SCC Partners to ‘Train the East,’ Receives Funds from Anonymous Trust

[Clinton, N.C.] –  Through a partnership between Lenoir, James Sprunt, Wayne, and Sampson Community Colleges, the local institutions were recently awarded $1 million from the Anonymous Trust in support of a new, two-year Latino Initiative entitled ‘Train the East.’ Each community college will receive $250,000 to be used over the two years. The ‘Train the…

Dominion Energy Funds New Scholarship at Sampson Community College

[Clinton, N.C.] – In December 2022, the Sampson Community College (SCC) Foundation received a 3-year grant of $150,000 from the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation’s PromesaSM program, which provides financial support for Hispanic students throughout their college enrollment to seven higher education institutions. With the $50,000 given for the 2023-2024 academic year, the SCC Foundation was…

Sampson CC Becomes First Hispanic-Serving Institution in NC

[Clinton, N.C.] – Back in 2018, North Carolina joined the list of states offering various higher education Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) to students, with the U.S. Department of Education naming six state-wide campuses “Emerging HSIs.” Out of the six identified, during the 2019-2020 academic year, Sampson Community College (SCC) became the first higher education institution in…

Viking Spotlight: Genevieve Merlos-Pulley Serves Local Hispanic Youth Through Juntos

[Clinton, N.C.] – Genevieve Merlos-Pulley is a part-time faculty member for the Juntos program at Sampson Early College High School (SECHS) who also works as a parent facilitator/tutor at Midway High School (MHS). Throughout her life, Merlos-Pulley has truly accomplished so much: almost twenty years of military service, a husband and two children, two associate…