Area students part of GTCC/FAMe inaugural class of 2025

SUMMER CONCERT AT JUMC

Katherine Ledbetter and Mike Jenkins will perform an afternoon of classical music June 25 at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary of Jamestown United Methodist Church. The concert will include a wide array of pieces that Ledbetter studied during her time as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

This will be Ledbetter’s final performance at JUMC before going to Germany to sing the role of Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovani with the Lyric Opera Studio Weimar.

Afterward, she will move to Florida to pursue a master’s degree in opera at Florida State University.

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On June 15, Guilford Technical Community College and the North Carolina Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (NC FAME), The First in Flight Chapter, signed its inaugural class of 20 student recruits. Three of the signees are area 2023 high school graduates: Jahmeer Cobb and Muhammed Abu Khass from Ragsdale and Saul Jaimes from Southwest Guilford. Classes begin in August. Only 30 students are eligible each year.

The FAME program is designed for those interested in pursuing a career in STEM-related fields in manufacturing and provides a two-year, debt-free associate degree with the goal of equipping students with the skills required for a rapidly evolving manufacturing landscape. The First in

Flight Chapter will work with GTCC to educate students in a college setting, while also providing on-thejob-training with one of the NC FAME sponsor companies. Those companies are Jowat Corporation in Archdale; MasterBrand Cabinets in Lexington; Proctor & Gamble in Greensboro; Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina, in Liberty; Zielh-Abegg in Greensboro; ABCO Auto-