Paula Vess

  • Academics

    Spring 2023 Honor Rolls Announced

    President’s List Cleveland Community College President Jason Hurst has announced the President’s and Dean’s List for the Spring 2023 semester. To be named to the President’s List, students must carry a minimum of 12 credit hours and receive a perfect 4.0 Grade Point Average. The following students were named to the…

  • Student Spotlight

    Better Than Expected

    Nate Dixon talks with judges during the year-end robot programming competition.

    Nate Dixon was participating in his Robot Programming class’s year-end competition when he got a phone call. He was pleasantly surprised to learn that he had been hired by FANUC, a company that provides robotics, CNC machines and other automation solutions to companies worldwide. “This is the type of job that was my end goal,”…

  • Student Spotlight

    Veteran Aims to Keep People Safe

    Navy veteran Justin Lattimore is training for his next career in cyber security.

    After serving in the Navy as an aviation structural mechanic for four years, Justin Lattimore is switching his focus to the world of computers and cyber security. Although he’ll work with different equipment, he still aims to keep people safe. In the Navy, Lattimore ensured that pilots and their crews were safe. Now, he is…

  • Student Spotlight

    Pasour Awarded NC Space Grant

    John Pasour, a mechanical drafting student at Cleveland Community College, was awarded a $4,500 North Carolina Space Grant earlier this year. He presented his research findings at the NC Space Grant Symposium in Raleigh on April 21. Pasour’s goal with his research was to “determine the viability of using living components in an air filtration…

  • Events/Activities on Campus

    Welding Competition Sparks Interest

    On Friday, April 28, 2023, CCC held its second annual high school welding competition. It featured the top four welders from each of the county's high schools.

  • Student Spotlight

    Nursing Student Receives Award

    Kaitlin Emmert, nursing student, selected for Betty Garrison Award.

    Practical Nursing student Kaitlin Emmert has been selected to receive the Betty Garrison Award.

  • CCC in the News

    Community College Day Held in State’s Capital

    More than 300 community college leaders from across the state gathered last week in Raleigh to advocate for the NC Community College System’s legislative priorities. From Cleveland Community College, President Dr. Jason Hurst, Trustees Chair Bill Turpish, Vice Chair Allen Langley, and Trustees Wayne King, Kenneth Ledford, Larry Hamrick and Dennis Bailey participated in the…

  • Instructor Spotlight

    Meet Vincent Mates, Instructor

    Vincent Mates has been a part-time instructor at CCC for six years. He typically teaches courses in electronics, electrical and automation technology. Mates is originally from Chicago, Illinois, but moved with his family to Georgia when he was eight. He now lives in Kings Mountain. He graduated from York Technical College in Rock Hill, South…

  • Student Spotlight

    CCC Nursing Student Wins Award

    Cleveland Community College practical nursing student, Rhacinda “Cindy” Barner has been selected as a 2022 recipient of the Betty Garrison Award. CCC’s nursing faculty nominated Barner. “I was very surprised, humbled and grateful to be nominated for this award,” said Barner. The award honors Betty Garrison, a “much loved and well-respected nurse in the Charlotte…

  • Program News

    Apprenticeship Path to Success

    High School Senior Reaps Benefits of Apprenticeship When Maddox Brown was a senior at Kings Mountain High School he took some HVAC classes at Cleveland Community College to fill his schedule. What he found was a career he wanted to pursue. Apprenticeship Cleveland is providing him with a path to success. “The reason I like…