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What career is right for you? It certainly can feel like an overwhelming decision, whether you’re choosing a first career or considering a change. Think about it – most people spend half their waking hours on the job. The right career is one that satisfies you as well as pays the bills. PCC offers a multitude of options in a wide range of fields such as health care; computer technology;...
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Medical Assisting Producing Grads Ready to Wear Many Hats in Workplace

At the heart of every good team or organization it seems there is someone who holds the operation together and makes things go – whether it’s the point guard in basketball, a dispatcher at the taxi stand, or a gunnery sergeant in the Marine Corps. In a doctor’s office, there’s a good chance that a certified medical assistant (CMA) is working hard to keep the operation running smoothly,...
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PCC Celebrating 10 Years of TRiO Success

This year, Pitt Community College marks a decade of offering TRiO services to students, a milestone that comes just months after the nation celebrated the outreach and student services initiative’s 50th anniversary. Launched by the federal government in 1964, TRiO has grown to encompass eight programs that target and assist low-income individuals, first-generation college students, and people...
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Business Program Offers Students Health Care Job Opportunities

The Business Division offers a curriculum program titled Healthcare Business Informatics (HBI) that provides vast opportunities for students in the health care job arena. This program is offered through collaboration between the college’s Information Systems Technology, Healthcare Management Technology and Business Administration departments. The program prepares students to use information...
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Human Services Training

Human Services Training Helps Foster Mental Health Knowledge, Treatment In the summer of 2014, the Pitt Community College Human Services Department joined a national initiative to increase mental health literacy by offering new training that helps individuals identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness. According to Dr. Ray Taylor, chair of the PCC Human Services Department, the...
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Transfer Program: Two Degrees, One Path

The Science Behind Our University Transfer Program Pitt Community College is proud to be a leader in offering a multitude of courses and degrees as part of the college’s University Transfer program. By partnering with other well-known, four-year institutions, students looking to further their education can take classes at Pitt Community College which are transferable to a number of universities...
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PCC Program: Computer Integrated Machining

Design, Build...Write Computer Code?! A Machining Technology Diploma from Pitt Community College’s Computer Integrated Machining program can quickly lead graduates into a high-demand, well-paying industrial and manufacturing career, now benefiting from a boost in technological advancements.  These aren’t your grandpa’s industry jobs! We’re like sculptors. We’re taking a raw product and...
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Do you dream of starting your own business?

It can be overwhelming trying to figure out where to begin and what tools and knowledge you will need to start your own business. Pitt Community College’s Small Business Center (SBC) can help! The SBC specializes in assisting startups, early stage, and troubled businesses, and can help guide you through the processes and steps that will help make your business a success. The Small Business...
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Cosmetology….. So Much More than Just Knowing Good Hair

Pitt Community College’s Cosmetology Program is now offered through the Continuing Education Division. Students can earn their required cosmetology hours and be eligible to sit for the North Carolina Cosmetic Arts Board licensing examination in under a year. PCC, in partnership with Mitchell’s Hairstyling Academy, offers Introduction, Intermediate, and Advanced Cosmetology classes. Through...
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What’s Happening with the PCC Alumni Association?

Your PCC Alumni Association is busy throughout the year working to provide support for students, alumni and the community. Our mission is “building a tradition to reconnect and engage alumni through loyalty and commitment to the future of PCC.” Here are some of the things we have been up to. Buy a Brick – Leave a Legacy Through a generous gift from the Ed & Joan Warren Estate, a Clock...
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PCC Alum Comes Full Circle

Will Pack Comes Full Circle as a PCC Student, Alum, and Now Department Chair Will Pack always knew that he wanted to work with hands and be outdoors. Even as a little boy, he would use (and lose!) his father’s tools to create projects with whatever spare material he could find. [caption id="attachment_1025" align="alignright" width="280"] Will Pack[/caption] When it came time to attend...
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Get Involved: What PCC Student Activities Is All About

Student Activities at Pitt Community College has grown tremendously over the years with active Student Government Association (SGA) Leadership Teams whose focus is to encourage and engage students for success. SGA has spent time collaborating and talking with students from all around campus to see what it is that they want to see as activities for students to participate in. More and more...
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A Win-Win Situation for Vidant Health and ESL Student Volunteers

Three afternoons a week, when Josien Houtvast finishes English as a Second Language class at Pitt Community College, she heads directly to Vidant Medical Center to work a 4-hour shift as a volunteer in patient escort. Josien and her husband relocated to Greenville in October 2013 for her husband’s job at DSM Dyneema. After settling in, Josien enrolled in the Advanced ESL class at PCC. She soon...
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