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EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING PEOPLE FOR SUCCESS published by PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE and the PCC FOUNDATION 1 | PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FEATURES 3 Message from the President 4 Board of Trustees 5/6 Winds of Change 7/8 Growth & Improvements 9/10 Achievements 11/12 Student Benefits / Serving Our Community 12 Who Are Our Students? 13/14 PCC Foundation & Director’s Message 15/16 Foundation Events Report 16 Alumni Awards 16 Foundation Board 17 Foundation in Action & Financial Report THE MISSION OF 18 Scholarships PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE 19/22 Foundation Donors IS TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER PEOPLE FOR SUCCESS. www.pittcc.edu | 2 EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING PEOPLE FOR SUCCESS FROM THE PRESIDENT “In this publication, you’ll discover PCC’s achievements were many and wide- ranging. You’ll read about alumni distinguishing themselves in their workplaces as well as current students earning awards for academic achievement and leadership. You will also see examples of the power of teamwork at PCC.” Though “success” is a subjective concept Achieving the Dream National Network in order to improve student with no widely-accepted formula for precise outcomes. By doing so, the college sent a message loud and clear that calculation, I’m inclined to agree with the ‘good enough’ simply isn’t good enough. late motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, who said success could be measured by the amount of While much has changed at PCC over the years, our fundamental purpose good you do for others. By that standard, Pitt Community College was for being here remains the same. As former PCC President William eminently successful during the 2018-19 academic year. Fulford concluded in 1965: PCC has “a clear-cut mandate for excellence” and “something special to contribute” toward meeting the region’s I felt a tremendous sense of pride as I took stock of everything the college educational needs. It is my sincere hope that if you take nothing else from accomplished. Greater still was the joy I felt thinking about how our this annual report, you’ll come away with a crystal clear understanding of educational programs and services have helped people in the community PCC’s desire to continually improve and offer more and better learning improve their lives and, in turn, helped area business and industry opportunities to those we serve. Our mission to educate and empower improve their efficiency and effectiveness. Behind PCC’s many successes people for success is as important and relevant as ever and leaves no room are administrators, faculty and staff dedicated to serving the community for complacency. — and doing so with excellence. Their devotion is best illustrated by the three-year commitment PCC made in 2019 to partner with the prestigious Dr. Lawrence Rouse President, Pitt Community College From the Board of Trustees Chair As a Pitt Community College graduate, serving on the Board of Trustees is an honor. PCC is a special place that has given me and many others in the community an opportunity to improve our lives through higher education. In a little more than a year, PCC will celebrate its 60th Anniversary. The college has expanded since 1961 in terms of enrollment, employees, facilities and programs, but its mission to educate and empower people for success remains unchanged. Today, Pitt Community College is continually demonstrating the power of education to transform people’s lives for the better. We’re a major player in the region’s economy, and this Annual Report to the Community is testament to our contributions toward development of a skilled workforce that attracts new business and industry to eastern North Carolina and ensures our current employers thrive. Gary Evans Chair, Pitt Community College Board of Trustees 3 | PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2019 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY 2019 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Gary Evans, Chair Brian Floyd Patti Sanders-Smith, Ed.D. General Manager, Procurement Analysis and Regulatory President, Vidant Health Medical Center Adjunct Professor, Gardner-Webb Affairs, Pyxus Agriculture USA, LLC Retired Assistant Superintendent, Kathy P. Frazier Wilson County Schools Don Mills, Vice Chair Retired Educator, Pitt County Schools Retired, NACCO Tyree Walker Dr. Peter J. Kragel Chief Human Resource Officer Gloristeen Brown, Secretary Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology Vidant Medical Center Mayor, Town of Bethel and Laboratory Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, ECU Randy Walters Shirley Carraway Owner, Farmville Furniture Company Retired Educator Charles Long Retired Pitt County Schools Administrator Curtisia Canady Charles Ellis President, Student Government Association Attorney, Ward and Smith, P.A. Ex-Officio www.pittcc.edu | 4 Winds of Change Dr. Dennis Massey Retires from PCC Nobles Receives DSA at Graduation prior to Excerpt from Dr. Massey’s message to the college on June 3, 2018: Retiring ‘Over the years, I have used the Janus image or theme at the beginning of the calendar year to look forward and backwards simultaneously, Pitt Community College Trustees usually in relation to Pitt’s strong foundation and future goals. But the took a moment during graduation in Scholarship Fundraiser Gala in honor of me on May 18 sponsored by the May 2019 to show their appreciation PCC Foundation has evoked personal reflections. I have had almost a 50- to an employee who demonstrated year career in higher education which centered on teaching a variety of outstanding service to the college learners, including secondary teachers in Japan, fifth graders in inner-city and community for more than three Baltimore, inmates at an Ohio prison, and many others before taking on decades. During the ceremony, trustees presented a Distinguished Service Award to PCC Vice President of “I truly feel fortunate Institutional Advancement Susan to have played a major Nobles. Making the presentation on the board’s behalf was Miles Minges, who role along with the PLT, worked closely with Nobles as chairman of the PCC Foundation Board. faculty and staff over the past fifteen years.” “When speaking about the commitment and contributions to the mission of Pitt Community College and the N.C. Community College System, you will not find anyone with more heart, determination, loyalty and passion than Susan Nobles,” Minges said. “… She has been a driving force behind creating an active and visible Institutional Advancement leadership roles in private universities and then community colleges. This Division. last stage of 28 years with two-year colleges has been an especial delight and extremely satisfying. “… She has led efforts to secure gifts and donations for scholarships, capital projects, and program expansion and growth that supports our Neither teaching nor administration was what I had considered as careers students and the college.” before and during college, but my students and colleagues in various settings have shown me what positive results can occur in places like Pitt A Lenoir County native, Nobles began working at PCC in 1987 as Community College, especially in terms of “democratizing” education in director of Marketing and Public Relations before she was named the U.S. Looking forward, I am extremely optimistic that the foundation vice president in 2000. She was also the PCC Foundation’s executive developed here will continue to evolve to benefit our state and local director and led capital campaign projects and secured gifts and area in vital ways which are dynamic and beneficial to residents and donations for student scholarships and various educational activities. employers alike. I truly feel fortunate to have played a major role along with the President’s Leadership Team, faculty and staff over the past In 2017, Nobles received the N.C. Community College System’s Staff fifteen years in this evolution and look forward to remaining in Greenville Person of the Year Award. She retired in July 2019 after holding the VP and watching the College’s impacts multiply.” of Institutional Advancement position for nearly 20 years. 5 | PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE New Leadership Dr. Lawrence Rouse Selected as PCC’s Fifth President Cox Named VP of Institutional Advancement Dr. Lawrence Rouse began his work as PCC President on August 1, 2018, following the retirement of Dr. Dennis Massey. Prior to joining the staff Marianne Cox joined the college in 2011 to serve as and faculty at PCC, Rouse had served as the President of James Sprunt coordinator of the VISIONS Career Development and Community College in Kenansville, NC, since 2005. Scholarship Program. She was named the program’s director in 2015 before being promoted three years A South Carolina native, Rouse earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology later to assistant vice president of IA. In her new role, from Voorhees College in 1978, a Masters of Education from the University Cox oversees a 19-member staff responsible for alumni of South Carolina in 1992, and a Doctorate of Education from N.C. State relations, fundraising, marketing, media relations, scholarships and VISIONS. Each year, the division organizes numerous outreach events and fundraisers, including the Down East Holiday Show and Accelerating the Future Scholarship Auction. IA staff also manage the PCC Foundation and PCC Student Ambassador Program. “Each student that we Sigmon Promoted to Executive Director of the interact with is different and Pitt Community College Foundation comes with different needs Georgia “Beth” Sigmon is now serving as executive as well as different goals director of the college’s chief fundraising organization. and pathways to success.” In her new role, Sigmon, who was hired as PCC Director of Development/Campaign Manager in March 2018, works with PCC Foundation Board members on developing and implementing fundraising strategies. She also oversees IA staff responsible for event planning, alumni University in 1998. Rouse, who has more than 36 years of experience in relations and resource development/donor data. Prior to working at Pitt, community college administration and leadership, received the 2016 N.C.