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years. She served as Student Government President and travels which began with that first trip to RCC’s campus,
graduated with honors with an Associate of Arts degree fourteen years after she graduated from high school.
in College Transfer in 2016. She transferred to UNCP to
major in Special Education but has remained involved Regardless of how long you’ve been out of high school, or
at RCC by working as a tutor and volunteering with the even if you didn’t complete high school, there is a place for
alumni association. She says the instructors at RCC laid you at Robeson Community College. Basic education and
the educational foundation that she needed to be success- high school equivalency programs begin at the first of each
ful at the university level. She adds that the classes she’s month. The next classes for degree programs begin on Jan-
taking at Canterbury Christ Church University are more uary 7, but now is the time to contact the admissions office
rigorous with lots of academic readings, but says she has to begin the enrollment process. Call 910-272-3342 or visit
adjusted well, thanks in part to her work as an English www.robeson.edu/admissions today!
tutor at RCC.

When she traveled to Berlin with a political science class
last year, Fuqua visited the U.S. Embassy and German po-
litical buildings. She toured a former concentration camp
and participated in a Berlin Wall Cold War tour. When
she’s not studying at Canterbury Christ Church University
while in the UK, Fuqua has been able to tour Canterbury
Cathedral, Whistable Castle, Dover Castle and Percy Cot-
ton Museum. She has also visited Ireland, Scotland and
Belgium.

When she returns to the United States, she will student
teach with the Public Schools of Robeson County in the
spring and plans to graduate in May. Thousands of area stu-
dents could potentially benefit in the future from Fuqua’s

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