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Inside of the Advanced Technology Center.
No full textBlack and white image looking down into the inner vestibule of the Advanced Technology Center during an exposition event
Welcome and Registration Center
No full textExteiror of the Central High Building (Garinger), looking at the right wing entrance of the building. The sign on the building entrence reads Central Piedmont Community College/ Welcome and Registration Center. A large campus map is seen in the lower left corner. In the background part of the Terrell building is seen on the right side of the image. Image is taken in landscape view
Student Filming
No full textA student operating a camera. The side of the camera features a CPCC Teleproductions label
Terrell Administration Building
No full textA look at the Terrell Administration Building from the quad. Elizabeth Avenue is in the background
Inside CPCC, Fall Quarter, Volume 5, Number 17
No full textInside CPCC highlights Central Piedmont alum and Department of Transportation worker Steve Crump. An alumni update features 1990 Richard H. Hagemeyer Educational Advancement Award winner Jim Bogan. A list features the Hagemeyer Award winners from 1973-1989. A feature article focuses on Central Piedmont student and Mrs. North Carolina Judy Bomar. An introduction piece shines the spotlight on visiting artist Jacquelyn Culpepper. A focus article takes a closer look at high school drop-outs turning to Central Piedmont for help. Another focus article talks about the retirement of Powell Majors. The newsmakers section features accomplishments from members of the Central Piedmont community, such as Nicholas Gennett joining Central Piedmont as its Vice President for Student, Staff, and Organization and President Ruth Shaw being named N.C. Community College Woman of the Year by the N.C. Chapter of the American Association of Women in Community and Junior Colleges.On Our Cover
Judy Bomar is the first to
tell you she hasn't always
been beauty pageant
material. Find out how
this CPCC student went
from a size 16 to a size 6
- and found her way to
the Mrs. North Carolina
runway. A runway that
will take her to international
competition this fall.
Mike Slade
Fall Quarter, 1990
Volume 5, Number 17
Fay Vogelbacher, editorial assistant
Peg Robarchek, contributing editor
Dawn Cotter, contributing writer
Terry Hoover, contributing wri ter
Karen Lands, contributing writer
Karel Lucander, contributing writer
Mike Myers, staff writer
Roy Parker, contributing writer
Barbara Russell, contributing writer
Janice Cromar, graphic designer
Tom Covington, staff photographer
Mike Slade, staff photographer
© Copyright 1990 by Central Piedmont
Community College. For reprint rights,
contact Community Relations, CPCC,
P.O. Box 35009, Charlotte, NC., 28235
CPCC is an equal opportunity institution.
10,000 copies of this public document
were printed at a cost of65. 525-2293.
• Fall Musical-The Little Shop of Horrors, Nov. 2 - 4, 9, 10, matinee Nov. 4. Other
performances 8:15 pm. Pease Auditorium. 10 some of us pay
for a personalized license plate.
And Steve says CPCC is to
thank. "Not only did I learn and gain
a great deal of knowledge at CPCC,
but I was able to advance," said
Steve, who had worked for the DOT
for a number of years before he
decided to earn a degree and seek
a promotion. "Without CPCC, I could
not have advanced. Period ."
And if he hadn't been promoted,
he wouldn't have had the chance to
create the roadside glory you and I
get to enjoy.
Steve learned entomology,
chemistry and horticulture here over
seven quarters, commuting from his
home in Norwood 50 miles away,
sometimes 5 times a week. That's
about 38,500 miles, I figure.
Thanks, Steve. With your unexpected
oases yuu 've made all the difference
to the roads most traveled.
We joined a consortium of sorts
and several colleges probably wish
we hadn't, including UNCC, James
Madison, William and Mary, East
Tennessee State, Virginia
Commonwealth, UNC-Wilmington,
University of Tennessee-Memphis,
Wake Forrest, Vanderbilt, George
Mason, UNC-Chapel Hill, and
Davidson.
In Memphis recently, we
thrashed them each in the genteel
games of competition, like pingpong
and chess and pool. Thirtytwo
schools with 373 entrants met
for the fifth annual games.
As the only community college
invited (we shared a bus ride with
NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill) we
found we do okay, all things being
equal (translation: no scholarships in
those sports), when it comes to
pushing a rook, slapping a celluloid
sphere or kissing the ivory into a
corner pocket. We're hard to beat.
And while feeling sporty, congratulations
to Mike Sump, CPCC
golfer, who balances superb golf
with superb scholastic studies. The
National Junior College Athletic
Association has pointed this out by
naming him to its Academic AllAmerican
Team.
DOT's Steve Crump
Can you handle one more
CPCC graduation success story?
Agnes Joyner, high school dropout,
later returned to CPCC for Adult
High School, then went on to earn
an associate degree last May.
You've heard that before, but the
numbers make her story noteworthy.
It was 37 years ago she dropped
out. And the May degree was her
fourth earned here.
Agnes' granddaughter also
graduated this spring, from high
school, and I doubt if that combination
happened anywhere else in
town. Guinness could fill a book
right here at CPCC.
Elsewhere in this issue is a story
about CPCC student Judy Bomar,
who will enter international competition
in Russia this November. Will she be
CPCC's first international competitor?
No.
Joe Russell, paraplegic weighlifter
and world record holder, won
his title in Aylesbury, England.
High school diploma candidate
Calvin Seabrook won the world bantam
weight boxing championship in
1987 in Cartagena, Columbia, South
America.
And in 1987, CPCC's flute band
won first place world honors in Ireland.
Do you know of other international
CPCC competitors? If so, give
me a call at 342-6666.
My own scientific survey reveals
at least three people read this column.
Each wrote to point out that I
mislocated Westchester County
Airport in a recent column. It's in
New York and not Connecticut.
One writer points out Mario
Cuomo has enough trouble keeping
New Jersey from annexing Staten
Island and the Statue of Liberty as it is.
My trouble is, I don't know which
state I should apologize to. •
Story by Barbara Russell
im Bogan can make you
feel inadequate.
How does he run three
businesses, tackle volunteer
projects and spend
time with his family-and do it all so
well that he wins award after award?
The answer, of course, is hard
work. An appointment book that fills
up weeks in advance. Days that
often stretch from 6 a.m. to midnight.
Two weekends a month consumed
by work. And this year, a
postponed vacation.
"It has been rather a juggling
act," Bogan said with a smile. "I'm
ready for R&R ! "
Bogan, 41, has parlayed his
intense determination and his CPCC
associate degree into a successful
land-development career and active
volunteer service. In honor of his
accomplishments, CPCC awarded
Bogan the 1990 Richard H. Hagemeyer
Educational Advancement Award.
The annual award, established
in 1973, goes to a former student or
graduate who benefited from studies
and relationships at CPCC. The
winner is chosen on attitude, professional
growth, economic status and
community involvement.
"This man was No. 1 by all criteria,"
said Powell Majors, retiring executive
director of the CPCC Foundation,
which sponsors the award.
Actually, Bogan didn't start out
at CPCC. A Charlotte native, he
enrolled at UNC- Charlotte as a
mechanical engineering student
after graduating from Garinger High
School in 1966. But he quickly
decided that field wasn't for him.
He quit and took a surveying job
with a Charlotte highway and bridge
design company. He enjoyed it so
much that in 1968 he enrolled at
CPCC, working 40-hour weeks with
Charlotte engineering and construction
firms while studying civil engi-
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Juggling Act
Calendar Fills Up Weeks Ahead for
Busy Vohmteer, Business Owner
CPCC graduate squeezes in as much
community work as possible
neering technology at night.
In 1973, a year after graduating
from CPCC, Bogan joined Ralph
Squires Homes in Charlotte as a
land development engineer, laying
out subdivision streets and lots and
helping site homes.
"My education at CPCC is the reason
I was hired at Squires," he said.
Four years there gave him the
experience he needed to get his
surveying license and go into business
for himself. In 1977 he founded
Bogan Development and Construction
Co., of which he's the sole
owner and president. He also is
president of Real Estate Planning
and Development founded in 1979
with partner Rodney Purser, and
Matthews-Heathers Land Corp.,
founded in 1983 with partners Purser
and Greg Helms. All three companies
are based in Matthews.
For Bogan, land development
starts in the car, with drives around
the county looking at land. Once
he's found a promising parcel, he
begins research.
"I go to the tax maps and get
land boundaries," he said, "and I
superimpose the topography."
He studies the lay of the land;
he checks tree cover, composition,
utility service. He prepares site
plans and estimates development
costs, then talks to area homebuilders.
If a builder wants the site,
Bogan negotiates with the landowner,
gets a development loan and
begins work, selling lots to the
builder as they're completed.
"Depending on how eager the
landowner is to sell, it takes a minimum
of 18 months to two years from
when I first see the land to sell ing
the first lot," Bogan said. Of that,
research takes six months.
Bogan's long days brim with
community projects.
"He's one of those people you
really value," said Jim Miles, program
director for the Mecklenburg
County Council of Boy Scouts. "You
can count on him to get things
done."
Bogan has been involved in Boy
Scouting since 1983, when his son,
Matt, decided he wanted to join.
"I went to a meeting with him
and came back an assistant leader,"
Bogan said.
The Bogans, who live in
Matthews, have become what Jim
calls a "Scouting family." His wife,
Barbara, serves as a Tiger Cub district
chairman. Matt, now 14 and a
sophomore at East Mecklenburg
High School, just earned his Eagle
Scout Award.
Bogan has advanced from troop
work to vice president of properties
for the Mecklenburg County Council.
Along the way, he prepared maps
and drawings of Camp Grimes in
Marion and the old Camp Steere near
Lake Wylie. He also helped develop
Camp Clear Creek, a facility on the
Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union county
line that replaced Camp Steere.
His latest project: a 3,000-squarefoot
addition to the scout office building
on Seventh Street, near Independence
Boulevard and CPCC.
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Hagemeyer Award Wmners 1973-1989
1989 - George M. Blakey, who is
hearing impaired, has earned
degrees from UNCC, Atlantic Christian,
and Western Maryland College
since graduating from CPCC. He is
now the principal of a school for the
hearing impaired and is working on a
doctoral degree at Kansas University.
1988 - Thelma D. Freeze decided to
earn an Associate Degree in Human
Services and to pursue a position with
the Department of Social Services.
Since 1983, she has been the Executive
Director of LIFE Centers, Inc.
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1987 - Clifton H. Hammond was on
academic suspension at The Citadel
when he heard that CPCC was a college
where students could get a second
chance at success. After graduating
from CPCC, he went to the University
of Georgia and completed a
doctoral program at UNCG. He joined
CPCC in 1980 as a counselor and is
now a program head.
1986- Samuel H. Killman was in the
first Police Science course taught at
CPCC in 1967. He earned a BS in
Criminal Justice with honors at
UNCC. He is now Chief of the Charlotte
Police Department.
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1985- Phillip Gaddy was a 1970
graduate with an associate degree
when he enrolled in the Welding Program
in 1972. After completion, he
worked as a welder fabricator and
taught part-time at CPCC. Currently
he is the Welding Department Coordinator
at Mitchell Community College
in Statesville.
1984 - Stephanie Harris was the first
lawyer to win the award. She had doubts
about her ability to do college work and
planned to be a beautician. At CPCC,
she became confident and enthusiastic
about learning. She attended the
Tennessee College of Law, earning a
Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. She
practices law in Charlotte.
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1983- Les Reid was a visually
impaired student who earned his high
school diploma in the College's GED
program. Encouraged by faculty
members, he earned an associate
degree and transferred to UNCC,
where he studied psychology and
sociology. He credits CPCC with helping
him out of the despair that followed
his blindness.
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1982 - John White is the only community
college graduate to earn a
Pulitzer Prize ( 1982 Feature Photography).
John's only formal training in
photography was at CPCC in 1963.
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1981 - Cindy Hutchins, junior high
school dropout and mother of two,
passed the CPCC high school equivalency
test and entered the Electrical/
Electronics Engineering Technology
Program. She now serves on a
CPCC advisory committee.
1980 - Steve Stillwell entered the
CPCC auto mechanics program in
1968, completed it, and earned diplomas
in the auto body repair and the
machinist programs. Later he earned
a CPCC associate degree in General
Education. He became a member of
the auto mechanics faculty and has
become an acknowledged expert on
auto emissions controls.
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1979 - Henrietta Humphries, college
dropout for 12 years, enrolled at
CPCC in 1973, attending classes during
her lunch hour. She decided on a
teaching career and transferred to
Queens College for her bachelor of
science degree, then went on to
North Carolina State for a masters of
science degree.
1978 - Dona Patterson finished the
high school completion and the associate
degree programs at CPCC. At
UNCC, she earned two bachelors
degrees and two masters degrees.
Using her new skills, she was
employed by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
schools as a social worker.
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1977 - Robert Knox began studies at
CPCC ten years after finishing high
school. After completing the college
transfer program, he went to UNCC,
where he earned a bachelor of science
degree with a 4.0 grade point
average. He became the only
certified management accountant in
Charlotte at the time.
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1976 - Jimmy Levintis came to
CPCC with a Greek high school diploma
and problems communicating in
English. After earning his associate
degree at CPCC, he transferred to the
UNCC for his bachelors degree and
then went on to earn a medical
degree at Chapel Hill.
1975 - Maurice Ewing entered
CPCC's college transfer program after
attending the University of Georgia. He
went on to earn a bachelors degree
from Appalachian State University. He
then joined the staff of the Greater
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce as a
specialist in industrial recruiting.
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1974- Greg Davis was president of the
student body and an honor student.
Visually impaired, he completed his
high school work at CPCC. He went on
to UNCC and Duke Divinity School.
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1973 - Bessie Weldon, grandmother
employed by the Health Department,
started in the CPCC adult education
program, completed her high school
work, and went on to graduate from
CPCC.
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Story by Karel Bond Lucander
ith one side of her face
cradled in a pillow, a
dying mother leaned
closer to her daughter
and whispered, "Were you happy as
a child? Is there anything you wish
you could've done that you didn't?"
Judy Bomar was not surprised.
She was stunned. Her mother was
dying. And this was her hour of
recognition.
"Well, the only thing, really,"
Judy answered, "is that I wish I
could've entered a beauty pageant.
Otherwise, I wasn't wanting for anything.
I was very happy."
There She Comes ...
Student Reigns in QURen City,
Aims for International Crown
Her mother managed a tired,
wistful smile. "If it wasn't for your
daddy's wishes, I would've let you,"
said the widow of a Baptist minister.
"You know I would've."
In retrospect, Judy said, her
mother taught her an enduring lesson
by not allowing her daughter to
participate in pageantry: Respect
your marriage partner. Period.
And, ironically, marriage and
pageantry together would play a
large role in Judy's life just shy of a
year after her mother's death.
One of nine children, reared in
the hills of Bullet County, Kentucky,
Judy had always minded her strict
father. But in September, 1988, three
months after her mother's passing,
the 40-year-old housewife and mother
of two did something that would
un-do her father's long-ago "no
swimsuit" mandate.
Judy wrote to Mrs. North Carolina
1988, after seeing her on television,
and asked for advice on gearing
up for the 1989 competition.
"Through Mom's death, something
inside of me said, 'try it. ' I
think she would've wanted me to,"
Judy said.
"The pageants ... gave
me confidence. They
gave me the courage to
go back to school."
Mrs. North Carolina talks about classwork with fellow-student Mahrice Neal Yet for this CPCC student, getting
to the throne meant overcoming
obstacles not generally associated
with beauty queens. Her reign took
one part inspiration, two parts persistence-
and another part massive
change. The change: A serious, allsugar
barred, Twinkie-trashing diet.
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"I'd been overweight since the
birth of my 11-year-old daughter.
But after Mom died, I went through a
bad depression and really packed
on the weight. I was up to 161- on a
5-foot-3 frame."
With the support of her husband,
Recie, and the pound-shedding
strategy of the Diet Center,
Judy spent the better part of eight
months toiling to weigh in at a svelte
108 pounds- with the hopes of a
choice position on the Mrs. North
Carolina runway in 1989.
Her competitors: 13 North Carolina
wedded beauties, age 18 and
up. The judging criteria: 50 percent
interview, 25 percent swimsuit and
25 percent evening gown.
Judy's showing: First runner-up.
"I was ecstatic. But when I
talked with one of the judges, she
suggested I try again. My concern
was my age," Judy said. "I asked her,
'when is too old?' She said, 'Honey,
these young things have nothing on
A College Transfer student, Judy Bomar would like to be a counselor
you. We can shape a body easier
than we can shape a mind.' So I
decided to try one more time."
Yet before the pageant hoopla
had subsided, fate threw Judy a
curve-ball. She was diagnosed with
cervical cancer .
"I sometimes forget that I ever
had cancer. Everything happened
so quickly," the stunning ash blonde
said. "I had a hysterectomy. And the
surgery was successful. I haven't
had a problem since."
Still the see-saw events of her
recent past inspired Judy to take yet
another step forward . She resurrected
another dream put on hold. She
returned to college.
"Though my first priorities will
always be Recie, my son Chad and
daughter Charity, knowing I can
achieve has helped me to stretch in
ways I never knew I could."
In November, 1989, she signed
up for the Winter Quarter at CPCCand
spent her first class sessions
and test secretly nauseous. But
through the encouragement of her
professors, Judy has become a
math aficionado with a bent toward
the humanities and a long-range
career goal of counseling.
"I sometimes forget that
I ever had cancer."
"I see myself as a counselor in
five years. I see myself in a role of
helping people. I think that is where
my strength lies," she said . ·
Between
classes, cramming
and weekends on the road
promoting sponsors, Judy readied
herself- one more time-for the
Mrs. North Carolina competition. On
May 12, 1990-a year to the day
after taking the competition by storm
as first runner-up-Judy Bomar was
crowned Mrs. North Carolina.
"We're all really proud of her,"
said Recie, her husband of 18 years,
a pharmacy supervisor at Revco. "If
it were me, I would've said , 'I'm not
going to enter the pageant a second
time. I might lose.' But Judy's not like
that. She's taught me to take risks ."
Yet, even with his wife's example,
there's one risk Recie isn't about
to take: the chance of missing a trip
to Russia
