Published on January 21, 2022
Randolph Community College President Dr. Robert S. Shackleford announced his retirement Thursday, Jan. 20, reading a letter during the Board of Trustees meeting that was later emailed to faculty and staff. Shackleford said, while there will never be a perfect time in his mind to retire, it’s time for him to spend more time with his family. His retirement is effective July 1.
Read More
Published on January 12, 2022
More than 180 board, faculty, and staff members joined Randolph Community College President Dr. Robert S. Shackleford Jr. on Zoom for the College’s annual Spring Convocation on Friday, Jan. 7. RCC honored Wesley Moore as its 2021 Excellence in Teaching award winner, Matthew Needham as the 2021 Staff Person of the Year, and Donald Shoaf as the Adjunct Faculty of the Year award winner.
Read More
Published on January 4, 2022
Students in Randolph Community College’s Veterinary Assisting program can now sit for the Approved Veterinary Assistant exam as the College’s program was approved by the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVTA). RCC is the only NAVTA-approved Veterinary Assistant program in the state and one of 28 programs approved at technical or community colleges nationwide.
Read More
Published on February 28, 2022
Local Black entrepreneurs don’t have to travel far to get their ideas off the ground. For the second straight year, Randolph Community College’s Small Business Center (SBC) is partnering with VentureAsheboro, Midstate Rotary, the Asheboro/Randolph Chamber, and the City of Asheboro for a Black Business Accelerator program.
Read More
Published on February 24, 2022
Randolph Community College, Asheboro City Schools, Randolph County Schools, and Uwharrie Charter Academy are joining forces for Randolph NEXT, a unique job fair featuring more than 40 local businesses and the career and educational opportunities at RCC.
Read More
Published on February 21, 2022
Industry is ever-changing, which means Randolph Community College’s Industrial Programs Department Head Wesley Moore has to stay one step ahead to ensure the programs’ graduates have the skills they need to enter the workforce. The latest step is changing the College’s Industrial Systems Technology Program to Automation Engineering Technology this coming fall semester to be more in-line with what industries are demanding of their workforces.
Read More
Published on February 21, 2022
Randolph Community College’s Continuing Education and Workforce Development and College and Career Readiness departments and the College’s Small Business Center are partnering with Kingdom Life Community Church to offer GED, Adult High School, and computer courses on the church campus.
Read More
Published on February 17, 2022
Interested in a career in criminal justice, but unsure how to pay for college? Randolph Community College is a part of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows Program (CJFP), which funds fellowships for high school senior graduates. In order to qualify, students must have exhibited high academic achievement, a history of service to the school and community, and a desire to serve the state of North Carolina in a field within the criminal justice profession. The application process closes May 31.
Read More
Published on March 31, 2022
Members of the Randolph County community gathered in Randolph Community College’s JB & Claire Davis Corporate Training Center on Tuesday, March 29, for the “State of the County” — a discussion of the current and future workforce needs and the educational pipeline of Randolph County.
Read More
Published on March 29, 2022
Von Harmon Jr., Santiago Avila Ponce, and Apryl Smith may have disparate backgrounds, but they are all a part of Randolph Community College’s Radiography program and are hoping to help change the face of those working in medical fields.
Read More
Published on March 21, 2022
Beta Theta Rho, Randolph Community College’s Five Star Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, won several awards at the Carolinas Regional Convention at Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem on March 4.
Read More
Published on March 15, 2022
Spring Break officially started Tuesday, March 8, at Randolph Community College, but you could have fooled visitors to the Asheboro Campus. Classrooms and labs bustled with activity and students, faculty, and staff filled the hallways. The College, in partnership with Asheboro City Schools, Randolph County School System, Uwharrie Charter Academy, NCWorks, and the Asheboro/Randolph Chamber, hosted the inaugural Randolph NEXT — a job fair featuring more than 40 local businesses and the career and educational opportunities at RCC.
Read More
Published on April 29, 2022
Randolph Community College President Dr. Robert S. Shackleford Jr. was awarded the prestigious Order of the Long Leaf Pine on Wednesday, April 27, as the College not only honored its president, but also hosted a long-awaited ribbon cutting for the Dr. Robert S. Shackleford Allied Health Center as part of a celebration of the President’s upcoming retirement.
Read More
Published on April 21, 2022
Randolph Community College and Pfeiffer University faculty and staff, along with members of the RCC Board of Trustees and RCC Foundation Board, gathered Tuesday, April 19, in the Martha Luck Comer Conference Center for an agreement signing ceremony. The bilateral articulation agreement will make it easier for RCC students to seamlessly transfer credits upon graduating from the College and admission into Pfeiffer.
Read More
Published on April 20, 2022
Five exceptional Randolph County high school students have been chosen in a competitive process as Presidential Scholars at Randolph Community College for the 2022-2023 school year.
Read More
Published on April 19, 2022
At the start of the 2021-2022 school year, Randolph Community College President Dr. Robert S. Shackleford Jr. announced an initiative to “support the development of excellent educators in Randolph County.” Starting this fall, students interested in becoming teachers can earn their Associate in Arts in Teacher Preparation (AATP) or Associate in Science in Teacher Preparation (ASTP) at the College.
Read More
Published on April 15, 2022
Ready for a new career? You don’t have to go to school for years or even leave your computer to do it. Randolph Community College is offering an online Medical Office Administration certificate that can be earned in just one semester.
Read More
Published on April 14, 2022
Thanks to a grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation, Randolph Community College can go forward with a venture with Central Carolina and Sandhills community colleges to provide training for truck drivers.
Read More
Published on April 4, 2022
A new, in-depth economic impact analysis found Randolph Community College has a $101.4 million annual impact on the regional economy — supporting more than 2,350 jobs or one out of every 27 jobs across Randolph County.
Read More
Published on April 1, 2022
Lindsey Pizzola is enrolled in Randolph Community College’s Adult Basic Life Skills Education (ABLE) program, which helps adults with developmental disabilities. Students take academic-based classes that focus on helping them become as independent as possible. That extends into life outside of RCC as many of the College’s ABLE students also have jobs. For Pizzola, it’s folding paper towels and unwrapping canvases every Tuesday at The Preppy Possum, a paint-and-sip studio in Asheboro.
Read More
Published on May 31, 2022
Denisse Sanchez loves giving people shots.
It’s just one of the many hats she gladly wears as a Medical Assistant at White Oak Family Physicians in Asheboro. She wouldn’t be wearing those hats, however, without her degree in Medical Assisting from Randolph Community College — or without her children.
Read More
Published on May 26, 2022
Petra Suarez Hernandez could have given up on earning her High School Equivalency diploma when the COVID-19 pandemic started. She could have given up when her husband lost a family member. She could have given up when her mother was in a car accident that put her in the hospital.
“In that moment, the only thing coming to my head was, ‘I need to quit.’ ”
Read More
Published on May 18, 2022
Randolph Community College President Dr. Robert S. Shackleford Jr. made his way down the ramp and into the crowd for one last photo Wednesday evening as the College held its first in-person graduation since 2019. The moment was bittersweet. While RCC lauded its Class of 2022, which achieved the milestone despite a global pandemic, it also honored its retiring President of 15 years.
Read More
Published on May 17, 2022
Randolph Community College recently announced the President’s List, Dean’s List, and Academic Merit List for the 2022 spring semester.
Read More
Published on May 13, 2022
Bill McBrayer, Vice Chair of the North Carolina Community College System State Board, was the guest speaker at Randolph Community College’s 2022 Curriculum Graduation ceremony May 11 at the Special Events Center of the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Over 500 students applied to graduate with their associate degrees, diplomas, and certificates this spring with more than 220 graduates participating in the ceremony.
Read More
Published on June 7, 2022
Bryson Hicks has been awarded the Randolph Community College Foundation Retiree Scholarship for the 2022-2023 school year. The scholarship was established to honor retired RCC faculty and staff members.
Read More
Published on June 2, 2022
On May 25, Beta Theta Rho, Randolph Community College’s chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, inducted new members into its Five Star chapter and moved into its 23rd year. A ceremony was pre-recorded and sent to new members due to COVID-19.
Read More
Published on June 2, 2022
Shawn Barr of Asheboro was chosen as Randolph Community College’s Academic Excellence Award winner for 2022, while Devin Owens of Randleman was RCC’s nominee for the 2022 Dallas Herring Achievement Award.
Read More
Published on July 28, 2022
Randolph Community College recently announced the President’s List, Dean’s List, and Academic Merit List for the 2022 Summer Semester.
Read More
Published on July 26, 2022
Randolph Community College’s Workforce Development and Continuing Education division recently received the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Bridge to Career Scholarship from the SECU Foundation.
Read More
Published on July 26, 2022
Apprenticeship Randolph was recently recognized as an Apprenticeship Ambassador by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship (OA) as a part of its Apprenticeship Ambassador Initiative.
Read More
Published on July 25, 2022
The Randolph Community College Board of Trustees has chosen Vice President of Workforce Development and Continuing Education Elbert Lassiter as Acting President for the College while the search for a permanent president is underway.
Read More
Published on July 1, 2022
Recently, Randolph Community College’s Information Technology (IT) program was ranked 15th in the country by ZDNet, a business technology news website, in a list of online associate in information technology degrees.
Read More
Published on August 25, 2022
Is your business looking to be on the cutting edge with higher-skilled workers? Is turnover hurting your bottom line? Randolph Community College is starting a new workforce initiative to train unemployed and underemployed adults.
Read More
Published on August 22, 2022
Local administrators and community leaders, along with faculty and staff from Randolph Community College, the Randolph County School System, Asheboro City Schools, Uwharrie Charter Academy, Faith Christian School, and homeschool; family, and friends gathered on RCC’s Asheboro Campus Tuesday, Aug. 9, to both celebrate Apprenticeship Randolph’s second graduating class and witness 17 more apprentices signed to the program.
Read More
Published on August 18, 2022
Faculty, staff, and members of the Board of Trustees and the Foundation Board gathered in the Armadillo Café on the Asheboro Campus Friday, Aug. 12, as Randolph Community College kicked off its 60th school year with a breakfast and convocation.
Read More
Published on September 15, 2022
While looking back at years of successes and looking toward an even brighter future, the Randolph Community College community celebrated Founders’ Week Sept. 4-9 as the College turned 60 years old.
Read More
Published on September 12, 2022
Randolph Community College students and staff, and representatives from the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) gathered Thursday, Aug. 25, in the JB & Claire Davis Corporate Training Center on the Asheboro Campus as the SECU presented the College with $18,000 in Bridge to Career Scholarships.
Read More
Published on September 2, 2022
It’s not every day you get an invitation to the White House, but Randolph Community College Director of Apprenticeships and Pathways Stacey Miller received this in her inbox: “The White House cordially invites you to attend an event to highlight your role in the Biden-Harris Administration’s work to expand, diversify, strengthen, and modernize Registered Apprenticeship across the country through the Apprenticeship Ambassador Initiative.”
Read More
Published on September 1, 2022
In an ever-increasing paperless world, knowing your way around a computer can not only help boost your job prospects, but also help you navigate shopping and paying bills. This spring, Randolph Community College’s College and Career Readiness (CCR) department launched a Digital Literacy program. Since its inception, its students have earned 201 certificates using the NorthStar program and 42 students have earned their nationally recognized NorthStar certification.
Read More
Published on October 25, 2022
Randolph Community College’s Nursing program was recently ranked third in the state for 2023 by RegisteredNursing.org, an organization of RNs based in California whose mission is to “promote excellence in nursing by enabling future and current nurses with the education and employment resources they need to succeed.” It was the seventh nursing school and program rankings for the organization.
Read More
Published on November 28, 2022
Family, friends, and Randolph Community College faculty and staff gathered Saturday, Nov. 19, as the College held its first in-person Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) induction ceremony in three years. Forty-three students entered the RCC chapter of the honor society, Beta Theta Rho, and Business Administration student Shannon Mixon was awarded the fifth annual Waymon C. Martin Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship.
Read More
Published on December 14, 2022
Randolph Community College recently announced the President’s List, Dean’s List, and Academic Merit List for the 2022 Fall Semester.
Read More