Wayne Community College has honored 257 students for outstanding academic achievement in the spring 2022 semester. The college recognizes the students listed below as having earned a place on its President’s or Dean’s lists.
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Lenoir and Jones counties 4-H explore Raleigh to learn about food production
4-H members from Lenoir and Jones counties recently explored food production, food safety, food distribution, and food science during a day of tours and activities in Raleigh.
2022 N.C. high school graduates enrolling in community college could receive tuition assistance through Longleaf Commitment Grant
Students in North Carolina who graduated high school in 2022 are eligible to have tuition and fees covered at any of the state’s 58 community colleges through the Longleaf Commitment Grant. The grant provides between $700 – $2,800 to recent high school graduates to cover the cost of tuition and fees for up to two years at a North Carolina Community College. 2022 high school graduates in North Carolina are eligible for the grant money to use for current and subsequent semesters through Fall 2024.
Rural Teacher Leadership Network Includes five educators from LCPS
Five LCPS teachers have been selected to join North Carolina’s Rural Teacher Leadership Network, an ongoing effort to create a capable and diverse community of rural educators with a focus on equity, trauma-informed practice and teacher leadership.
Latoya Moore named to Dean's List at University of Maryland Global Campus
Latoya Moore of Kinston was named to the Dean's List for the spring semester at University of Maryland Global Campus. To be eligible for the honor, a student must complete at least six credits during the term, earned a grade point average of at least 3.5 for the term, and maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.5 at UMGC.
What teacher learned this summer will grow Woodington ag curriculum
Jessica Jones, an agriculture education teacher at Woodington Middle School, is ready to do more with her students in the coming school year after completing a nine-day professional development institute at NC State University to teach the Food Science and Safety Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE) course.
LCC Grad named to IABC Hall of Fame
Paul Ladd of Nashville, TN, a graduate of LCC and Senior Correspondent for Nashville-based World Christian Broadcasting, has received the Hall of Fame award from the Nashville chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).
Lenoir Community College launches new outreach efforts to attract adult learners
Lenoir Community College has launched a new online information site, as well as a digital advertising campaign, to quickly and efficiently share job training programs and college information with adults all across the region.
Dr. Mary Ann Wolf - Op Ed: Leandro Amicus Brief
“We don’t have any teacher applicants for our vacancies,” said two superintendents from rural North Carolina public school districts.
Governor Cooper and nine current and former Governors submit Amicus Brief in support of fair and equitable college admissions
Governor Roy Cooper along with current Governor John Bel Edwards (LA) and former Governors Mike Easley (NC), Bev Perdue (NC), Jim Hunt (NC), Jim Hodges (SC), Richard Riley (SC), Ray Mabus (MS), Roy Barnes (GA), and Terry McAuliffe (VA) submitted an amicus brief in support of UNC (the University of North Carolina) in the United States Supreme Court cases challenging the consideration of race in college admissions at UNC and Harvard.
LCC Practical Nursing Pinning held
Lenoir Community College Health Sciences Department recently held its pinning ceremony for Practical Nursing graduates
Students team up with businesses to find solutions to real-life issues
The folks from the front office of the Down East Wood Duck, Kinston’s minor league baseball team, got the pitch they were looking for from LCPS students whose summer school assignment was to find solutions to problems identified by local businesses.
Students team up with businesses to find solutions to real-life issues
The folks from the front office of the Down East Wood Ducks, Kinston’s minor league baseball team, got the pitch they were looking for from LCPS students whose summer school assignment was to find solutions to problems identified by local businesses.
Help Wanted: NCWorks Career Coach-Lenoir County
NCWorks Career Coach-Lenoir County
Help Wanted: NCWorks Career Coach-Lenoir County
NCWorks Career Coach-Lenoir County
Summer Bridge takes mystery out of big move to new school
Janiyah Outlaw might not know her way around EB Frink Middle School yet, but she knows a lot more about moving up to the sixth grade after spending the past three weeks in LCPS’s Summer Bridge Academy, a program helping rising sixth and ninth graders make the step up to a new school environment.
LCC grad fulfills dream of becoming a nurse with assistance from WIOA
Lisa Satterfield of Snow Hill was thrilled to have successfully completed the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) Program at Lenoir Community College in May and earning the RN initials behind her name.
Dudley Flood Center launches Cohort 2 of the Rural Teacher Leader Network
Last year, the Public School Forum of North Carolina convened the inaugural cohort of the Rural Teacher Leadership Network, which is designed to bring together diverse groups of educators across North Carolina who seek to strengthen their practice, foster community with teacher leaders from across other rural districts, and develop their leadership capacity to guide other teachers in their schools. The network creates a strong and lasting community of rural educators with a focus on equity, trauma-informed practice, global education, and teacher leadership.
WIOA Program helped LCC graduate finished what she had started
Sherrinita Caldwell of Kinston wanted to finish what she had started a few years ago, her college degree. Married, separated, and a single mother of two, she was a stay-at-home mother for a few years. She relocated from Waldorf, MD back to Kinston in 2019 to help care for her mother who was battling cancer. Her mother’s health improved, and Caldwell decided to enroll into the Early Childhood Program at Lenoir Community College.
Summer learning takes off with LCPS's Ace Academy
If most of what they knew about aviation was that airplanes fly and that pilots fly them, the middle and high school students enrolled in LCPS’s Ace Academy sharpened that 10,000-foot perspective considerably last week.