Education

Feb 12, 2025

Schools Aim To Grow Apprenticeships

By Cece Nunn, posted Feb 12, 2025

In an announcement in June sent to local media last year, Cape Fear Community College highlighted success stories in one of the Wilmington-based school’s apprenticeship programs. School officials have been working to draw attention to apprenticeships in recent years. To that end, the June news release said three graduates of the Electrical Apprenticeship Career ...

Feb 7, 2025

University of North Carolina Wilmington officials announced Friday the single largest donation in the school’s history – $25 million – which will be used to advance medical education. The donation comes from Yousry Sayed, a member of UNCW’s Board of Trustees and founder of Quality Chemical Laboratories, and his wife, attorney Linda Sayed. &ldq ...

Feb 5, 2025

CFCC Participating In State Workforce 'Boost' Program

By Staff Reports, posted Feb 5, 2025

Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) announced Wednesday it is participating in a state initiative "to accelerate students' progress through college and into the workforce, aligning with the state's economic development goals." The program is set to serve students in specific programs at CFCC and other participating colleges across North Caroli ...

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Elevating Wilmington: Why a New, Taller Bridge is Essential for Our Progress

Posted Jul 25, 2024
Last week’s celebration was a testament to the power of community and the strength of our collective vision. It was exhilarating to see leaders from both sides of the river and political spectrum come together as the Federal Highway Administrator announced an unprecedented grant of $242 million for the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement thanks to investments from the Bipartisan Infrastruc...read entire article
Sep 30, 2024

A new report released Monday showed the University of North Carolina Wilmington had a statewide economic impact of approximately $3.2 billion in fiscal year 2022.    About half of that impact, about $1.6 billion, was concentrated in the eight counties in Southeastern North Carolina: New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, Bladen, Columbus, Duplin, Onslow and Sampson co ...

Sep 9, 2024

A new program at Cape Fear Community College aims to train more people to become surveyors to meet regional demand for the required role. The geomatics program “will provide students with the education and training required to pursue a career as a surveyor,” according to a news release. “As our region continues to experience significant growth and deve ...

Aug 29, 2024

CFCC Launches Training Program For Pilots

By Emma Dill, posted Aug 29, 2024

Cape Fear Community College is launching a new Career Pilot Program designed to meet a growing demand for pilots and other professionals in the aviation industry. The program aims to provide students with the foundational knowledge and skills needed to pursue a career as a commercial pilot. The first two courses – an aviation fundamentals class and a pilot instrum ...

Jul 18, 2024

CFCC Making Progress On Health, Human Services Center

By Beth A. Klahre, posted Jul 18, 2024

Cape Fear Community College officials continue to work on transforming a downtown Wilmington office building into a facility to boost the health care workforce. The five-story, 55,000-square-foot structure at 319 N. Third St., which was acquired in 2023, is being renovated in two phases. Overall, the renovations will enable CFCC to expand enrollment in the dental ass ...

May 9, 2024

The board of directors of state-funded research grant organization NCInnovation will hear research grant proposals from seven state universities, including the University of North Carolina Wilmington, for its pilot funding round on May 14.  The group’s board will hear and approve grants for six to eight research projects, dolling out the first ...

Mar 18, 2024

UNCW Designs New Degree Program To Advance Mid-career Adults

By Jenny Callison, posted Mar 18, 2024

The University of North Carolina Wilmington is launching a new bachelor’s degree program aimed squarely at adults who want to boost or pivot their careers. A public session earlier this month introduced the Workforce Learning and Development degree program, which developers say meets important needs in the Cape Fear region and across North Carolina.   “I ...

Feb 2, 2024

Smith Preps BCC For Growth

By Randall Kirkpatrick, posted Feb 2, 2024

Gene Smith’s tenure as Brunswick Community College’s president, which began in January 2019, culminated decades as a teacher, department head, dean and top administrator.  He touched most of the bases in the educational playing field. Many might have also guessed that coming from a family of farmers and educators, his journey to assuming such a leadersh ...

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