In this video Kristin Gaddis, Executive Director, Student Support Services Yadkin County Schools discusses a successful partnership with Surry Community College and opportunities available at the Yadkin location.
Community college: ‘It’s not less than’
DOBSON – David Shockley has felt it himself. He’s felt the stigma, he says in the accompanying video, that going to community college is somehow less than being a student at a four-year university. As his own friends left home for four-year schools, says Shockley, the President of Surry Community College, “I can remember feeling… READ MORE
Putting the ‘community’ in community college
DOBSON – There’s a reason they’re called community colleges. North Carolinians embrace their community colleges in both big ways and small. “We have had individuals in the community that just are always on the lookout for students in need. And I’ll get a call that says, ‘OK, this student is headed your way – please… READ MORE
Growing demand for nurses
DOBSON – There’s little doubt there are jobs waiting for nursing students. “Demand is huge,” Lory Puckett, a nursing instructor at Surry Community College, declares in the accompanying video. “The demand in nursing has always been there, and it’s going to continue to be there, because we have an aging population,” Puckett says. “…So with… READ MORE
Nursing degrees explained
DOBSON – The sea of letters can seem baffling – LPN, RN, FNP, CMA…. “Whenever you go into an office, you’re going to see a lot of different faces, and not everyone who brings you back is necessarily a nurse,” Nursing Instructor Lory Puckett of Surry Community College says in the accompanying video. Puckett explains… READ MORE
High demand = high pay for nurses
DOBSON – High demand usually means high pay – and depending on their skills and experience, some nurses enjoy very comfortable wages. A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) with a one-year degree might start at $15 to $18 an hour, Nursing Instructor Lory Puckett says in the accompanying video. With a two-year associate degree, Registered Nurses… READ MORE
Welding at Surry – ‘the sky’s the limit’
DOBSON – The welding shop at Surry Community College is a study in supply and demand – and the upshot is high wages for welders the college trains. Five-and-a-half years ago, Surry had 12 welding students, President David Shockley says in the accompanying video. Then a company arrived nearby that needed welders – and today… READ MORE
Community colleges ‘take students wherever they are’
DOBSON – Many of us don’t realize how many ways community colleges touch our lives. “We truly reflect the citizenship of our region,” President David Shockley of Surry Community College says in the accompanying video. “We are the most diverse higher education entity in the world.” The students and their needs are so varied, Shockley… READ MORE
Fruit of the vine at Surry Community College
DOBSON – Grow grapes from tobacco soil? They said it couldn’t be done. But construction and real-estate developers Charlie and Ed Shelton believed the red clay of the Yadkin Valley shares climate and growing conditions with some of the best wine-growing regions in Europe, so they launched Shelton Vineyards in 1999. A new industry to… READ MORE
“I began at Surry”
DOBSON – Lory Puckett knows that if she could do it, so can others. Puckett, a nursing instructor at Surry Community College, is very literally a master of her craft. She has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree as a family nurse practitioner. But it all started with an associate degree at Surry Community… READ MORE