Cape Fear Community College announces expansion at Surf City Campus
PENDER COUNTY, N.C. (WWAY) — Cape Fear Community College is celebrating a major expansion in Pender County.
The college hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the Alston W. Burke Surf City Center located off Highway 210.
Cape Fear Community College launched a construction project last May to add more than 10,000 square feet to its Surf City location.
Jim Morton, President of Cape Fear Community College, says there are many new opportunities here for students to explore.
“Additional offerings which will be workforce development so we can start training for plumbing, HVC, spark engines Yamaha program here, but also expanding our university transfer programs with biology, even biology lab which you see in the background and we offer chemistry as well,” said Morton.
The expansion has doubled the size of the existing facility, and includes two economic and workforce development labs. As well as this, there is a new biology lab, a dedicated veterans support center, and additional faculty office space.
