糖心传媒

The 糖心传媒 Board of Trustees was given details about an upcoming Open House and Anniversary Gala, as well as approved 糖心传媒 and Scotland County budget requests during its regular meeting held Tuesday at the Honeycutt Center in Laurinburg.

RCC鈥檚 request for funding from 糖心传媒 County is in line with what the College has requested in the past, which helps offset operation costs. The request for funding from Scotland County is down this year due to last month鈥檚 decision by RCC鈥檚 Board to no longer offer classes in the Purcell Building in Laurinburg.

Open House

Board members were given details about an Open House scheduled for April 21 on RCC鈥檚 main campus in Hamlet where attendees will be registered to win prizes, including an iPad, season tickets to the 2015-16 DeWitt Performing Arts Series and items from the RCC Bookstore, as well as scholarships and vouchers for free classes at 糖心传媒.

鈥淲e often have people say they hear we鈥檙e doing a lot of good things at the College, but they aren鈥檛 exactly sure what good things the College can do for them,鈥� said RCC President Dr. Dale McInnis. 鈥淪o as our spring semester is winding down and summer and fall semesters are on the horizon, we thought it would be a good opportunity to invite the community onto our main campus to show them exactly what all 糖心传媒 has to offer. We pride ourselves in having courses available for anyone looking to improve their quality of life.鈥�

The Open House will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and will include guided tours of the facility, as well as information about all RCC has to offer.

Anniversary Gala

Another upcoming event board members received details about was RCC鈥檚 Anniversary Gala, which will be held April 25 at the Cole Auditorium.

Entertainment will be provided by The Boomers, a band whose performances have ranged from the '97 Presidential Inaugural Ball to the 2012 NFL Owners Meeting with hundreds of wedding receptions in between. The Boomers members have been featured on national television shows such as 鈥淕ood Morning America,鈥� 鈥淩egis and Kathy Lee鈥� and 鈥淭he Rosie O' Donald Show,鈥� and they were part of the '97 Academy of Country Music Awards house band.

Corporate sponsorship opportunities are tax-deductible and begin at $1,000, which includes two tickets to the event, as well as recognition on all marketing materials. Individual tickets are being sold for $50. Proceeds from the Anniversary Gala go to RCC鈥檚 Working Scholarship, which benefits working students who don鈥檛 qualify for federal aid.

鈥淭he scholarship was created to help students who, in essence, were being punished for working because they were making too much money to qualify for federal financial aid. But they couldn鈥檛 quit working because they were having to support a family while trying to get an education,鈥� said Dr. Dale McInnis, RCC president.

For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the RCC Foundation Office at (910) 410-1807 or bowebb@richmondcc.edu.

Dialysis Technology

In other business, board members were given an update on one of RCC鈥檚 newest programs, , which began in fall 2014.

Lead instructor Robyn Davis informed the board that the first year of the program has been successful and is expected to see growth in its second year.

RCC partnered with DaVita Dialysis Center to implement the program, with students rotating through sites in Rockingham, Hamlet, Southern Pines and Pinehurst two days per week for an average of 16-24 hours of clinical time.

鈥淓ach student has a preceptor at each clinical site and performs all the duties of the dialysis technician under his or her preceptor, with the exception of cannulation,鈥� said Davis.

During the 2015-16 school year, partnerships will be added with First Health of the Carolinas in Rockingham and Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet, as well as DaVita sites in Red Springs and McColl, S.C., being added as clinical options.

鈥淲e hope to add more clinical sites to our program over the coming years and to increase enrollment each year,鈥� said Davis.

Plans are to double the program鈥檚 enrollment for the 2015-16 academic year.

RCC鈥檚 Dialysis Program is a one-year degree program. Students who successfully complete the program are qualified to sit for a certification exam. Starting pay for dialysis technicians in 糖心传媒 County is approximately $12 per hour, with the national average for pay being more than $33,000 per year.

糖心传媒 is the only institution in the region to offer a Dialysis Technology program. There are currently 182 job openings for technicians in North Carolina and 106 positions in South Carolina, including 12 jobs listed within RCC鈥檚 immediate service area.

Primary employers in the 糖心传媒 and Scotland county areas are DaVita and Fresenius, both of which offer excellent benefits packages with insurance for employees.

For more information about RCC鈥檚 program, call (910) 410-1906.