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| May 2008 a monthly e-newsletter published by Pitt Community College | |
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IN THIS EDITION:
•College Holds Employee Appreciation at Rock Springs •Students Honored for Academic Excellence •ECSU Chancellor Urges Minority Males to Pursue Higher Education •Tallo Elected to Gamma Beta Phi Leadership Position •Chamber's Teen Leadership Institute Concludes at PCC •SSS Program Celebrates Students' Success •Albertson Awarded Morning Rotary's Warren Scholarship |
Pictured above are PCC's 2008 Staff Excellence Awards recipients. From left to right, they are: Gretchen Baugh, Karen LeMoine, Matt Smith, Stephanie Robertson and Betty Foreman.College Holds Employee Appreciation Event at Rock Springs Center April 18 WINTERVILLE—Pitt Community College honored its employees and celebrated their achievements April 18, during the school’s 25th Annual Employee Appreciation and Recognition Evening at Rock Springs Center. During the program, the college recognized Matt Smith as the Joan and Ed Warren Staff Employee of the Year for ... |
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Academic Excellence Program Pays Tribute WINTERVILLE—-Pitt Community College held its annual Academic Excellence Awards Luncheon April 4 to pay tribute to students who have performed extremely well both in and out of the classroom. The event, held in the Charles Coburn Center and sponsored by the PCC Foundation, honored 50 of Pitt’s best and brightest students as nominated by PCC instructors and staff. Heather Moore, an Advertising and Graphic Design student with a 3.9 grade point average, was the event’s guest speaker. She recalled being a shy student at James Kenan High School before enrolling at PCC, |
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ECSU Chancellor Stresses EducationWillie Gilchrist Is Featured Speaker for 2008 College Bound Event |
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WINTERVILLE—Willie Gilchrist, chancellor of Elizabeth City State University, was the featured speaker in April at a Pitt Community College event held to encourage Pitt County minority males to pursue higher education. Called “College Bound – Here We Come,” the program featured seniors from each of the county’s six high schools touring the PCC campus, interacting with Pitt mentors, and receiving candid advice from the 58-year-old Gilchrist. As he began his speech, the ECSU chancellor warned the students he would not be pulling any punches during his remarks. “I’d rather hurt your feelings at your age and shock you back into reality than for you to be turned down later at every corner because you aren’t presenting yourself well,” he said. With 90 percent of the fastest-growing jobs in America requiring post-secondary instruction, Gilchrist told the teens they would need a college education in order to find a job that pays more than minimum wage. Simple math, he said, demonstrates that $6.15 per hour isn’t even enough to cover life’s essentials. |
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Chamber's Annual
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Robert Tallo Elected to Gamma Beta Phi Leadership Position
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Atchison Teaches Students in NJ Without Leaving NCWINTERVILLE—It’s not everyday an instructor in North Carolina lectures a class in New Jersey without ever leaving the Tar Heel State. But that was the case this spring as modern technology enabled Pitt Community College biology instructor Tammy Atchison to share her knowledge of the field with a general microbiology |
Albertson ReceivesWarren ScholarshipGREENVILLE—Michele Albertson, a Pitt Community College Radiography student, was recently named the Greenville Morning Rotary Club’s 2008 Sen. Ed N. Warren Scholarship recipient. Albertson, who grew up in rural South Mills, has a 3.8 grade point average at PCC and is Vice President of Service for the college’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. “Growing up on a farm taught me a lot about responsibility, but that is also where I learned about community service and giving to others,” Albertson told Rotary Club members. “Living in a small community allowed me to actually see the results of people helping others.” Albertson’s volunteer service includes 4-H projects, delivering Meals on Wheels and organizing meals at Greenville’s Hope Lodge. Through her church, she took part in an eye-opening and life-changing mission trip to Ecuador in 2005. |
Spring Fling '08Sun, Food and Fun Highlight Spring FlingWINTERVILLE--Sunny skies and breezy conditions greeted Pitt Community College students and employees participating in this year's Spring Fling. The annual event, organized and sponsored by PCC's Student Government Association, featured the National Guard's rock-climbing wall, chair massages, drawings, music and free ... |
Michele Albertson (second from left) receives the 2008 Ed N. Warren Scholarship from Greenville Morning Rotary's Del Pietro (left) with her mother Terry (third from left) and PCC VP of Academic Affairs Pamela Hilbert looking on. 
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PCC baseball took three games from Wilkes Community College over the weekend to finish second in the Region X Conference at 27-8. The Bulldogs who play next in the conference tournament May 7-11 in Burlington, were 34-12 overall. Several players finished among the NJCAA's statistical leaders in several categories for Division I. |
Derek Joyner Earns All-Tourney Honors with 7th-Place FinishWILMINGTON—Pitt Community College golfer Derek Joyner was named to the Region X All-Tournament team in April after finishing in a three-way tie for seventh out of the 50 golfers participating in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I District V Championship April 21-22. After posting scores of 77 in the first two rounds of the event, which was held at the par-72, 7,061-yard Magnolia Greens Golf Plantation, Joyner shot 74 in the final round to finish at 228 (+12).
Basketball Holds Press Conference to Introduce Recruits WINTERVILLE—Pitt Community College basketball held a press conference April 9 to introduce fans to the first class of signees who are leading the school’s most recent effort to bring college hoops back to campus During the event, which was held in front of the Ed and Joan Warren Building, Coach Chad Reynolds |
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