The Barnes & Noble Bookstores at Central Piedmont will have a “buy one get one free” (BOGO) sale on all clearance items on Wednesday, April 24, at all locations. This is a big sale on clearance merchandise with the current Central Piedmont logo before the new college logo and colors launch on April 30.
Renting? Have roommates? Please join Single Stop & the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy for a free legal presentation Consumer Advocacy workshop given by, O’Shauna Hunter, NC Legal Aid housing attorney. Students will learn what to look out for when they are signing a lease, moving out, or having issues with roommates or their landlord. Any questions can be directed to Jacqueline.villalobos@cpcc.edu or call the Single Stop office at 704.330.6435.
Thursday, April 25 at 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Central Campus, Worrell, Room 1152
Attend a FREE Shred Event on May 1, 2019, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Central Campus, Overcash Driveway!
Single Stop wants to help you prevent identity theft by offering to securely shred your personal documents- including old tax returns (>3 years old), credit card offers and statements, bank statements, billing statements, legal papers, etc.
Single Stop wants you to be financially successful and this free shred event is one way to help. Please bring all your unneeded personal financial documents to the event! Just drive through the Overcash Driveway. We will have volunteers there to unload your bags or boxes from your vehicle and empty them into the Iron Mountain Mobile Shred Unit bin for onsite shredding.
If you have any questions, call Single Stop at ext. 6435 or email Wanda Butler at wanda.butler@cpcc.edu.
If you are looking for inexpensive refurbished technology, such as a laptop and or a desktop while you are attending Science Week (April 22 – 26), come to the Zeiss Building, Rm. 1102.
The GRID will bring refurbished laptops and desktop systems for purchase. Goodwill created the GRID technology store to provide Charlotte with a central outlet for used technology such as computers, game consoles, software, Raspberry Pi hardware and more. Payment options are limited to VISA, Mastercard and cash. Laptops will be priced between $130 to $200 and Workstations will be priced between $80 to $800. There will be a 30-day option for exchange or repair at The GRID’s discretion. If a return is in order, The GRID will provide credit at The GRID/Goodwill – no cash back. After the warranty, The GRID will offer a lifetime of analysis of any hardware problem at no cost, with modest prices for repairs. The GRID will also bring Raspberry Pi hardware to sell.
Love, Inc., an organization that assists people with services, will be there as well. Love, Inc. is providing refurbished laptops for qualifying Department of Social Services recipients. In other words, if you are currently receiving DSS you can fill out a financial form with Love, Inc. at this event and they will sit down with you to confirm your availability to receive a refurbished laptop. There may be a $35 fee to cover the software on the laptop but that is the only charge. Love, Inc. will have a table where they will discuss requirements one on one. Love, Inc. has formed a network with more than 190 congregations in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. Many of those churches have completed a “Time and Talent Survey” of their congregations to determine which volunteer services their members are willing to offer to people in need. When a need referral is made to the Love, Inc. office, it is then assigned to a Love, Inc. volunteer who is willing to do that service through one of the Love, Inc. network churches.
This event is open to everyone. If you have any question please contact Don Michael Jr. at donald.michael@cpcc.edu.
Apply for a Federal Work-Study Job in the Financial Aid Office.
Just follow the steps below:
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
FIND AND APPLY FOR A POSITION
The process of finding a Federal Work-Study at Central Piedmont Community College begins with our online job listings:
Contact Jordan Daito, Federal Work-Study program coordinator, for Central Piedmont at 704.330.2722, ext. 3944 or at jordon.dalto@cpcc.edu.
You’re invited! On behalf of Dr. Deitemeyer, we invite you to Central Piedmont’s celebration on 
Tuesday, April 30, as we launch the college’s new logo, and new website (cpcc.edu). Please make plans to join us for the fun!
The Big Reveal
SAVE THE DATE!
Join us for launch day.
Central Piedmont is launching a new brand, new logo, and new website (cpcc.edu).
Tuesday, April 30
Come see us for giveaways (while supplies last) and fun at all campuses!
Cato: noon – 1 p.m. at Cato III, Patio and Amphitheater
Central: noon – 1 p.m. at Worrell
Harper: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Student Life Hallway
Harris: 6–7 p.m. at Harris I Atrium
Levine: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Levine II Main Entrances
Merancas: noon – 1:30 p.m. at Claytor Courtyard
City View Center: 2–3 p.m. at Room 104
Each year, Central Piedmont holds a tree sapling give away at all campuses as part of the Tree Campus initiative to promote tree planting and environmental education. Our college partner, Bartlett Tree Experts, is providing a variety of beautiful tree saplings this year. As a result, each campus will have its own Arbor Day celebration, with Student Life operating the sapling stations and providing tree care information.
In addition to giving away saplings from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. during each event, the college will also transplant and plant a few trees that are in the Central Piedmont nursery. These trees were saved from the grounds around the area formerly known as Terrell and LRC. The date and events for each campus are:
Levine: Wednesday, April 24
tree giveaway
Merancas – Thursday, April 25
tree giveaway
Harris – Thursday, April 25
tree giveaway and planting a Gingko (gifted to the college from Ian Patrick of Biloba)
Cato – Monday, April 29
tree giveaway and planting transplanted maples
Central – Tuesday, April 30
tree giveaway and planting of special maple on the quad at 9 a.m.
Harper – Thursday, May 2
tree giveaway
Cityview – Thursday, May 2
tree giveaway
Special thanks are in order to Student Life (once again!), Bartlett, Trees Charlotte, ABM grounds team (Scott and Serg!), and the Central Piedmont community.
Congratulations to cytotechnology student Jeanie Orr, who received a $1,000 American Society for Cytotechnology (ASCT) scholarship and an all-expense paid trip to Puerto Rico in May for the ASCT annual meeting. Jeanie is one of two students nationwide who received this national honor. Kudos, Jeanie!
Mother’s Day is just one month away. Honor, remember and celebrate the moms in your life
Amelia Zytka
by participating in the Central Piedmont Skyline Run on Saturday, May 11 – Mother’s Day Weekend.
Bring your family and make it a family event. In addition to the Kaye McGarry 5K Run, the event includes a 5K Walk, a 1-mile Family Fun Run and the Charlotte Smarty Pants 5K Baby Jogger Championship. Also, plan to visit our Mother’s Café where kids can plant a succulent for mom as well as the Health and Fitness Zone, Food Zone and Kids Zone. There is something fun for everyone!
All proceeds from the Central Piedmont Skyline Run support scholarships for our student mothers – women like Amelia Zytka – who are seeking the education and career training opportunities they need to secure meaningful employment and a bright future for their families.
Central Piedmont students pay just $10, a savings of $15. Please support your Central Piedmont team by registering today.
Would you like to get involved with the Skyline Run but running isn’t for you? Sign up to volunteer here. For questions or more information on the event, email foundation@cpcc.edu or call 704.330.6869.
We hope you and your family will join us for this fun, interactive event!
All Central Piedmont students are invited to attend this week’s workshop held by the NC 
STEM Alliance. The topic is: “Financial Literacy: Credit.” Come out and learn what credit is and how to manage it. This workshop will be held on April 11, 2019, from 3:30-4:30 p.m., in the Zeiss Building, Room 1106 on Central Campus. Hope to see you there!
Did you know that 80 percent of brain growth happens in the first three years of life?
Everyday interactions between children, their parents, and other caregivers provide abundant opportunities to give children from every background a great start in life!
Come to MECK BASICS to learn how to promote healthy brain development and responsive caregiving through daily use of the Basics. Sponsored by the Central Piedmont Early Childhood Education Club, this event will be Saturday, April 27, 1 – 4 p.m., in the Harris Campus Auditorium.
The workshop is free. Those who participate for the entire program will receive a certificate for 3 North Carolina DCDEE training credit hours. Students can pre-register by emailing Mercy Thompson, Central Piedmont Early Childhood Education Club secretary, at mthomp24@email.cpcc.edu.
More information about the program and registration is in this flyer.
Join the Sciences Division for a week-long celebration of Earth Day, April 22 – April 26 on the Central, Cato, and Levine campuses. There will be documentary viewing, lunch and learn activities, science demonstrations, and student research poster presentations. Food and prizes will also be available! Please visit cpcc.edu/science for our schedule of events.
Need something to read? Central Piedmont’s Central Library will be having its spring book sale during the week of Sensoria!
WHEN: April 8-11, 7:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. and April 12, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
WHERE: Central Campus Library, Room 201. (Please note that the library is in a new space this semester. It is the old Advanced Technologies Center building located next to the Citizens Building and the under-construction classroom building.)
Additionally, all other campus libraries will have their book sales going on during regular library hours – cpcc.edu/library/about-us/hours
All proceeds from the book sale go to the Theresa Thompson Library Scholarship. To learn more about the scholarship, visit cpcc.edu/library/scholarship
Join Student Life, the Family Resource Center, and the Positive Community for Women in viewing “Period. The End of a Sentence,” on Thursday, April 18. The event will go from 2-3:30 p.m., and will take place in Zeiss, Roomo 1100. Following the documentary there will be a panel discussion of Central Piedmont staff, faculty, and student(s).
Light refreshments will also be served.
The Graduation Committee is pleased to announce Desiree Kinker as the 2019 student 
speaker for graduation! Desiree is graduating with an Associate of Applied Science in Culinary Arts, is a member of the Central Piedmont NC Student Culinary Competition Team, a former Ruth G. Shaw Scholar, and an active community volunteer.
Those who know Desiree are familiar with the smile that greets you at her first hello, but few are probably aware of the journey that might lie beneath. Desiree is graduating in May as a successful culinary student, but the road that got her this far has bumps and bruises and many downs and ups. Though Desiree greets you with light, she’s not afraid to tell you about the tough challenges she has faced and overcome during her life and as a student.
Desiree is a true example of how Central Piedmont can lift an individual from where they begin and catapult them into their own, unique future. She is a prime example of a student who valued and leveraged relationships around her, working hard (and with great wisdom) to build a better life and bring light to any space she enters. We are proud of her and of all of our graduates, and we are excited to hear her message!
Join us for an annual luncheon, which is a catalyst for our male students to come together and engage in conversations about rebuilding themselves through various topics ranging from identity, leadership, personal growth and communication.
Thursday, April 18, 2019
11:30 a.m.– 1 p.m.
Central Campus – Worrell Building, Taylor Gym
Reserve your seat at: MAN UP Empowerment Luncheon
Central Piedmont is proud to announce that cardiovascular technology students Lindsay Hammond of Charlotte, N.C., and Bradford Smith of Matthews, N.C., have received the 2019 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) Alan D. Waggoner Sonographer Student Scholarship Award.
Lindsay Hammond
The award recognizes students who exhibit a passion for the discipline of echocardiography and demonstrate leadership abilities. To be nominated, students must be a member of the American Society of Echocardiography, attend a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Program (CAAHEP), and be enrolled in a cardiac or echocardiography ultrasound program.
Hammond and Smith met the award’s criteria and scored high marks in its student nominee requirements section, which included nomination information from the program director, letters of support, personal accomplishments, and academic records.
“This prestigious award is a wonderful acknowledgement of our student’s work and the commitment of our cardiovascular technology program,” said Maureen Bumba, dean for health profession and human services at Central Piedmont.
Bradford Smith
As 2019 Alan D. Waggoner Sonographer Student Scholarship Award recipients, Hammond and Smith will:
To learn more about the Alan D. Waggoner Sonographer Student Scholarship Award, visit asecho.org/waggonerscholarship/. For details on Central Piedmont’s cardiovascular technology program, go to cpcc.edu/health-human-services/cvt.
Can’t pass a background check because of old charges or convictions?
Please join Single Stop and Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy on Central Campus for a free Expunction Workshop on April 11, 2019, from 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. in Zeiss, Room 1112, where a CCLA attorney will discuss the expunction process.
During this session, Central Piedmont students who are trying to clean up their prior criminal record can learn if they might be eligible for free legal help to remove charges or convictions. Any questions can be directed to jacqueline.villalobos@cpcc.edu or call 704.330.6435.
All Central Piedmont students and faculty are invited to attend this week’s Research 
Symposium held by the NC STEM Alliance. Please join us as students from Central Piedmont and Guilford Technical community colleges present findings from their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics research. The symposium will be held on April 5, 2019, from noon-3 p.m. in the Zeiss Building, First Floor on Central Campus. Hope to see you there!
The Office of Financial Aid makes every effort to help you and your family secure the funding you need to become a part of our Central Piedmont family. To be considered for the most aid, we strongly encourage our students and parents to complete the FAFSA and all requirements by April 1 of each year. We have started processing financial aid for the 2019-20 academic year. Check your Financial Aid Self-Service. If you need additional documentation, bring in your documentation now. The earlier you submit your documentation, the earlier you can be awarded.