by EdNC:

I go to work every day knowing the work we will do that day at Forsyth Technical Community College is going to be important and impactful for our students and our communities. That is what community colleges do.

We are difference makers: providing access to high-quality postsecondary education, helping students succeed and achieve their goals and dreams, and driving workforce development by connecting graduates to careers with family-sustaining wages. However, some days the work we do is even more transformational and life-changing. August 10 was one of those days at Forsyth Tech.

Thanks to the vision and support of the team at the John M. Belk Endowment (JMBE), and funding from the North Carolina General Assembly, we are one of ten community colleges participating in the NC Reconnect initiative. NC Reconnect helps colleges have a laser focus on bringing back adult learners who attended our colleges in the past three years but didn’t complete their credential, so they can finish and move into a family-sustaining career.