JCC in the News
Doll maker to lead fair village (11/18/2009)
Her hands move quickly, tying the corn husks together with string until they begin to resemble a woman in a dress.
During the N.C. State Fair, Pam Earp of Johnston County demonstrates her craft -- making corn-husk dolls for 12 hours a day in the Village of Yesteryear. It's hard work, and it's also her annual vacation.
"It's very therapeutic," Earp says.
Talecris Expanding in Clayton, Creating 259 Jobs (11/13/2009)
Hundreds of jobs are on their way to a county hard hit by the recession.
Talecris Biotherapeutics announced its Clayton plant in Johnston County beat out another location for an expansion.
The expansion is a $268 million investment that will create 259 jobs over 7 years. Currently, about 1,800 hundred people work for Talecris in Johnston County.
Early education program feels budget pinch (11/11/2009)
Budget cuts have taken a toll on North Carolina’s More at Four Program, which is designed to provide an education to at-risk 4-year-olds, program officials said.
BioWork/North Carolina Now (10/14/2009)
Community colleges balance costs, students (09/28/2009)
Enrollment is up and funding is down, but Johnston Community College is meeting students' needs.
New Leader, Big Birthday JCC Celebrates 40 Years (09/17/2009)
From the very first drumbeat of the inaugural processional, last weekend was indeed special at Johnston Community College, as a new leader was installed and four decades of education celebrated.
Inauguration Day (09/16/2009)
SMITHFIELD - Johnston Community College officially welcomed its third president on Friday. The inauguration drew about 300 people, including delegates from other schools, local politicians and both former presidents of the college.
Johnston Community College celebrates 40 years (09/11/2009)
Johnston Community College is celebrating 40 years this weekend by opening their campus to the public. And college leaders also installed the school’s third president Friday.
Many Unemployed Turning To Truck Driving (08/21/2009)
After months of searching for work in their fields and unemployment benefits on the verge of ending, many of America’s unemployed these days are going back to school in the hopes of learning a new trade.
State Cuts Funding For Johnston Trucking School (08/13/2009)
The state cut funding for a popular truck driver training program at Johnston Community College. The program will lose from $200,000 to $350,000 this fiscal year, according to JCC officials.
College plans for more cuts (08/12/2009)
State budget cuts will likely hurt high school students looking for a leg up and people looking to become truckers.
The state budget, which cleared the General Assembly last week, takes at least $1.2 million from Johnston Community College. Through the Huskins program, JCC has offered college-credit courses to local high school students. But that program is losing $1 million this year, or almost all of its funding. “That will pretty much eliminate the program,” said Traci Ashley, JCC’s media-relations and public-information officer.
Johnston students win honors in literature (07/23/2009)
Six students at Johnston Community College have been recognized for their poetry and prose writing in the 2009 Cynthia DeFord Adams literary competition.
Huskins funding could get cut (07/22/2009)
The state might cut funding that allows hundreds of high school students in Johnston and Wake counties to take some community-college classes for free.
Johnston Community College President Upbeat, Despite Budget Crunch (07/16/2009)
The new president of Johnston Community College has spent his first two weeks on the job maintaining calm over an uncertain budget. Dr. David Johnson said Thursday that the challenge for faculty and staff is meeting the needs of more students - at least 500 more than last year - with less money.
JCC leader takes office (07/15/2009)
Dr. David Johnson stepped in as Johnston Community College’s third president on July 1. He brings with him a tenacious energy and a philosophy of lifelong education.
'Thank you, Big Kahuna' (07/08/2009)
It was 1970. Don Reichard’s college days were coming to an end, and the military draft was inching closer and closer to his number.
“I had full expectations that I was going to graduate and go to Vietnam,” he said. But it wasn’t to be.
Raleigh native takes charge of Johnston Community College (07/01/2009)
Dr. David Johnson changed careers 15 years ago, but his belief system remained the same. It’s a path that took him from divinity school to leadership roles at community colleges in Virginia to his current role as president of Johnston Community College.
Stimulus Money Puts Johnston County Teens To Work (06/30/2009)
Develle Sanders, 21 got his first job this summer, filing and making copies at Johnston Community College.
"I figured, why not? It's a summer job and I can use it," Sanders said.
He is one of about 200 young people in Johnston County who are working at local companies this summer and being paid with federal stimulus money.
Enrollment soars at Johnston GED program (06/03/2009)
For the first time ever, Johnston Community College's GED, or General Education Development, program has had to put students on a waiting list.
More than 700 people have taken the exam to get into the program since January, said JCC's Director of Basic Skills Pamela Earp. That's about a 75 percent increase, she added.
Johnston Community College names new president (05/27/2009)
Smithfield, N.C. — Johnston Community College on Wednesday named David Johnson as the college’s third president.
Johnson succeeds Donald L. Reichard, who is retiring after 10 years heading the college. A provost at Southside Virginia Community College in Keysville, Va., Johnson will assume his new duties on July 1.
Final two JCC candidates attend forums (05/20/2009)
Two more JCC candidates attend forum (05/13/2009)
Tim Brewer is a former forestry teacher
SMITHFIELD — Dr. Tim Brewer didn’t start his education career in a classroom. He started so far outside one, in fact, that he was in the woods.
Enrollment on the rise in college's 'BioWork' program (05/13/2009)
JOHNSTON COUNTY — Last December, Brian Stevens was laid off from Caterpillar after 17 years on the production floor. But two weeks later, he was already training for a job in a growing Johnston County labor staple: biotherapeutics.
Grants News (05/11/2009)
Johnston Community College (JCC) in North Carolina received a $30,000 Project Skill Up grant to help local workers affected by changes in the tobacco industry.
Presidential hopeful uses humor in bid to lead JCC (05/06/2009)
Students, faculty and citizens quizzed a potential new leader for Johnston Community College last week.
Dr. Michael Helmick, one of five finalists for JCC president, spoke last Thursday at the first of five public forums for the hopefuls...
Fund-raising challenges in a down economy (04/10/2009)
As public funds become more unreliable in the current economy, fund raising is becoming even more critical for community colleges.
The challenge of a increasing student enrollments coupled with declining resources has two-year institutions re-evaluating and stepping up their fund-raising efforts.
Johnston Community College (JCC) in North Carolina revised its fund-raising program a little more than a year ago... (full story on page 9)
College Helping Displaced Workers (04/09/2009)
When the Eaton Corporation closed its Selma plant in 2007, it left workers like Eleanor Peedin of Pine Level and Laura Benton of Selma devastated.
"We didn't know what we were going to do because a lot of us were on up in age," said 54-year-old Peedin.
But she and Benton enrolled in the medical office administration program at Johnston Community College that year...
Success in tough times? (04/08/2009)
An unsteady economy has left many local businesses anxious for guidance and support.
Last week, about 25 people showed up for “Business Success in Tough Times,” a seminar offered by Johnston Community College’s Small Business Center.
“I think everyone’s interested in just knowing what’s ahead of them, what the pitfalls are,” said Rosa Andrews, head of the Small Business Center...
Trucking School’s Enrollment Up (03/26/2009)
People from all backgrounds are turning to trucking, according to Paul Jump, Director of the North Carolina Truck Driver Training School at Johnston Community College.
"We get anywhere from professional people to just general laborers to teenagers just out of high school. We have had lawyers, we've had pilots," he said.
Enrollment is up by about 10 percent this year...
College narrows search (03/25/2009)
Johnston Community College will announce the finalists in its search for a new president next week.
A screening committee of 20 narrowed a field of 76 applicants to 12 semifinalists. Next week, it will turn over its top six choices to the school’s board of trustees, which will choose the next president...
College Launching New Health Care Class (03/25/2009)
As the economy has deteriorated, interest in working in stable fields, such as health care, has grown, said Johnston Community College (JCC) officials.
That's why JCC's Workforce Development Center plans to launch a new class called "Pathways to Health Care." It will give students a realistic view of the health care industry...
Lt. Governor Walter Dalton Visits Johnston Community College (02/18/2009)
Lt. Governor Walter Dalton visited Johnston Community College in Smithfield Wednesday.
"The community colleges are absolutely critical to get through this tough economic time," he told a crowd at the Black Business and Health Expo at JCC.
Dalton praised the college for...
JCC witnesses record spring enrollment (01/26/2009)
Johnston Community College has seen a 9-percent enrollment surge this spring, the highest in the school's 40-year history.
JCC enrolled nearly 300 more students for the spring semester for a total student body of 3,167. Enrollment is also up in many continuing education programs...
310 pound Feral Pig Harvested in Johnston County (01/23/2009)
The coldest few days in years in Johnston County equaled success for several hunters participating in a feral pig hunt at the Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center (Howell Woods) in Four Oaks. During the cold snap hunters from Johnston County, the piedmont and coastal areas of North Carolina and a few from as far north as New York State braved the weather for a chance to harvest a Johnston County feral pig.
Jaguars earn first victory in school history (01/20/2009)
Johnston Community College's men's basketball team picked up its first victory in school history on Saturday night, defeating Vance-Granville Community College, 93-72. The Jaguars won as an intermural program in previous years but this triumph is their first as an accredited junior college program.
Vance-Granville had defeated the Jaguars by 18 points in their first meeting...
Community colleges are a priority (01/14/2009)
Like County Commissioner Wade Stewart, we think now is the time for government to spend less, not more. The exception would be money spent on the state’s community colleges.
The recession has cost thousands of North Carolinians their jobs, and many of them have turned to the state’s community colleges...
On hiring, JCC setting the example (12/10/2008)
By next July, the Johnston County schools and Johnston Community College will have new leaders. Here’s hoping the schools will follow the college’s lead in the hiring the process.
Last week, college trustees held a forum at which they asked citizens to list the qualities they would like to see...
Johnston Community College Hears From The Community (12/03/2008)
Johnston Community College held a forum Wednesday afternoon to hear from the public about who should be the college's next president.
The current president, Dr. Donald Reichard, will retire in July.
A handful of community members told the board...
Enrollment soars at 2-year schools (09/17/2008)
Community college rolls swell as the economy withers -- a cycle that brings to mind displaced factory workers going from textiles to high-tech in a computer classroom. This year, state community colleges are reporting unusually large growth.
But a newer group also is driving the increase...
Higher gas prices fuel interest in motorcycle riding (07/02/2008)
As fuel prices keep climbing, people are steering towards something smaller and more open. Motorcycle safety classes are filling up, as folks opt to roll on two wheels – rather than four.
“I think if more people rode motorcycles, scooters ...
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