{"id":15494,"date":"2024-04-19T11:58:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/?p=15494"},"modified":"2024-04-19T11:58:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:58:57","slug":"nash-community-colleges-blet-program-is-a-fraction-of-the-cost-through-brantley-endowment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2024\/04\/nash-community-colleges-blet-program-is-a-fraction-of-the-cost-through-brantley-endowment\/","title":{"rendered":"Nash Community College\u2019s BLET Program is a Fraction of the Cost through Brantley Endowment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pictured from left to right: Dr. Lew K. Hunnicutt, NCC President; Pam Ballew, NCC Vice President, Advancement; Russell Proctor III, NCC Trustee; Wendy Marlowe, NCC Vice President of Continuing Education\/Workforce Development; Chester H. Brantley; Olivia Moss, NCC Department Chair, Emergency Management Services; Tim Mehus, NCC Director, Basic Law Enforcement Training <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Chester H. Brantley recently established the Chester H. and Eliza Ann Brantley Endowment for Basic Law Enforcement Training and Emergency Dispatch.<\/p>\n

The endowment will cover the cost of textbooks and uniforms for cadets who enter the academy.<\/p>\n

\u201cEssentially, this will make our cadets training at NCC free,\u201d said Tim Mehus, director of basic law enforcement training at NCC. \u201cPotential cadets come to us in three different ways: they are either sponsored by a Law Enforcement Agency, already hired with an agency and are being sent to us to be trained, or they come to us as walk-ins. Our policy requires some sponsorship, which covers their tuition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before this endowment, cadets were still responsible for covering the cost of their own books and uniforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a game changer and thoughtful gift from Mr. Brantly and his family,\u201d said Pam Ballew, vice president of advancement at NCC. \u201cThe Brantley family has a commitment to the emergency services profession that is admirable.\u201d<\/p>\n

This endowment will also cover the costs associated with the training in the Emergency Dispatch program.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur dispatch program is a well-versed career choice, and we have students that range from 18 to 50 years old and are thankful to have partnerships with local and neighboring emergency management services,\u201d said Olivia Moss, department chair of emergency management services at NCC.<\/p>\n

NCC is proud to provide an educational opportunity that meets the needs of students who want to take themselves to the next level academically and professionally.<\/p>\n

\u201cEndowments like this allow us to continue to be competitive in the quality of education we provide for every student that steps on this campus,\u201d said Ballew. \u201cWe are working towards a world where we can remove as many barriers as possible with the available resources.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about scholarships and endowments or if you are interested in starting either, please contact the Nash Community College Foundation at 252-451-8440. You can also reach Pam Ballew, Vice President of Advancement, at\u00a0phballew947@nashcc.edu<\/a>\u00a0or 252-451-8329.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chester H. Brantley recently established the Chester H. and Eliza Ann Brantley Endowment for Basic Law Enforcement Training and Emergency Dispatch. The endowment will cover the cost of textbooks and… Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":15495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15494"}],"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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15497,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15494\/revisions\/15497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}