Siemens Energy Partners with CPCC

Siemens Energy Meets the Skilled labor Gap by partnering with Central Piedmont Community College

A recent Businessweek headline, "Employers Ready to Hire Can't Find Workers Among 9.1% Unemployed," gives a snapshot of the nearing crisis in manufacturing. In the next decade, changing industrial technology and the retirement of millions of baby boomers will mean a severely depleted workforce unless companies address this now.

One company that is meeting this challenge head on is Siemens Energy in Charlotte, NC, makers of turbines and generators (watch this recent NBC "Nightly News" segment). We visited Siemens recently and were impressed by the company's approach to hiring, training and career development. If more companies follow their lead, manufacturing will be stronger than ever by the year 2021.  Read more

Posted in Alumni, Campus, Community. Tagged as seimens.

CPCC Attracts Successful Students

Dejarius "D.J." Bright teaches others to dance hoping to inspire them stay in school and succeed. In the Spring, D.J. will enter CPCC as a freshman.

He is an amazing young man. For his contributions to the community, D.J. was awarded a Kohl's Cares scholarship.

Central Piedmont Community College is delighted to have this talented young man as a student! 

Congratulations to CPCC Alumna Elaine Lyerly Named to National Post

Elaine Lyerly, CEO of Lyerly Agency, and CPCC alumna, was named national chair for the Tiffany Circle of the American Red Cross.

Ms. Lyerly established the first women-owned marketing and communications firm in the Charlotte region in 1977. Her agency is award-winning and in 1989 Ms. Lyerly was named Charlotte Business Woman of the Year.

Congratulations Elaine on your most recent accomplishment.

CPCC Dental Students Help Provide Low-Cost Care at the CPCC Pelton & Crane Dental Clinic

FOX News covered the wonderful service provided by the CPCC dental students, CPCC instructors and staff dentist at the CPCC Pelton & Crane Dental Clinic.

"Some people come in and they haven't been to the dentist in 20 years. They really needed that help and we were able to provide it so I enjoyed it a lot," said Alena Goncharov, Central Piedmont Community College dental hygiene student.

Goncharov is one of many students that provided free dental care at the convention center last Friday.

Her joy... providing dental service, sometimes daily, as part of the dental hygiene program at CPCC.

"The students are getting their hands-on training to prepare them to go into offices, but the community benefits because they're able to come in for cleanings, x-rays as needed, fluoride treatments," said Judy Qualtieri, CPCC Dental Hygiene director.

All those procedures in one visit cost 20 dollars. The clinic wants their price to be reasonable for the uninsured and underprivileged.

Posted in Alumni, Announcements, Campus.

If you’ve dreamed about your 15 minutes of fame

If you've dreamed about your 15 minutes of fame, now is your chance...

Auditions upcoming for "Sherlock Holmes" at CPCC


The theatre of Central Piedmont Community College will hold auditions next month for their performance of "Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure."

The group is seeking seven men and two women for characters ages 18 to 60. Auditions are Sept. 6 and 7 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. You do not have to be a current student of the college to participate.

CPCC Flexographic Class Increases Proficiency of Industry

CPCC Flexographic class offered at the Harper Campus earns raves from local employer

As Harper Corporation states, "The education of its employees is a central value of global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America.  The Flexographic Concepts course at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) has provided a great deal of training for employees at Harper Corporation."

Offered by the Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology staff, the Flexographic Concepts class has provided many Harper Corporation employees with the practical experience and hands-on training they need to improve the overall efficiency of the company. 

Want to Learn More about CPCC Flexography Program?

What is Flexography? Glad you asked...

Flexography is a printing process that uses relief printing plates with raised images. Gutenberg meets high-tech.

Flexography is used for flexible plastic bags, foil, folding carton, preprint liner, newspapers, textiles, paperboard, corrugated board, labels, envelopes, gift wrapping paper, wallpaper and much more.

Alumni Success Features Stella Bommarito

Stella Bommarito is a CPCC alumna of the Physical Therapy program. She was instrumental in establishing the Physical Therapy program at Holy Angels in Belmont

Paying it Forward-CPCC Students Volunteer

Students from both the CPCC Dental Hygiene and Medical Assisting Programs will be participating in the North Carolina Mission of Mercy (MOM). MOM is a portable dental clinic program that is primarily sponsored by the N.C. Dental Health Fund, a non-profit organization administered by the North Carolina Dental Society.  The program seeks to address the access to care issue by providing complimentary dental treatment to the underserved population throughout the state who have few or no other options.

From May 15-20, 2011, the student chapter of the American Welding Society (AWS) at CPCC went on a service-learning project to New Orleans, La. The group worked for Phoenix New Orleans (PNOLA) renovating houses damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The team also spent time visiting historic and cultural landmarks around the city.

CPCC has a strong history of student service-learning projects that help develop the spirit of philanthropy. Thank you to all our student heros who so generously volunteer for service-learning and other volunteer projects.

Vegetarian Delights

Interested in vegetarian dishes?  It's more than rice and beans!  Priti Doshi is an instructor in the Charlotte Cooks program at CPCC.

Learn to cook and get recipes --read more

Posted in Alumni, Announcements.

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