Sampson Community College - Days Eye Yearbook (Clinton, NC)

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Volume III

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■A ' ‘ 5 ' WHAT IS STI? WHAT IS SAMPSON TECHNICAL INSTITUTE? EACH PERSON WHOSE LIFE IT HAS TOUCHED HAS A DIFFERENT RESPONSE. TO passers by it is a school building 8 miles north of Clinton on U. S. 421. TO elementary and high school dropouts it is a second chance --a new opportun- ity to recoup earlier losses and brighten the future for themselves and their families. TO high school graduates it is further study close to home in easy reach. TO adults it is evening classes that provide social contact and opportunities to learn everything from stretch ' n sew and ceramics to more advanced reading skills and bookkeeping, TO college students it is two years of low cost transfer credit earned while living at home . TO students learning marketable vocational skills it is carpentry classes and auto mechanics and air conditioning and plumbing. TO the instructors it is a challenge to meet and fulfill the special needs of a student body composed of individuals who differ widely, in age, ambition, learning ability, and social and cultural background. TO the adhainistrators it is building a new school and making it work — planning and co- ordination and adjusting programs and building new ones and correcting mistakes. TO Tar Heel legislators it is one of 54 people — centered institutions of higher learning designed to improve the quality of life and lift the eco - nomic potential of the state, TO educators it is one example of a movement growing by leaps and bounds throughout the entire national making lifelong learning for the American million a reality. TO the people of Sampson County it is a concerned effort to extend learning opportunities to all — to those who have succeeded in school and those whose first learning years were scared by dis- appointment anf failure, to old and young, to property owners and welfare recipients, to white and black and Indian -- at reasonable cost and within driving distance of home. SAMPSON TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IS 18 INSTRUC- TORS, 9 ADMINISTRATORS, 168 STUDENTS, and 6 SECRETARIES AND CLERICAL WORKERS. IT IS AN EDUCATION IDEA AIMED AT DELIVERING MEANING- FUL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL TO THE FRONT DOORSTEPS OF SAMPSON COUNTY CITIZENS.