When the Fayetteville Area Habitat for Humanity builds Oakridge Estates in Fayetteville next year, Sampson County connections will have a role in its development. Sampson County Habitat for Humanity has merged with the Fayetteville Area Habitat for Humanity and Gov. Roy Cooper has announced that in 2019, the group will receive state funding to create…
Category: Building Construction Technology
Scaffoldings Support Learning for SCC Students
Sometimes the building blocks to success look more like beams than blocks. Students at Sampson Community College’s Building and Construction program know this first hand as work continues on a facility the class is building on campus. “Every day that we can put equipment into the hands of these students and let them go out…
Certification Gives SCC Instructors a Lift
Sampson Community College wastes no time offering the community more options to learn. Therefore, three of its instructors traveled to Raleigh to become nationally certified lift truck operator trainers. Certifications for the instructors, as well as students who will become certified at SCC, is through the National Safety Council Barney Grady, Coordinator of Building and Industrial…
Carpentry Class Hammers Away at SCC
Students at Sampson Community College waste no time getting right into their career of choice when working in its Building and Construction program. The carpentry class receives a good learning foundation—literally! “This hands-on training gives them the same kind of techniques and experiences they will one day use at their job,” says Dustin Hatcher, Building…
SCC Students Learn from the Ground Up
[Clinton, N.C.] – With learning, it helps to have a good foundation and that is exactly what Sampson Community College provides for students in its Building and Construction courses, literally. A popular method of learning at SCC is based on hands-on experiences and even more than classroom learning, hands-on methods can immerse students into real-world…
SCC Provides Great Foundation for Training
[Clinton, N.C.] – Sampson Community College’s Building Construction Technology department has received publicity for making real houses that are actually sold to real customers. From flooring, to windows and doors, to electrical wiring, SCC students get to do the work firsthand. Not to be overlooked, the groundwork on which homes are placed is perhaps the…
SCC Announces New Academic Partnerships
While there is already an agreement between North Carolina Community Colleges and The University of North Carolina System known as the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement to allow for transfer of community college students to public state universities, these new partnerships will broaden the transfer opportunities available to students here at SCC following graduation: Sampson Community College is excited…
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