Fayetteville Technical Community College Foundation will use a grant of $250,000 to help with its expansion of the schools’ nursing program.

The grant, which came from the Cumberland Community Foundation, also will be used for the renovation of the Nursing Education and Simulation Center. 

In its history, the college has received only one other grant larger in value; that came from the Golden LEAF Foundation for $961,200.

“Cumberland Community Foundation makes a significant difference in improving the lives of the citizens of Cumberland County,” said FTCC President Dr. Larry Keen. “Our Nursing Education and Simulation Center has been enhanced significantly by their support and ongoing commitment to the students, faculty, and our community members by their generosity and ongoing fulfillment of their vision and mission.”

The most recent grant celebrates Cumberland Community Foundation’s 40th anniversary and Additionally the lobby in the Nursing Education and Simulation Center will carry the name of Dr. Lucile West Hutaff, the founder of Cumberland Community Foundation. 

Hutaff was the first full-time female faculty member at Bowman Gray School of Medicine where she served for 29 years. Her career was dedicated to helping others through preventative and community medicine. 

When Hutaff retired and moved back to Fayetteville, she created Cumberland Community Foundation with stock valued at $576,840. In 2020, Cumberland Community Foundation assets were valued at $115,419,715, and the foundation has paid $61 million in grants and scholarships since its inception.

A second room in the Nursing Education and Simulation Center will be named in memory of the founders of the first five community endowments at Cumberland Community Foundation. These endowments support the best opportunities and greatest needs in Cumberland County, NC, every year. 

The founders:

Rachel W. and J. S. Harper

Elizabeth E. and Thomas R. McLean

Mary Y. and Walter C. Moorman

Iris M. and James M. Thornton

Mary B. and Wilson F. Yarborough

Renovation

FTCC will renovate the building that formerly housed the childcare center to create a dedicated nursing education facility. 

This will add new simulation and skills labs, classrooms, meeting spaces, and faculty offices for the nursing program. 

Three nursing programs will be housed in this facility – Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), and Certified Nurse Assistant I & II (CNA). 

These programs will be moved to the 33,500-square-foot, 2-story building from their current location in the Health Technologies Center, which will continue to house 13 other programs. 

The first floor of the nursing education facility will be completely renovated. The second floor includes 9 classrooms and 10 faculty offices and will not need renovation at this time. 

This renovation and expansion will allow FTCC to increase its capacity for nursing students and to provide much needed graduates to the medical community.

FTCC Foundation partners with donors to support Fayetteville Technical Community College by raising awareness and financial resources to provide college access for students to attain their educational and career goals. 

The mission of FTCC Foundation is to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of FTCC, provide supplementary financial support to the College and its students, and advance and enrich the services provided for students, the community, alumni, faculty, and staff. FTCC Foundation manages more than 200 scholarship endowments and other funds.