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| For Release: IMMEDIATE | Contact: Public Affairs |
| Date: July 23, 2002 |
TIP SHEET: STORY IDEAS FOR SUMMER
RALEIGH -- Students in North Carolina's community colleges are finding that summer is a great time for hands-on learning experiences in several disciplines. Below are story ideas from a few of North Carolina's community colleges.
- Five current students and seven graduates of the Decorative Restoration
program at Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College in
Asheville are transforming an old factory into a film set for Blue Ridge
Motion Pictures. The students began work in April -- taking photographs,
doing color matches and getting permission from building owners to
replicate their shops. The project lasts through August. Contact person:
Derick Tickle, Instructor in Decorative Restoration Program, 828-254-1921,
ext. 358 or at dtickle@abtech.edu
- Eleven sociology students from Catawba Valley Community College
in Hickory recently traveled to the Southwest and spent two weeks studying
ancient Native American civilizations. Contact Person: Fred Bryson,
828-327-7000, ext. 4623 or at fbryson@cvcc.edu
- Trevor Rundle, a biology professor at Southwestern Community College,
in Sylva, is working in partnership with the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park to keep track of rare birds. Contact Trevor Rundle at 1-800-
447-4091, ext. 383 or at trundle@southwest.cc.nc.us
- Students in Humanities courses at Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton are working this summer at an archaeological dig in Burke County. The site, known as the Berry site, is believed to the home of a Spanish fort that predates the Lost Colony of Roanoke by at least 20 years. The expeditions of Spanish explorers Hernando de Soto and Juan Pardo are believed to have passed through this area of the Catawba Valley. Contact Person: Mary Charlotte Safford, 828-438-6198 or at msafford@wp.cc.nc.us
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