{"id":14495,"date":"2022-09-29T19:28:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T19:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/?p=14495"},"modified":"2022-09-29T19:29:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T19:29:34","slug":"duke-energy-grant-supports-ncc-electric-line-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2022\/09\/duke-energy-grant-supports-ncc-electric-line-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke Energy Grant Supports NCC Electric Line Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_0989-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_0989-1.jpg 2100w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_0989-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_0989-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_0989-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nash Community College has received a $25,000\u00a0grant\u00a0award from the\u00a0Duke\u00a0Energy Foundation to support its Electric Line Construction program. The\u00a0grant\u00a0funds will be used for diversity recruitment, instructor stipends, equipment, materials and program marketing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are appreciative of Duke Energy&#8217;s long standing support of Nash Community College,&#8221; NCC President Dr. Lew Hunnicutt said. &#8220;Our Electric Line Construction program is known statewide for preparing students for real-world utility careers at the most superior level. We could not run this program without our utility partners.\u00a0<span class=\"gmail_default\">With<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"gmail_default\">this<\/span>\u00a0<wbr><\/wbr>investment, employers will continue to confidently recruit NCC graduates, knowing they have mastered the competencies needed prior to entering the workforce.<span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nash Community College\u2019s Electric Line Construction curriculum prepares students for line construction in rural and utility settings through laboratory and practical applications. NCC students master competencies including elements of electricity, overhead pole and electrical line construction, safety codes and applications, electric power system, transformer installations, and more. An emphasis on safety is embedded in Nash Community College\u2019s program as students earn OSHA, CDL and CPR certifications during training.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pictured above, from left: NCC Electric Line Construction instructors Jon O&#8217;Boyle and Brandon Shook; NCC VP of\u00a0Continuing Education &amp; Economic\/Workforce Development Wendy Marlowe; Duke Energy Journeyman Line Technician\u00a0Robert Carter; Duke Energy District Manager and NCC Foundation Board Member, Tanya Evans; Duke Energy Director of Customer Delivery Operations, Greg Whitney; and Melanie Driver, NCC\u00a0Coordinator of Electric Line Programs.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nash Community College has received a $25,000\u00a0grant\u00a0award from the\u00a0Duke\u00a0Energy Foundation to support its Electric Line Construction program. The\u00a0grant\u00a0funds will be used for diversity recruitment, instructor stipends, equipment, materials and program&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2022\/09\/duke-energy-grant-supports-ncc-electric-line-program\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14497,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495\/revisions\/14497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}