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For Immediate Release
SALISBURY, N.C. — The Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Board of Trustees expressed its appreciation today for a significant contribution to the college.
During its September meeting, the board recognized the Blanche and Julian Robertson Family Foundation for its grant of $37,500.
RCCC has used the Robertson Family Foundation grant to purchase a SimMan patient simulator for its nursing programs. A SimMan is a portable and technically advanced patient simulator that provides realistic anatomy and clinical functionality. The SimMan is giving students cutting-edge, simulation-based experience to challenge and test their clinical and decision-making skills in realistic patient care scenarios. The simulator includes advanced software and interactive technology, allowing nursing students to practice all aspects of patient care.
The RCCC board also recognized a number of 2007-08 academic scholarship recipients. Eight full-time students have received scholarships of $1,000, and eight part-time students have earned $500 scholarships. To receive a scholarship, funded from college bookstore profits, students must have completed two semesters and have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0.
The full-time scholarship recipients are:
- Natalie Rae Allen, a general occupations technology student from Salisbury;
- Breanna Cheek, enrolled in arts and sciences from Kannapolis;
- Joshua L. Freeborn, in the arts and sciences program from Salisbury;
- Brandon M. Hinds, an electronics engineering technology student from Rockwell;
- Daniel Franklin Lattimore, and arts and sciences student from Salisbury;
- Andrew McCombs, enrolled in business administration/marketing and retailing from Granite Quarry;
- Leslie Miller, an arts and sciences student from Salisbury; and
- Iryna S. Ramsey, an early childhood teaching student from Salisbury.
The part-time scholarship recipients are:
- Denise Bibb, a nursing student from Lexington;
- Emily Dunning, enrolled in motorsports management technology from Charlotte;
- Susan D. Elliott, a nursing student from Concord;
- Joseph Brett Grimm, enrolled in general occupations technology from Concord;
- Melissa Rollins, a general occupations technology student from Salisbury;
- Cindy G. Ruby, enrolled medical office administration from Kannapolis;
- Michelle Dudley Russell, a radiography student from Kannapolis; and
- Adam P. Ryerson, arts and sciences student from Salisbury
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a comprehensive, community-based institution of higher learning, serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. RCCC offers approximately 40 programs of study in business, health and human services and engineering technologies at multiple campus locations. RCCC annually provides more than 2,000 course offerings, serving an enrollment of approximately 20,000 adult students. RCCC programs include an associate degree in arts and sciences, an associate degree in applied science, and diploma and certificate programs focusing on workforce training, continuing education and basic skills education.
In addition, RCCC provides the education and job-training programs needed to meet many of the workforce demands of the North Carolina Research Campus, under construction in Kannapolis, N.C.
For complete details, see the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu.