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CFCC's President to Retire

WHQR | By Jessica Ferrer,

Published January 27, 2012 at 3:21 PM EST

The president of Cape Fear Community College Eric McKeithan announced his retirement Thursday. WHQR’s Michelle Bliss reports that McKeithan’s retirement will go into effect on July 1^st.

McKeithan has been serving as president since 1994.

In the letter announcing his retirement, McKeithan cites many of the school’s achievements. Those include having its accreditation reaffirmed in 2007 and passing a $164 million bond referendum which funded projects like the construction of classrooms, laboratories, and an auditorium.

The announcement comes after the school recently celebrated the last piece of steel being set into place in its Union Station construction project. The building is modeled after the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot that once stood in downtown Wilmington.

The new facility will be up and running next year with classroom space, labs for health care training, and a student services center.

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Jessica Ferrer

Jessica is a junior at UNCW pursuing a B.A. in communication studies with a minor in journalism. She worked on an audio project similar to NPR's StoryCorps over the summer where she interviewed mentors and their mentees on the UNCW campus. This project inspired her to work more with public radio and the media. She is also a contributing writer for the school's newspaper, The Seahawk. Jessica loves her job as a resident assistant, trying out new restaurants, working out so she can keep eating at new restaurants, and bringing news to the community.

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Michelle Bliss

After growing up in Woodbridge, Virginia, Michelle attended Virginia Tech before moving to Wilmington to complete her Master in Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina in Wilmington. Her reporting and nonfiction writing have been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, within the pages of Wrightsville Beach Magazine, and in literary journals like River Teeth and Ninth Letter. Before moving to Wilmington, Michelle served as the general manager for WUVT, a community radio station in Blacksburg, Virginia. She lives with her husband Scott and their pups, Katie, Cooper, and Mosey.

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