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This semester, high-profile resignations left Cape Fear Community College marine tech students without the opportunity to join the program’s crucial training cruise — or a satisfactory explanation for why the program had been disrupted. WHQR dug deep into public records to try and shed more light on the issue.
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Last week, members of Cape Fear Community College Board of Trustees (BOT) pushed Trustee Ray Funderburk III into a closed session, after he said he wanted to make a public statement about the removal of former Trustee Jimmy Hopkins by New Hanover County Commission Chair Julia Olson-Boseman.
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At Wednesday’s Cape Fear Community College Board of Trustees meeting, Trustee Ray Funderburk brought up the contentious removal of former Trustee Jimmy Hopkins — but was almost immediately shut down by the board chair and attorney.
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For more than ten years Jimmy Hopkins has served on the Cape Fear Community College Board of Trustees, but on Monday his decade-long tenure came to an abrupt halt.
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Two directors of CFCC’s prized programs recently resigned last spring: Chip Munna, program director over emergency medical services (EMS), and Carolyn McCormick, program director over nursing.
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Cape Fear Community College says it’s reversing a decision to prevent those working on the Cape Hatteras research vessel from earning overtime pay. But this comes after the marine tech students vowed to protest the unpopular decision — and attend the September board meeting.
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Those who work or who have worked at the college call it ‘Bloody May.’ It’s the time of year when contracts aren’t renewed — and people fear losing their jobs because of a ‘restructuring.’ But for other staff, spring meant considerable, if not uniform, raises.
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On June 2, the New Hanover County School Board unanimously appointed Ray Funderburk III to the Cape Fear Community College Board of Trustees. However, member Stefanie Adams was not present for the vote — and member Nelson Beaulieu recused himself, as he’s an employee of the college.
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Some current and former Cape Fear Community College staff are still decrying an alleged hostile work environment on the part of President Jim Morton and his upper administration. WHQR spoke with Pam Kelley from The Assembly about her recent reporting on the college.
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Cape Fear Community College President Jim Morton announced on Wednesday that all full-time faculty and staff would receive a one-time $1,500 bonus in December. The money will come from the federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.