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Our Mission

The mission of the Cape Fear Community College Alumni Association is to form partnerships and strengthen relationships between the community, the College, and its alumni. Initiatives will be based on the Association’s core values of giving back through involvement, fellowship and service. The Association will be a positive, goal-oriented steward for CFCC, its mission and goals.

In celebration of Cape Fear Community College's 50th anniversary, we are proud to announce the establishment of the all-new CFCC Alumni Association! Join before December 31, 2008 and you will be considered a charter member. To join, click here and submit your alumni profile. Membership is FREE. Please remember to update your profile whenever you change your address or contact information. We'd also love to hear any exciting news you wish to share such as a new job, promotion, accomplishment, recognition, marriage, baby or retirement.

Visit this page often for information about upcoming alumni events and links to other exciting news at CFCC! To contact us, email alumnew@cfcc.edu or call (910) 362-7207.

NEW! Join our CFCC Alumni Association Facebook Group! This is a great networking tool for alumni new and old to show their CFCC pride and stay in touch with one another.

Alumni Council

The Alumni Association is currently seeking interested alumni to serve on our first-ever Alumni Council. The council will provide governance to the Association and will help determine its vision, mission and yearly goals. If you are interested in a serving on the alumni council, either in a leadership position or as a committee member, please email alumnew@cfcc.edu or call (910) 362-7207.

Upcoming Alumni Events

UNC Pembroke Bachelor in Interdisciplinary Studies Program Information Session/Open House
Saturday August 9, 9 am - 2 pm, Hilton Wilmington Riverside

Have you been wondering lately about how to turn your Cape Fear Community College Applied Associate degree into a 4-year university degree?  Since graduating from CFCC, have you thought that possibly taking that next major educational step might help you advance in your job or qualify for a better one?  But you’re working, and you can’t afford to take a couple of years off to get achieve all this! Working with the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP), we at CFCC might have discovered just the option you need. Starting this month, you’ll be able to get a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) degree through UNCP, taking the required classes right here at CFCC and/or online. The BIS Degree is a new kind of bachelor’s degree—designed for busy, working adults. It’s for people with an associate’s degree in applied arts or sciences (which until now weren’t transferable into a 4-year bachelors degree). With this new degree, you’ll get credit for most of the courses you took to get your Applied Associate degree. To learn more about this exciting opportunity, CFCC and UNCP would like to invite you to an Open House event on Saturday August 9 from 9-2 pm at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside. For more information, please call the BIS program at UNCP at 800-949-8627 and ask for the BIS or visit the BIS Website at http://uncp.edu/BIS.

Ribbon Cutting, CFCC Safety Training Center
Thursday, September 11, 8:30 am, CFCC North Campus, 4500 Blue Clay Road

CFCC Constitution Day Celebration, "Celebrating our Constitution, History and FREEDOM"
Wednesday, September 17, noon, CFCC Galehouse Building by the Flag

Alumni Association Benefits

List of Charter Alumni Members

Coming Soon!

Distinguished CFCC Alumni

Cathleena Fonville Cathleena Fonville attended Cape Fear Community College from 1996-1999 and earned her A.A.S. in Electronic Engineering with Instrumentation emphasis. After graduating from Cape Fear she went on to receive her B.S.E.T in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Carolina Charlotte. She is currently employed by General Electric as a Supplier Quality Engineer. Fonville attributes her achievement “to God, first and foremost, and the education she received from Cape Fear which allowed her to succeed at Corning Incorporated and General Electric, which are two of the biggest industrial facilities in Wilmington, NC.” Fonville believes that “CFCC helps to create people who are valuable to the workforce with all of the different programs they have to offer people.”

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In honor of its 50th Anniversary, Cape Fear Community College is proud to announce the launch of an all-new Alumni Association, and its first member: Juan Gonzalez, a 1985 graduate from Venezuela. Juan Gonzalez worked in the oil industry in Venezuela until 1982, when he entered a nationwide contest and won a scholarship from the Venezuelan government to come to the United States and study Instrumentation Technology, a program that was not offered in Venezuela at that time.  When he arrived in the states in October 1982, Juan learned English at Sacred Heart College in Belmont, NC before moving to Wilmington early in 1983 to attend CFCC.

Juan graduated from CFCC in 1985 and returned to Venezuela, where he pursued a BS in Electrical Engineering.  He has held many Instrumentation positions since his return to Venezuela and he currently holds the position of Reliability Engineer in Instrumentation in a major Oil Upgrader Complex in Eastern Venezuela.

“By getting this degree at CFCC many doors opened before me in Venezuela because at the time, there was a major need for people with a degree in Instrumentation Technology in the Venezuelan oil industry,” says Juan.

Juan says that what he appreciates most about his CFCC experience is the quality of the education and the kindness of the students and faculty.  He found out about the Alumni Association because he often tours the CFCC website to recall memories from his time at CFCC.  Juan advises future alums to “enjoy your time at this prestigious school and get ready to face life with an excellent tool: a degree from CFCC.

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If you know of a distinguished alumnus or alumna that you think we should feature on our Web site, let us know! Email alumnew@cfcc.edu or call (910) 362-7207. Stay tuned to this site for more distinguished alumni stories.

Alumni News

Kasim Aleckovic ’00 is the proud parent of 6-year-old twins (a boy and a girl). In 2006 Kasim graduated with honors from Anderson University in business with a computer information systems concentration and is currently enrolled in an MBA program and employed as a programmer analyst with AnMed Health Hospital in Anderson, SC.

Jennifer Ashby ’01 is now married and the mother of two children.

Ryan Baltazar ’07 moved back to his hometown of Tacoma, WA after graduation and works as a civil engineering technician with BCRA, Inc., a premier design firm in the South Puget Sound Area. He and his wife have a 16-month son and are expecting a daughter in September 2008.

Patti Blackburn ’02 has a daughter who will be attending CFCC in fall 2008.

Elaine Bland ’71 and her husband have retired and moved to Ocala, Florida, the “Horse Capital of the World” and they love it there!

Patricia Melvin Brisbon '88 is the owner of PMB Enterprise which designs t-shirts, business cards, acrylic paintings, etc. Her painting "Heavenly Visitation" was selected for an exhibit at the South Carolina State Museum from April - September, 2008.

Ruth Buchanan '96 has a girl (age 7) and a boy (age 3) and is soon celebrating her 14th wedding anniversary.

Sharon Creech Boldt ’94 is “the proud wife of Eric K. Boldt, Jr. and mother of Taylor Elaine Boldt.”

Fran Braddock '74 is now the Fiscal Support Assistant to the Tax Collector for the City of Wilmington.

Diane Brown '94 recently became the Chief Office Administrator at Withers & Ravenel, Inc. in Wilmington.

Clifford Byrd '81 earned his professional land surveyors license after leaving CFCC and started his own commercial surveying before the age of 30.

James Cole ’86 is the Global Corporate Director of Information Systems for Plant Systems at Smithfield Foods in Virginia.

Travis Corbett ’97 has been married since 2003 and has two beautiful children.

Gary Costin ’05 worked after graduation along with his wife with Norwegian Cruise Lines which allowed them to relocate to Hawaii and be closer to their son who is serving in the US Navy at Pearl Harbor. In October 2007, Gary became the resident manager of a 95-unit single family housing complex in Honolulu.

Khara Faw Dimmette '04 was married on June 23, 2007.

Wendy DuBose '96 was married in 1992 and has one son.

Michael Dugas '96 is now the Employee Discount Manager with AT&T Mobility.

Charles Fasano ’98 is currently working and living in Hawaii as an underwater videographer and marine biologist.

Nancy Fauser '06 works for the Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden in the Town of Kernersville, which is scheduled to open in 2010.

Cathleena Fonvielle '99 earned her B.S.E.T. in electrical engineering at UNC-Charlotte and is now employed with General Electric.

Carrie Gowan '03 is married and has a son.

Tammie Grady '04 got married the same weekend she graduated from CFCC in 2004.

Tammy Graham '00 received a Master's Degree from UNCW in May, 2007 and is preparing to enter a doctoral program.

Pamela Greene '87 is currently serving as the administrative assistant in the professional development office at New Hanover County Schools.

Trisha Grubb Harvey ’03 met her future husband at CFCC in 1999 and was married in 2005. They now live in Asheville, NC.

Tommy Harward '96 fulfilled a dream when he opened Delicious Skateboard Shop and The Factory Skateboard Park in Wake Forest, NC. He is also married and has a 2 year old son.

Gwendolyn Hood '06 is attending UNCW and plans to eventually persue a Master's in Education.

Deborah Howell '05 is continuing in her goal to become a registered nurse.

Anthony Jackson '04 completed a B.S. in multidisciplinary studies in May 2008 and will begin a master's program in fall 2008.

Cheri Johnson '97 says her career has taken her "across five states as far west as New Mexico and as far north as Alaska."

Allen King '83 graduated from UNC-Charlotte in 1987 with a B.S. in civil engineering technology and became a registered professional engineer in 1996. He is currently working as the mine planning manager for Lehigh-Hanson in Irving, TX.

Alice Lawrence ’96 now has her dream job with Aetna Insurance and gets to work from home! She would love to hear from some of her RN classmates or teachers.

Sandy Liles '06 completed her trauma nurse certification.

Judson Mills ’02 was married in June 07 and moved to Raleigh to attend NCSU to obtain a bachelors degree in horticulture. He and his wife are planning to start a family very soon.

Shelly Montgomery '08 and her daughter both graduated on the same night from CFCC, making Shelly very proud!

Lan Nichols '05 is currently working as a freelance computer technician in Wilmington.

Grady Nickles ’89 worked with Skidaway Institute of Oceanography for 17 years, travelling to New Guinea, Fiji, Africa and Peru and working “with and under some of the most renowned oceanographic research scientists in the world.” He has been married for 12 years and is the father of two boys and a girl, ages 6 – 8. He and his family are now living in Dalton, GA.

Gregory Nugent ’84 started a business (Nugent Business Solutions) in 1993, and says it is “something I always wanted to accomplish.”

Joseph Parrish '04 is currently a nurse anesthesia student at East Carolina University.

Matthew Pickett '06 was recently admitted to the Environmental Studies program at UNC Wilmington.

Meredith Poole ’02 has been a hairdresser in Wilmington for six years and was recently married on Wrightsville Beach. She and her husband moved to Georgia in May, where she will teach other stylists “trends, haircuts and techniques” for a company called Wella.

Ramon Robinson ’04 joined Wachovia Bank in January 2007 and is now a tax advisor to over 500 of Wachovia’s clients in the Charlotte area.

Brian Sears ’06 just started a new position in the Cardiac Cath lab at the University of Cincinnati hospital.

Esmyrna Smith '87 has a son who is a third year nursing student at a major university and who is studying abroad.

Larry Smith '88 retired from the federal government after 30 years of service and is currently enjoying his retirement!

Nichelle Spicer '00 married Joey Watkins on June 16, 2007 and has a son at UNC-Pembroke.

Carlette Stanley '97 is an accounting clerk in the Pender County Finance department. She is now married with 2 step children. She enjoyed attending the 50th year celebration and was "surprised and delighted to see instructors I had met during my first time at the college."

Aaron St. Juste ’01 recently received a Masters in Healthcare Administration and plans to pursue a second Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy. He hopes to eventually go into private practice as a family therapist.

Kim Swift '99 spent four years in Asiz working on Corning's LCD expansions, and is now working at the Optical Fiber Plant in Concord, NC. Kim says "it's good to be home!"

Ray Waller '92 has worked for over seven years in the design industry including architectural rendering, mechanical design, graphic layout and commercial marketing for companies such as the Original Log Cabin Home.

Sam Watkins ’04 transferred to UNC-Chapel Hill and graduated in May 2008 with a BA degree in Communication Studies.

Deron Webb '04 is expecting his third child in October 2008.

Rick West has worked for CFCC since 1977.

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