CFCC’s Humanities and Fine Arts Center gets big donation

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The new performance venue at CFCC will be renamed in honor of couple who donated more than a million dollars to the fine arts center.

According to a news release from CFCC, Allan and Laura Wilson, longtime philanthropic supports of the college, donated $1.5 million to the Cape Fear Community College Humanities and Fine Arts Center. The center will now be known as the Allan and Laura Wilson Humanities and Fine Arts Center. A school spokeswoman said this donation is the largest gift the college has ever received.

The Wilsons are no stranger to CFCC. According to the release, the Wilsons established an endowed scholarship for second-year students from Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender counties in 1999.