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WCC Recognizes New Global Scholars
Five Wayne Community College students have earned the title of Global Scholar. Jo Bacia, Sriya Patel, Grace Evans, Caleb Mitchell, and Mayra Herran completed the college’s Scholars of Global Distinction program. Each student completed 15 or more credit hours of…
SSS Sophomore Competes At First Robotics Competition (FRC) World Championships In Texas
SMITHFIELD – Ava Cummings is one of two finalists representing North Carolina for the prestigious For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Dean’s List award. The Dean’s List award recognizes the leadership and dedication of the most outstanding…
Johnston County Robotics Team Takes 2nd At State Tournament
SMITHFIELD — On April 1st and 2nd, Johnston County’s FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) Team 6004 f(x) Robotics competed at the FRC North Carolina State Championship at East Carolina University. To qualify for states, the team competed at two earlier district…
Library Joins Former Buies Creek HS Grads To Preserve, Digitize Yearbooks
HARNETT COUNTY – An ad hoc committee of Buies Creek High School graduates, in collaboration with Wiggins Memorial Library at Campbell University, has launched a campaign to locate copies of the 28 yearbooks published at Buies Creek High School and…
GPD Selects Bryant Canady As Major Of Investigations Bureau
GOLDSBORO — The Goldsboro Police Department has selected Bryant Canady as the new major of the Investigative Services Bureau. Canady will start his new position April 19, with a starting salary of $83,627.64. Canady has been with the Goldsboro Police Department…
Dabney Garners Academic Award
GOLDSBORO – Derrick Dabney is the recipient of a 2023 North Carolina Community College System Academic (NCCCS) Excellence Award. Dabney, a Raleigh resident, is a second-year student at Wayne Community College. He is enrolled in the Aviation Systems Technology program…
NC By Train Continues Record Breaking Ridership Trend
RALEIGH – After reporting record breaking ridership in 2022, NC By Train, North Carolina’s intercity passenger rail service, achieved record ridership for the first quarter of 2023. January, February and March all broke monthly records and the quarter as whole was…
Love Of Robotics Propels Local Student To International Level
Kaitlyn Nolte might seem soft spoken when you meet her, but get this high school student talking about girls in STEM and you will find a very vocal advocate whose work is being recognized on an international level. Nolte, a…
Social Security Matters – What Can I Earn in My First Year Collecting Social Security?
Social Security Matters by Rusty Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American Citizens Dear Rusty: My 62nd birthday is in late August of this year. I would like to start collecting…
AL-Gharazi Chosen For WCC’s Herring Award
GOLDSBORO – Gamil AL-Gharazi is the recipient of Wayne Community College’s 2023 Dallas Herring Achievement Award. AL-Gharazi is working toward his Associate in Science degree at the college. The award honors the late Dr. Dallas Herring, whose philosophy of “taking…
