ROCKY MOUNT, - North Carolina Wesleyan College and Cape Fear Community College recently announced a partnership to provide two bachelor’s degree programs on Cape Fear’s Wilmington campuses.  On January 10, students will begin their first classes leading to careers in business administration or elementary education.   

To staff the program, Wesleyan recruited adjunct professors from the Wilmington area to teach the relevant courses and hired Katie Farrell as the full-time educational coordinator to recruit and advise students interested in these degrees.  All instructors have a minimum of a master’s degree with many having earned doctorate degrees.  In addition, some of Wesleyan’s full-time faculty will teach occasionally in Wilmington.

Farrell oversees the total program and expressed excitement about the launch of the first classes. An additional 60 students are in the process of applying for the program, which offers year-round rolling admissions and course completion in an eight week cycle.  The first course offerings include: Business Communications, Religion, Books for Children, and Psychological Development in Childhood.  The next term will begin in early March.