July 10, 2008
For Immediate Release

RCCC Receives More Than $1 Million in Grants

                  SALISBURY, N.C. — During its 2007-2008 fiscal year, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College established an institutional record for generating grant funding.

                   From July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008, RCCC received 19 grants totaling $1.8 million. Funded projects included radiography equipment and laboratory renovations, software and equipment for nursing programs, student scholarship programs, biotechnology workshops for high school teachers, a stop-smoking program, and career and technical education assistance. Approximately 35 faculty and staff members worked on grant-writing projects during the year.

                   Since RCCC created an office of grants development in November 2005, the college has received 47 grants of more than $2.43 million dollars.

                   "It's rewarding to see the difference the Office of Grants Development has made at the college in just two-and-a-half years," said Daphne Lewis, RCCC's director of grants development. "It's clear from our success thus far; RCCC has a number of talented faculty and staff members with great ideas for enhancing our programs and services. I'm thrilled to be part of such an exciting team effort."

           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.