August 7, 2009
For Immediate Release

RCCC Instructor Earns Rotary Award

               SALISBURY, N.C. — Garland Fulp, a program head and instructor at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, has been named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of Cabarrus County.

                Fulp received the distinction at a recent club banquet. He directs the business administration program at RCCC and teaches a number of business and marketing classes. He helped charter RCCC's Rotaract Club in 2001 and serves as its advisor. He also helped organize Rotaract Clubs at the Cabarrus College of Health Science, Pfeiffer University and UNC-Wilmington.

                RCCC's Rotaract club has undertaken a number of service projects, including helping build a Habitat for Humanity house, raising funds to construct a Habitat house in Romania, raising money for and delivering sonogram equipment to a maternity hospital in Romania, and collecting more than a ton of food for the Metrolina Food Bank.

                The Paul Harris Fellow recognition is named for the founder of Rotary International.

               RCCC is a comprehensive, community-based institution of higher learning, serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus counties in North Carolina. RCCC is one of 58 colleges in the state-supported North Carolina Community College System.

                RCCC offers fully-accredited associate-degree programs in more than 40 areas of study, including arts and sciences, business, information technology, health and public services, and engineering technologies. RCCC also offers accredited diploma and certificate programs focused on career training, continuing education and basic skills education. RCCC provides a strong foundation and transferable credits for students moving on to four-year colleges and universities and helps adults get the additional training they need to start new careers.

               RCCC annually provides more than 2,000 course offerings, serving an overall enrollment of approximately 20,000 students. In addition, RCCC provides the education and job-training programs needed to meet many of the workforce demands of the North Carolina Research Campus being developed in Kannapolis. For complete details, see the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu.