs and partnerships benefiting the community.  These investments touched more than 425 organizations and 750,000 people.

            Miller Brewing Co. owns and operates the Eden brewery, which employs 600 people.  Miller continues to contribute to the community by sponsoring Rockingham Community College’s Train and Gain program, United Way of Rockingham County, the Eden branch of the NAACP, Dan River Basin Association, Eden Kiwanis Ole’ Fashion 4^th of July Celebration, and Eden’s Riverfest.  Miller Brewing Co. also helps support the Eden Chamber of Commerce and sponsors its Temptations in the Garden, Corporate Spellin’ Bee, and Business Expo.

            For more information, call Jean Light Kinyon, Executive Director, Rockingham County Literacy Project, at 342-4261, Ext. 2352.

Adult Students Need Tutors 

    Adult students need tutors – at least 60 of them!  They need you.  Imagine not being able to read, to write, to do basic math, or to speak the language being used around you.  You can truly making a difference in someone’s life.
            Starting May 6, the Rockingham County Literacy Project will begin an adult literacy tutor training course.  This 12-hour course is taught in 3-hour segments over 4 days.  Classes will be held from 5 till 8 p.m. on May 6, 8, 13, and 15 in Room 103 of the Bishopric Lifelong Learning Center at Rockingham Community College.  Trainees must attend all 4 sessions.
            Those interested in becoming English as a Second Language tutors must attend each of the 4 sessions listed above as well as a 6-hour English as a Second Language instructional course.  Classes for the ESL instructional course will be held May 19 and 22, from 5 till 8 p.m. in Room 103 of the Bishopric Lifelong Learning Center.
            Joyce Burgart, Certified Tutor Trainer, will be the instructor for all classes.
            For more information or to enroll in a training course, call Jean Light Kinyon, Executive Director, at 342-4261, Ext. 2352.

SECU Foundation Offers Scholarship

     The State Employees Credit Union (SECU) Foundation has once again funded the “People Helping People” Two-Year Scholarship Program for NC Community Colleges for the 2008-2009 school year.
     The SECU scholarship amount is $5000, payable at $1,250 per semester for up to four consecutive fall/spring semesters.
     The Rockingham Community College Scholarship Selection Committee will choose two recipients based on the following criteria:

• Preference will be given to students whose parents or guardians and family members are public sector employees who live and work in North Carolina.
• Applicant must be a full-time student who is a high school graduate or has completed the General Education Development (GED) program, enrolled or planning to enroll in 2008-2009 in an associate degree, diploma or certificate program.
• Applicant is a U.S. citizen and a resident of North Carolina and is eligible for in-state tuition.
• Best exemplifies the membership philosophy of credit unions, “People Helping People” and has demonstrated leadership, excellence of character, integrity, and community involvement.
• Demonstrates financial need using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).  Preference may be given to students with limited financial aid from other programs.
• Demonstrates scholastic achievement and maintains a 2.5 or higher grade point average on a 4.0 scale or attained a score of 3,000 on the GED test.
• Student agrees to continue at the community college where SECU was awarded for the duration of the scholarship.  (Scholarships are not transferable to another student or another school.)
• A brief statement of nomination/recommendation from high school or admissions counselor/advisor outlining qualifications of nominee, based on stated criteria.

Huskey Named Human Resources Director

      Reidsville native, Dana Huskey, has returned to her first alma mater, Rockingham Community College, as director of human resources.  She fills the position held by Ann Tanner who retired effective March 1.
      “I enjoyed attending RCC and thought it would be a great privilege to work there,” said Huskey.
      Since graduating from RCC in 1993 with an associate degree in business administration, Huskey has worked as human resources administrative assistant at First National Bank in Reidsville and as human resources supervisor at Metzler Automotive Profile Services in Reidsville, a position she has held for the past 10 years.
                Her current duties entail assisting RCC employees with a variety of needs, providing faculty/staff professional training, and producing human resources publications.
              What she looks most forward to, though, is watching people succeed.
                “I enjoy working with people and helping them with any issues that arise.”
                Huskey and her husband, Jimmy, have a nine-month-old son, Taylor.