CPCC

CPCC Grad's Journey Was Arduous

Pam Kelley/Charlotte Observer — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:11:35 +0000

Students attend Central Piedmont Community College for many reasons, but the story of 20-year-old Riyam Al Ghrary’s journey to CPCC surely ranks among the most harrowing.

It began in Iraq, about six years ago, on the day she was kidnapped. It will culminate Thursday evening, as she accepts her diploma at Bojangles’ Coliseum, one of about 1,900 graduates, the largest number in CPCC’s 50-year history. She was student body vice president and a scholarship winner. She’s graduating with a 4.0 average.

Bond Package Won't Fund All CMS, CPCC Building Projects

Lisa Miller — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:12:29 +0000

The CMS school board tonight will ask the county to finance a bunch of building projects over the next few years. It could come out to about $400 million. Central Piedmont Community College has a similar request. But the county is only willing to put together a bond referendum for half that amount.

County Finance Director Dena Diorio says the county uses nine different criteria for deciding which projects get priority.

Friendship And Opera Bring South Africans To CPCC

Briana Duggan — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:41:12 +0000

Thabang Masango had been doing well as a singer in South Africa. He had won large singing competitions and was part of prominent choral group. In 2008, the choral group toured the United States and made a stop in Charlotte along the way.

A Daunting Job Search For The White-Collar Unemployed

Michael Tomsic — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:16:09 +0000

Unemployed Americans are facing a more daunting job search now than at any time in the past 60 years.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it takes the average unemployed person about 10 months to find a job - twice as long as it took in every previous recession since the 1940s. That 10-month average has barely budged in the past year.

In Charlotte, some of the people having the hardest time getting back to work had successful white-collar careers before the financial crisis.

'It's Like This Baseball Bat To The Chest'