Support from the College Foundation

Johnston Community College serves over 18,000 students in an academic year. The students are highly and wonderfully diverse in age, background, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status, as well as in educational interests and training needs.

Many students have financial needs that may keep them from continuing their education or acquiring needed training, even though the tuition fees are comparatively modest.
Many students will enroll for one semester, as they can afford it, and then drop out for a period of time to accumulate sufficient funds to re-enroll.
Other students may not even apply for college, or may set aside their educational dreams, simply due to their lack of resources for education.

Unlike at a public or private university, community college students are usually self-supporting, and many struggle daily with financial matters.

The College Foundation has a vision that no student of Johnston County will be denied the opportunity for a college education and for career training simply because of insufficient financial resources.

In addition, because of constantly increasing limitations on basic revenues, Johnston Community College increasingly relies on private donor support to maintain and expand desired programs and services.

Our technologically-based programs demand current equipment and labs, as well as constant updates to curriculum and instructional materials.
Community-based programs and services like our various Performing Arts series, Arboretum, Howell Woods, and the Workforce Development Center require sponsorships and financial support to assure high quality programs, events, and services that reach out to the public.
There continue to be capital and other physical plant needs that simply cannot be met with public funds.

Indeed, increased student enrollments place more and more demands on the College’s facilities, programs, and support services without adjustments to the essential funding base.

The College Foundation has a vision that Johnston Community College will continue to expand and extend its programs and services, and that private gift support will provide that margin of difference to enhance the quality of life and assure excellence.

In October 2006, the College Foundation set forth a Strategic Plan for the Future.

The Foundation now has a Vision that by 2010, total assets will be over $5 million.

In addition, by 2010, the College foundation would have annually generated $500,000 in new gifted funds, plus $250,000 in in-kind gifts.

And the College Foundation would be able to allocate $500,000 annually to the College, including at least $250,000 for student scholarship support and assistance, $100,000 in assets to fund two faculty positions annually and funding for professional development, program growth and enhancement, academic support, learning resources, and other identified priority needs and concerns in order to assure excellence.

The College foundation has a Vision that by 2015, total assets will be over $10 million.

Support from the College Foundation

Your gifts to the College Foundation go to support the College in many ways, including but not limited to:

Grants and Scholarships

Each year the College Foundation administers over $250,000 in scholarships from more than 120 different endowments, annual scholarship awards, and unrestricted funds. In addition, there are scholarship award programs which enable the College to attract and serve students with special talents, to acknowledge and reward academic, leadership, and athletic performance, and to respond to emergency student assistance needs.

Faculty/Teaching Support

The College Foundation provides financial assistance in the form of grants to faculty and staff in response to submitted proposals, to improve the academic accessibility and the learning environment for our students and provide for program enhancements. In addition, the College Foundation provides other resources to enhance learning resources available at the campus and educational centers and to assure exceptional teaching/learning experiences.

Arboretum

The College Foundation provides financial support to promote the mission of the Arboretum and provide a dynamic, aesthetic display of cultivated and native plants adapted for environmentally-sound landscapes for education, pleasure, aesthetic, and research resources for the community.

Howell Woods

In 1993, the College Foundation received a gift of a 2,800 acre property from Rudolph Howell. This wonderful and generous gift allowed the College to create the Rudolph Howell and Son Environmental Learning Center, known as Howell Woods. Howell Woods provides a natural forest, river, wildlife, outdoor educational, and recreational resource for the people of North Carolina that is truly extraordinary and that is actively managed by the College. The Foundation maintains an endowment to support Howell Woods.

Performing Arts

The College Foundation recognizes the importance of performing arts to the people of Johnston County and the surrounding region and thus provides financial support for enriching the Performing Arts Concert Series, the Country Music Showcase, and other Performing Arts events for our community. The Foundation receives endowment funds to support the Performing Arts.

Endowments

The College Foundation knows the importance of building a corpus for the future – and not just allocating dollars for the present - and has built up endowments that are now worth well over $3.5 million.

Student Leadership

The College Foundation recognizes the importance of building current and future leaders in the community, in careers, and in public service and supports campus programs to build student leadership and volunteer service.

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