THOMASVILLE (June 1, 2022) – With storied names like Lexington and Thomasville in its back yard, you’d expect Davidson-Davie Community College to have a long history with the furniture industry. And it does. But that relationship has “morphed” over the years, Dr. Darrin Hartness, President of Davidson-Davie, says in the accompanying video. The college supplies… READ MORE
Davidson-Davie: Students improve their lives
THOMASVILLE (April 27, 2022) – Communities need to stick together. And Davidson-Davie Community College serves as the glue for two counties just south of Winston-Salem. In the accompanying video, Davidson-Davie President Darrin Hartness describes how the college serves as an integral part of community. “We now serve over 12,000 students each year with over 40… READ MORE
DDCC Davie Campus: ‘Tremendous impact on the workforce’
MOCKSVILLE (April 27, 2022) – In January 2021, the trustees at Davidson County Community College voted unanimously to add an important word to the college’s name: Davie. “That new name better reflects the service district that we serve,” Darrin Hartness, President of what’s now called Davidson-Davie Community College, says in the accompanying video. “Davie Campus… READ MORE
Davidson-Davie basketball: ‘Let’s go Storm!’
THOMASVILLE (April 22, 2022) – You’ve got your Tar Heels. You’ve got your Wolfpack. You’ve got your Blue Devils. Better add the Storm. We don’t often hear much about athletics at community colleges. But in a streak that local papers call “staggering,” Davidson-Davie Community College’s men’s basketball team has reached the National Junior College Athletic… READ MORE
NC Community Colleges: $19B Impact, 300K Jobs
RALEIGH (April 20, 2022) – A recent economic-impact study shows that not only are North Carolina’s community colleges important to education in our state – they’re important to our economy. “Not only do we fuel the job engine – we literally fuel the state’s economy,” Thomas Stith, President of the NC Community College System, says… READ MORE
VINFAST: ‘North Carolina’s future is bright’
RALEIGH (April 20, 2022) – North Carolina has longed for an auto plant for decades. Now, with Vietnamese electric automaker VinFast’s announced investment of more than $4 billion in a plant in Chatham County,1 coupled with Toyota’s announcement in December of a $1.3 billion battery plant in Randolph County,2 North Carolina is on a battery-powered… READ MORE
MerleFest 101: Music. Moments. Memories.
WILKESBORO (April 14, 2022) – It all started with the campus gardens. And oh, how it’s blossomed. What started in 1988 as a one-time fundraiser for campus landscaping at Wilkes Community College has grown into an annual, four-day event with 12 stages that feature bluegrass, country, gospel, zydeco, fusion music and everything in between, fueling… READ MORE
MerleFest: $12 million shot in the arm for NW NC
WILKESBORO (April 14, 2022) – Community colleges benefit their communities in all sorts of ways. But for the past 34 years, MerleFest has benefited Wilkes County and surrounding communities in a way that’s unique to the people and music of the North Carolina foothills. “MerleFest is a great example of what the community colleges in… READ MORE
Stith: Invest in our faculty and staff
RALEIGH (March 30, 2022) – It’s shameful. North Carolina’s community colleges are a linchpin of economic development and social mobility in our state. Yet what we pay instructors at those colleges is shameful. From a national perspective, North Carolina’s community college instructors rank even lower than our K-12 public school teachers. “The North Carolina Community… READ MORE
Community college: Critical path to NC State
RALEIGH (March 23, 2022) – NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson knows the importance of community colleges – the state’s 58 colleges send NC State about 1,000 students a year. “Community colleges across the state have become a critical pathway to NC State, and I know that’s true for many other universities in the UNC… READ MORE