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Cummins Partners with RichmondCC for Milestone Investment in Training for Employees

January 8, 2026

Richmond Community College and Cummins’ Scotland County facility kicked off the new year by signing the College’s largest NC Edge training project, which will provide a meaningful investment in training to the company over the next three years.

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Cummins Partners with RichmondCC for Milestone Investment in Training for Employees

January 8, 2026

Richmond Community College and Cummins’ Scotland County facility kicked off the new year by signing the College’s largest NC Edge training project, which will provide a meaningful investment in training to the company over the next three years.


RichmondCC Human Services Graduate Pursuing Career Goal of Helping Children

December 18, 2025

Caitlyn Hunt of Maxton grew up in a single-parent household where her mother worked multiple jobs to support her family. From her mother, Caitlyn learned how to be strong, persevere and care for others, but she also knew she wanted more for her future.


Second Chance Scholarship Changing Lives for Many

December 17, 2025

The Second Chance Scholarship at Richmond Community College has supported more than 700 students since its inception in 2018. It was established by Mrs. Judith Beam to continue the mission of her late husband, Mr. Joseph Beam, to help those living in his beloved Hamlet community to get an education.


RichmondCC Announces Honor Lists for 2025 Fall Semester

December 16, 2025

Richmond Community College has announced its honor lists for the 2025 Fall Semester.


Hadinger Majoring in Exercise Science at Wingate

December 15, 2025

Hudson Hadinger of Hamlet is in the Exercise Science Pre-Physical Therapy program at Wingate University. He transferred to Wingate after completing an Associate in Science degree from Richmond Community College.


Nursing Student Receives ‘Great 100 Nurses’ Scholarship

December 11, 2025

Demitra White, a second-year nursing student at Richmond Community College, was recently awarded the Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina Scholarship. Knowing how hard White is working to become a nurse, the faculty in RichmondCC’s Nursing Department felt she was an excellent candidate for this scholarship.


RichmondCC Grad on Fast Track to Exercise Science Degree at Wingate

December 10, 2025

Ryelan Lyerly of Rockingham is majoring in Exercise Science at Wingate University. She transferred to Wingate after completing an Associate in Arts degree from Richmond Community College.


RichmondCC Hosts Healthcare Academy for 8th-graders

December 2, 2025

Fifty excited 8th-graders gathered last week in the Grimsley Health Sciences Building at Richmond Community College to take part in a two-day “Healthcare Academy” funded by the Empowering Future Nurses Grant.


Ohio Student Advancing His Training in the Substation Program

November 25, 2025

Nathan Fiant was working as a substation technician for Pike Electric in Ohio when he learned that he could really advance his career by earning an associate degree from a school called Richmond Community College in Hamlet, N.C. That was when he first heard about the Electric Utility Substation & Relay Technology program and how it was propelling highly trained relay technicians straight into the utility industry after two years.


Meltons Continue Daughter's Legacy with Nursing Scholarship

November 24, 2025

John and Cherryl Melton of Cheraw suffered a terrible loss in February 2006 when their daughter, Kimberly, was killed in an automobile accident. She was enrolled in Richmond Community College’s Nursing Assistant program at the time. It was her dream to become a nurse.