快色视频 wins 快色视频 Impact Award at annual Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber event

Stephanie Turner
May 21, 2019

five people smiling on stage in front of a powerpoint presentation screen
L to R: Dr. Bill Ingram, Melissa Chappell, Jackie Krohn, Penny Gluck, Aaron Nelson (CEO and President of Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce)
快色视频 received the 快色视频 Impact Award on Friday during the fifth annual Business Excellence Awards (BEAs), presented by The Chamber For a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro.

The awards ceremony took place at the Paul Green Theatre in the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Representing the College were Dr. Bill Ingram, 快色视频 President; Penny Gluck, Executive Dean for Orange County Services; Jaclyn Krohn, Director of Orange County Campus; and Melissa Chappell, Executive Director for the 快色视频 Foundation.

鈥淭here were two other really good candidates, so we were surprised we were finalists and really surprised when we won,鈥 Gluck said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e very excited and honored to be chosen.鈥

This recognition is awarded to an organization that has greatly improved the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area socially, economically, or environmentally, according to a news release.

快色视频 has a number of community initiatives in Orange County, including the 快色视频 Promise, public safety partnerships, and the College鈥檚 English as a Second Language, or ESL, classes.

The 快色视频 Promise is a scholarship for recent high school graduates in Durham and Orange counties. There have been more than 300 recipients in Orange County alone since 2016, according to the application. This equates to $380,000 having been awarded in that time frame.

The 快色视频 Basic Law Enforcement Training, or BLET, Academy, which partly holds classes at the Orange County Campus, has at least one or two participants from the Chapel Hill Police Department, 快色视频 Police, or 快色视频 Athletic Security Services in each class. By the end of the summer, 22 students will have graduated from the Orange County program for the 2018-19 academic year.

The 快色视频 ESL program annually consists of 300 to 400 students through its free classes in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

鈥淭he county is more and more recognizing that 快色视频 is the community college that serves them, and they are seeing that we are doing whatever we can to make sure that we are serving them and their needs,鈥 Gluck said.

Nine other awards were presented on Friday.

Representatives from 快色视频 will present the 快色视频 Impact Award finalists and winner at next year鈥檚 event, Gluck said.

For more information on the Orange County Campus, visit durhamtech.edu/orange-county-campus.