The Cosmetology Salon’s last day for business this year is December 8. It will reopen on January 12.
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CPCC Galleries Presents Cara Truitt: In Flight
Cara Truitt: In Flight
Pease Gallery: Now – August 31, 2016
Pease Gallery: Now – August 31, 2016
Montega, 2016, Photographic print on Stryene, 50” x 35”
Artist Lecture: Wednesday, August 24; 10:30 – 11:15 a.m., Tate Hall
Opening Reception: Wednesday, August 24; 5 – 7p.m.
Make-up artist Cara Truitt brings her illustrative vision to light in this inaugural collaborative exhibition with CPCC’s Cosmetology School, featuring photography by Colleen McFiggins and a live butterfly installation sculpture by artist Chris Collman. Women of varied nationalities are transformed into winged creatures, heralding fearlessness, creativity and free expression before the lens. Using the human face and form as her palette, Truitt seeks to empower each young woman to adopt her own feathered alter-ego, begging the question: Can a temporary transformation inspire strength for lasting change? In Flight is a celebration of authenticity and teaches the importance of collaborative partnerships within creative fields.
Cosmetology Salon Summer Hours
The Cosmetology salon will be closed from May 9 through May 17. The Natural Hair Care salon will continue its normal hours.
Summer dates and hours will be as follows:
Cosmetology salon – Tuesdays through Fridays, May 18 through July 14; 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
Natural Hair Care salon – Tuesdays through Fridays, May 12 through June 16; 4:30 until 7:30 p.m.
All employees and current students receive a 10 percent discount. Gift certificates are available.
Cosmetology Salon to be Closed Dec. 14 – Jan. 11
The CPCC Cosmetology salon will be closed for business from December 14 through January 11 and will reopen on January 12.
A Sweet Retreat
Want to treat your sweetheart to a pampered getaway? Make her/him an appointment to visit with the friendly students at the CPCC City View Salon February 12-13, 2015 for Valentine’s Day. 
There will be a drawing on Friday for a Valentine’s Day gift basket. The drawing is open to available to students, faculty and staff.
Tickets: $5 each
To schedule an appointment, call ext. 5455.
Walk-ins welcome, 1609 Alleghany St, Charlotte NC
Services offered: Tuesday – Friday
8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. for non-chemical services
8:30 a.m. – noon for chemical services
Visit our website for a list of available services: http://www.cpcc.edu/medicalcareers/cosmetology/salon-information
Free Haircuts to Honor Our Veterans
In honor of Veterans Day on Nov. 11, the CPCC Cosmetic Arts and Science Club (CASA) will offer free haircuts to veterans. This offer is reserved for CPCC faculty and student veterans. Clients must have a valid CPCC ID and military ID. 
WHEN: November 11 – 14, 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: CPCC City View Cosmetology Center, 1609 Alleghany St., Charlotte, NC 28208
Attend Hair Walk Charlotte 2014 on Oct. 23
Please make plans to attend “Hair Walk Charlotte 2014.” The runway show will help fight cancer with style.
The event will be held October 23 at 7 p.m. at the Charlotte Convention Center, 501 S. College St., Charlotte, N.C.
CPCC Cosmetology students are making 20 wigs for some of the models that will be featured in the show who are cancer survivors and have experienced the side effects of various cancer treatments, such as hair loss. The students are also planning and developing the intermission hair show and will be celebrating “Beauty Icons.”
Tickets:
VIP: $75
General Admission: $45
Students (with student id): $22.50
For tickets, visit www.hairwalkcharlotte.org.
CPCC Cosmetology Helps Fight Breast Cancer
CPCC Cosmetic Arts and Science Association (CASA) presents a strand to fight cancer:
Beginning September 16, 2014, until the end of October, CPCC Cosmetology Salon will be offering the following service in support of Breast Cancer Awareness:
Shampoo and Style (Blow dry, style, or Roller set) with a strand colored pink (requires pre-lightening the strand with the addition of the pink color may last up to four weeks): $10
Portions of the proceeds will be donated to hairwalkcharlotte.org.
The Salon at CPCC’s City View Center for Cosmetology Has New Summer Hours Starting May 21
The Salon at CPCC’s City View Center for Cosmetology provides services for both men and women at incredible prices. A haircut is only $7.
All services are performed by CPCC students who are supervised by licensed cosmetology instructors.
Starting May 21, appointments available Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Call 704.330.5455. Walk-ins welcome.
CPCC faculty, staff, retirees and students receive a 10 percent discount.
For a complete list of salon services and pricing, visit www.cpcc.edu/cosmetology.
Make an Appointment at CPCC’s Cosmetology Center
Support our students by being one of our first clients to make an appointment for a haircut, manicure, pedicure or color service. Appointments are available Tuesdays through Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome.
Cosmetology students are trained and supervised by licensed cosmetology instructors and will perform various salon services in our new state-of-the-art salon clinic located at City View Center of Cosmetology, 1609 Alleghany Street, Charlotte.
Our first 100 customers will receive a complimentary gift bag. All CPCC faculty, staff, retirees and students will receive a 10% discount.
To make an appointment call ext. 5455.
A selection of services offered include shampoo & cut-$7, permanent color all-over-$30, hi-lites or lo-lites-cap-$30, manicure-$6, French manicure-$8, basic facial-$10.
CPCC Hosts Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
To celebrate the launch of its new Cosmetology program this fall, CPCC hosted a special ribbon-cutting ceremony in the salon of the College’s City View Cosmetology Center (1609 Alleghany St., Charlotte) on Oct. 24. In attendance was be Dr. Tony Zeiss, president of CPCC; Jamie Jones, southeast account manager for Pivot
Jamie Jones (southeast account manager for Pivot Point, International), Catherine Cunningham (Cosmetology senior program coordinator), Ruth Hedgpeth (CPCC Dean of Health, Human Services, Early Childhood Education, and Cosmetology) and Dr. Tony Zeiss (CPCC President) cut the ribbon for the new CPCC City View Center for Cosmetology. Photo credit: Chris Record, CPCC
Point, International; and other college officials. Guests took a tour of the college’s newly renovated, $1 million facility and enjoyed dessert and light refreshments.
CPCC’s Cosmetology program welcomed its first class of 28 students in August. Considered a Pivot Point academy, the two-year, associate degree program focuses on delivering a systematic, step-by-step approach to hands-on training. As a result, students are currently learning how to cut and color hair and perform facials, manicures and pedicures. Their training will prepare them to take the North Carolina State Board of Cosmetic Arts Licensing Exam.
The Center’s new salon features 50 haircutting stations, and will be open to the public year-round, including Saturday hours, beginning Nov. 11. Clients will be encouraged to make appointments. To learn more about CPCC’s Cosmetology program, please visit https://www.cpcc.edu/nursing_human_services/cosmetology.
Cosmetology Information Sessions
Join us for an informational session on a career in cosmetology!
Cosmetology Program Information Sessions
Mondays, October 21 and 28 at 10 a.m.
City View Center for Cosmetology, 1609 Alleghany Street
Turn your passion into a profession. CPCC’s Cosmetology program teaches you the skills you need to be a highly competent professional. Your dream can become a reality! We have high standards of excellence for our students in our Cosmetology program. Successful students are able to channel their passion for the beauty industry into developing knowledge and skills needed to earn a degree and sit for the North Carolina State Board of Cosmetic Arts Licensing Exam. Highly skilled and personable professionals are in high demand and have many employment opportunities in beauty salons, department stores, barbershops, hospitals, hotels, spas and resorts. Entrepreneurial careers include salon ownership, beauty product creation, freelance cosmetic artistry for movie sets and magazine photo shoots. Students may even decide to merge marketing, beauty and fashion career trends.
To learn more, visit https://www.cpcc.edu/nursing_human_services/cosmetology.
CPCC’s Cosmetology Program Interview
Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) has added a new Cosmetology program that will begin this fall. In this CPCC Today video, Marquita Hallman interviews Catherine Cunningham, Cosmetology program coordinator, about this new opportunity.
Click on the graphic below to view the online video!
CPCC's Cosmetology Program Interview
For more information, don’t miss this article about the new program!
CPCC’s New Cosmetology Program Launches for Fall 2013
CPCC to Open New Cosmetology Program
Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) has added a new Cosmetology program that will begin in the fall 2013. “August 15 is the official beginning,” said Catherine Cunningham, program coordinator, Cosmetology. Unlike other Cosmetology schools, CPCC will offer an accredited two-year AAS degree in Cosmetology and classes may be transferred to other four-year educational institutions.
The Cosmetology program will be taught from the international cosmetology curriculum, Pivot Point. According to Pivot-Point.com, Pivot Point has provided the best hair and beauty education in the United States. Cunningham shared that Pivot Point curriculum is and has been well respected in the cosmetology community for more than 50 years.
According to the Cosmetology program’s online frequently asked questions and answers, the estimated cost of the five semester program is $7,300. These costs include tuition, fees, uniforms, textbooks and the student cosmetology kit. The program does accept financial aid. Eligible students must have a 2.0 GPA or higher to enter the program.
CPCC’s Cosmetology program will have 40 seats every fall and spring semester for full-time students. “We still have seats available for the fall,” said Cunningham. Classes are filling fast and will be held at the completely renovated City View Center, located at 1609 Alleghany Street, Charlotte, NC 28208. Classes will be held Tuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Completion of the new renovations will be on July 19,” said Cunningham.
Students will also provide the public with hair, skin and nail services at discounted rates after they have completed 300 practice classroom hours at the City View Center under the supervision of licensed instructors. “City View Center will be a 50-salon chair clinic,” said Cunningham. Services will include cutting, coloring, perming and styling hair. “Students will learn to work with all nationalities of hair,” said Cunningham. Students will also provide facial services of deep cleaning, makeup application, eye brow waxing, as well as nail care services with real or acrylic nails and nail art.
Cunningham said CPCC will work with the job placement office after students have received their Cosmetology degrees. “I’m sure salons looking for successful graduates with exceptional guest relation skills will be attracted to CPCC’s Cosmetology graduates,” said Cunningham. Cunningham said this program is for students who like to be around people and make people feel good about themselves. “At some point this industry touches everyone in some way,” said Cunningham.
Written by Marquita Hallman
Social Media Content Author, Co-op Intern
CPCC to Open New Cosmetology Program
CPCC to Open New Cosmetology Program
Mecklenburg County residents who want to pursue a career as a salon professional can get the training they’ll need at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) starting in August.
CPCC will open a new two-year associate-degree program in cosmetology when the 2013-14 academic year begins in August. Students in the program will learn how to cut and color hair and perform facials, manicures and pedicures. Their training will prepare them to take the North Carolina state licensure exam for cosmetology. The cosmetology curriculum is an exclusive member school partnered with Pivot Point International which is based on the Scientific Approach to Hair Design.
In addition to the program’s core cosmetology courses, students will take a required small business management course. The business course is designed to help prepare program graduates who want to become the owners of their own salons.
The program will open with a maximum of 40 students and be based at CPCC’s City View Center, located on Alleghany Street, near Ashley Road. The facility will operate as a full-service salon open to the public. The salon will be open year-round. Clients will be encouraged to make appointments.
CPCC currently is renovating the City View Center, an extreme makeover to transform the space into a salon with 40 haircutting stations. The project, including design, construction, specialized equipment and furniture, will cost approximately $1 million.
There is an increasing demand for salon stylists and a desire to provide a high-quality, affordable program in Mecklenburg County prompted CPCC to establish the program.
“Labor projections forecast a growing need for salon professionals for the next several years,” explained Ruth Hedgpeth, CPCC associate dean, health programs and early childhood education. “At the same time, the college wants to provide career training opportunities in Mecklenburg County that are more affordable than many of the private and for-profit schools.”
A program director and up to six full-time instructors will teach and mentor students.
For more information , please contact Catherine Cunningham, program chair, at ext. 3220 or at catherine.cunningham@cpcc.edu.