The Pathfinder: Spring 2019

PathFinder the

A community update from Central Carolina Technical College

What’s Inside: New Director of Development and Alumni Clarendon County Manufacturing Expo Phi Theta Kappa Induction Ceremony Health Sciences Pinning Ceremonies Pearl Fryar Scholarship Path to Provide Scholarship Academic Challenge Tour de Tech

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MISTY HATFIELD NAMED AS NEW DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI Central Carolina Technical College has selected Misty Hatfield to serve as Director of Development and Alumni effective October of 2018. Hatfield has more than 20 years of experience in marketing, public relations and advancement in the fields of healthcare, higher education and the military. She began her career as a Public Relations Specialist with Palmetto Health Tuomey, now Prisma Health. She has previously held director level positions at Central Carolina Technical College, the Department of Defense and the University of South Carolina Sumter.

Hatfield has won several awards for her writing, design and advertising work in various fields. Most recently, she was honored with the H.D. Stoddard Employee of the Year Award in 2017 at USC Sumter; a Higher Education Marketing Gold Award in 2017; was a Palmetto College Innovative Grant Recipient in 2016; and was named Air Combat Command Marketing Team of the Year in 2011.

Hatfield received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of South Carolina and a Master’s in Public Administration from Troy State University, graduating cum laude and summa cum laude respectively. She and her husband, Lee, have two daughters.

CLARENDON COUNTY MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY EXPO

Clarendon county eighth graders attended the first Clarendon County Manufacturing Expo at Central Carolina’s F.E. DuBose Campus. The Expo provided upcoming high schoolers an opportunity to see what careers are available in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) areas as well as tour the college campus to see what programs are offered at the career center and CCTC.

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CCTC’S PHI THETA KAPPA HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTS 47 NEW MEMBERS DURING INDUCTION CEREMONY On the evening of Tuesday, October 16, Central Carolina Technical College’s Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, Beta Eta Pi Chapter inducted 47 new members.

The ceremony was held on the Main Campus in Sumter. Phi Theta Kappa seeks to recognize and encourage scholarship among degree students. According to its international guidelines, the organization provides opportunity for the development of leadership and service, for an intellectual climate to exchange ideas and ideals, for lively fellowship for scholars and for stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence. Membership in the CCTC chapter of Phi Theta Kappa is limited to associate degree and certificate students who have attained a GPA of 3.25 after completion of 12 or more credit hours.

“We are very excited to welcome our 47 new inductees! We are looking forward to exposing them to several college and community service projects in the future.” says Phi Theta Kappa advisor Elizabeth Bastedo.

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CENTRAL CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE PINS 93 STUDENTS AT HEALTH SCIENCES PINNING CEREMONY Central Carolina Technical College’s Health Sciences Division pinned nine massage therapists, 13 medical assistants, 10 medical record coders, 43 nurses, two patient care technicians, seven pharmacy technicians and nine surgical technologists during two pinning ceremonies held on Wednesday, August 8 at the Sumter Opera House located in downtown Sumter.

The Health Sciences Division offers an Associate Degree in Nursing; Diplomas in Medical Assisting and Surgical Technology; and certificates in Massage Therapy, Medical Record Coding, Pharmacy Technician and Patient Care Technician. Health Sciences programs are designed to provide graduates with immediate employment in the healthcare industry or prepare graduates to transfer to articulating colleges.

For more information about CCTC’s Health Sciences Divisions, visit: www.cctech.edu/program-of-study.

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FRIENDS OF PEARL FRYAR’S TOPIARY GARDEN AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO TWO CCTC STUDENTS Friends of Pearl Fryar’s Topiary Garden have generously supported the Central Carolina Technical College Foundation Scholarship Program since 2008. Scholarship awards are designated for two Lee County students, with a preference given to one student from Lee Central High School and one student from Robert E. Lee Academy.

This year’s recipients are Tatyana Williams who is enrolled in the Criminal Justice Technology program and Noah Mozingo entering the Automotive Technology program.

Central Carolina Technical College Foundation operates exclusively for charitable educational purposes as a 501(c)3 organization. Generous support from many benefactors provides funding for scholarships that are awarded to CCTC students through the Foundation Scholarship Program. Benefactors include individuals, companies, clubs and organizations. Scholarships may be undesignated or the donor may designate certain criteria for the award.

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CCTC NURSING STUDENTS RECEIVE PATH TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP The Path to Provide scholarship is a partnership with the South Carolina Technical College System and affiliated colleges and the South Carolina Hospital Association and member hospitals. The scholarship program allows students pursuing an associate degree in nursing to attend classes full-time and work part-time at a sponsoring hospital. The program was created to support the future workforce needs of South Carolina hospitals and to provide local community citizens with an opportunity to pursue post-secondary training for a fulfilling career, while accumulating no student debt.

The scholarship program allows nursing students at Central Carolina Technical College to gain firsthand working experience in a hospital setting while earning a degree, provides financial assistance with education, and entry-level employment at the sponsoring hospital upon successful completion of the program and meeting licensure requirements.

The sponsoring hospital provides financial assistance toward the student’s tuition and cost of attendance each year while the student is enrolled full-time in an academic program. The student must be actively enrolled in the Path to Provide scholarship program while meeting all academic requirements to maintain sponsorship. In order for students to be qualified, they must be enrolled as a full-time nursing student, possess and maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.8 or higher, commit to working part-time during the program and commit to working at sponsoring hospitals for at least two years post-program completion.

Central Carolina Technical College, along with nine other technical colleges in South Carolina, was selected for this pilot program. Two students, Hannah Glass and Kathryn Ardis, were chosen from CCTC to receive the Path to Provide scholarship.

Hannah Glass graduated from Laurence Manning Academy in 2017 and is currently enrolled in CCTC’s Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program. She’s working toward graduating from the ADN program in May of 2020. With the Path to Provide Scholarship she will start working at Prisma Health Tuomey as a nurse technician while still pursuing her associate degree.

Kathryn Ardis received her Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification in 2005 by completing the EMT certification course through CCTC’s Continuing Education program. She currently works at Prisma Health Tuomey in a contract position with Continental Tire as a certified EMT on their job site. She decided to make a career change and pursue an associate degree through CCTC’s nursing program. She plans to graduate from the program in May of 2020. While taking classes, she’ll continue working with Prisma Health Tuomey through the Path to Provide scholarship.

For more information on CCTC’s Associate Degree Nursing program, visit: http://www.cctech.edu/programof-study/nursing-adn/.

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CCTC HOLDS SECOND ACADEMIC CHALLENGE FOR AREA HIGH SCHOOLS On Friday, November 9, Central Carolina Technical College held its second annual Academic Challenge.

The Academic Challenge is a competition between high school teams in the college’s four-county service area (Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee and Sumter). Thirteen four-student teams participated from Camden High School, Crestwood High School, East Clarendon High School, Lakewood High School, Lee Central High School, LugoffElgin High School, Manning High School, North Central High School, Robert E. Lee Academy, Scott’s Branch High School, Sumter High School, Thomas Sumter Academy and Wilson Hall.

The Academic Challenge is structured in a Jeopardy/College Bowl format where teams compete against one another on topics that include: science, mathematics, health, history, business and industry, literature and popular culture. There were three areas of competition: general knowledge exam, team marketing competition and the academic challenge. The general knowledge portion was a computer-based 100 question multiple choice exam in which all students competed against one another. The team marketing competition consisted of teams tasked with identifying a target student and developing a marketing strategy to recruit the target student to attend CCTC. The final competition was the Academic Challenge portion where teams participated in a Jeopardy style competition.

The winning team was from Lugoff-Elgin High School.

“The Academic Challenge was designed to expose students to a competition that combined both individual and team scholastic skills. The college is looking forward to future challenges that recognize students who excel academically,” says CCTC Vice President for Academic Affairs Myles Williams. Sponsors for this year’s Academic Challenge were Coca Cola, Central Carolina Technical College Foundation and Sumter Economic Development/The Link.

TOUR DE TECH Technical College System President Dr. Tim Hardee combined his passion for cycling, love of South Carolina and commitment to education, by touring the state on bike to visit each of the 16 college campuses on a two-week adventure. Tour de Tech South Carolina was a total of 800 miles and was designed to raise scholarship funds for students.