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Friday, October 5, 2018 Waters Family Names NCC Classroom The Nash Community College Foundation has announced the naming of the William Roger Waters Classroom in the new Advanced Manufacturing building. The classroom is named in memory of William “Roger” Waters by his wife of 30 years, Trudi Jaber Waters; daughter, Anna Waters Costa, husband, Jerome and daughters, Stella and Madison; sister, Trese Roberts and husband, Erik; brother-in-law, Paul Jaber, wife, Elaine and daughter, Katy. Roger Waters graduated from Rocky Mount Senior High School and continued his education at Campbell University. He served his country as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, and later became President and Owner of Waters Brothers Contractors where he was known for his work in the community until his passing in August 2012. Through Roger’s leadership, Waters Brothers Contractors, a family-owned business since 1921, expanded from utilizing hand-operated equipment to a state of the art computer controlled production operation with high tech machinery to provide complete custom sheet metal fabrication. Nash Community College opened its 16,000 square foot Advanced Manufacturing building in July 2018 for students pursuing careers in the Advanced Manufacturing field including Electrical Systems Technology, Computer-Integrated Machining, Industrial Systems Technology and Robotics. Pictured, from left: Stella Costa, NCC Foundation Executive Director Pam Ballew, Madison Costa, NCC President Dr. Bill Carver, Anna Waters Costa, Jerome Costa, Trudi Waters, Elaine Jaber, Lou Carson, NCC Board Chair Paul Jaber and Katy Jaber. NCWC Awards NCC for Transfer Partnership NCC was recently awarded by North Carolina Wesleyan College as the 2018 Partner College of the Year. The award was given to NCC for its partnership as the top transferring institution for current NCWC students. NCWC offers competitive transfer scholarships for qualified NCC students, as well as the 2+ Wesleyan Program. Pictured from left: NCC Business Technologies Instructor Mary Hyatt, Business Technologies Department Chair Dr. Amy Harrell, Director of Advising & First Year Experience Amanda Guy and Biology Instructor Reggie Cobb. Holmes Presents at National Conference Nash Community College’s Dean of Student Wellness and Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences Marbeth Holmes this week presented “Serving the WHOLE Student: A Trauma-Informed Approach” at #RealCollege: a national convening on food and housing insecurity. The event was held at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to educate national college and university administrators, faculty, staff, funders, and clinicians. In her presentation, Holmes provided an overview of mental health issues and trauma often experienced by students whose basic needs are not met. Her goal was to empower helping professionals with tools to create safe spaces, provide empathetic responses, alleviate stigma of shame and help seeking, and promote resiliency among students. Holmes explained NCC's success as a pioneer in holistic services including victim's advocacy, MALE Mentoring, Collegiate Recovery, food pantry, Success Closet, emergency assistance programs, and connection to community resources through direct case management. Read More. STEP Work Sessions Held at NCC Strategic Twin-Counties Education Partnership hosted work sessions at NCC Tuesday for #workHERE, a local initiative focused on increasing career awareness to students in the Twin Counties. STEP works in collaboration with business, industry and education partners in Nash and Edgecombe counties to expand community partnerships, increase work-based learning experiences for local students and create a continuous improvement network giving partners a voice in education and developing workers who meet the demands of regional careers. Talking Food: Pumpkin Pasta This week we're welcoming October and everything pumpkin with a Talking Food episode from Halloween 2017. Chef Carlo and Drew make pumpkin pasta with a savory pumpkin sauce! Talking Food airs each Tuesday at 10am on youtube.com/nashcomcollege and facebook.com/studio67ncc. © 2018 Nash Community College
Friday, October 5, 2018
Waters Family Names NCC Classroom
The Nash Community College Foundation has announced the naming of the William Roger Waters Classroom in the new Advanced Manufacturing building.
The classroom is named in memory of William “Roger” Waters by his wife of 30 years, Trudi Jaber Waters; daughter, Anna Waters Costa, husband, Jerome and daughters, Stella and Madison; sister, Trese Roberts and husband, Erik; brother-in-law, Paul Jaber, wife, Elaine and daughter, Katy.
Roger Waters graduated from Rocky Mount Senior High School and continued his education at Campbell University. He served his country as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, and later became President and Owner of Waters Brothers Contractors where he was known for his work in the community until his passing in August 2012.
Through Roger’s leadership, Waters Brothers Contractors, a family-owned business since 1921, expanded from utilizing hand-operated equipment to a state of the art computer controlled production operation with high tech machinery to provide complete custom sheet metal fabrication.
Nash Community College opened its 16,000 square foot Advanced Manufacturing building in July 2018 for students pursuing careers in the Advanced Manufacturing field including Electrical Systems Technology, Computer-Integrated Machining, Industrial Systems Technology and Robotics.
Pictured, from left: Stella Costa, NCC Foundation Executive Director Pam Ballew, Madison Costa, NCC President Dr. Bill Carver, Anna Waters Costa, Jerome Costa, Trudi Waters, Elaine Jaber, Lou Carson, NCC Board Chair Paul Jaber and Katy Jaber.
NCWC Awards NCC for Transfer Partnership
NCC was recently awarded by North Carolina Wesleyan College as the 2018 Partner College of the Year. The award was given to NCC for its partnership as the top transferring institution for current NCWC students. NCWC offers competitive transfer scholarships for qualified NCC students, as well as the 2+ Wesleyan Program.
Pictured from left: NCC Business Technologies Instructor Mary Hyatt, Business Technologies Department Chair Dr. Amy Harrell, Director of Advising & First Year Experience Amanda Guy and Biology Instructor Reggie Cobb.
Holmes Presents at National Conference
Nash Community College’s Dean of Student Wellness and Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences Marbeth Holmes this week presented “Serving the WHOLE Student: A Trauma-Informed Approach” at #RealCollege: a national convening on food and housing insecurity. The event was held at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to educate national college and university administrators, faculty, staff, funders, and clinicians.
In her presentation, Holmes provided an overview of mental health issues and trauma often experienced by students whose basic needs are not met. Her goal was to empower helping professionals with tools to create safe spaces, provide empathetic responses, alleviate stigma of shame and help seeking, and promote resiliency among students. Holmes explained NCC's success as a pioneer in holistic services including victim's advocacy, MALE Mentoring, Collegiate Recovery, food pantry, Success Closet, emergency assistance programs, and connection to community resources through direct case management. Read More.
STEP Work Sessions Held at NCC
Strategic Twin-Counties Education Partnership hosted work sessions at NCC Tuesday for #workHERE, a local initiative focused on increasing career awareness to students in the Twin Counties. STEP works in collaboration with business, industry and education partners in Nash and Edgecombe counties to expand community partnerships, increase work-based learning experiences for local students and create a continuous improvement network giving partners a voice in education and developing workers who meet the demands of regional careers.
Talking Food: Pumpkin Pasta
This week we're welcoming October and everything pumpkin with a Talking Food episode from Halloween 2017. Chef Carlo and Drew make pumpkin pasta with a savory pumpkin sauce! Talking Food airs each Tuesday at 10am on youtube.com/nashcomcollege and facebook.com/studio67ncc.
© 2018 Nash Community College