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March 28, 2008 Leanne M. Beauchamp of Mocksville has been hired as director of the new Davidson County Community College Davie Education Center located in Advance.
Beauchamp will begin her duties March 31 to initiate and implement educational services to the Davie County community and to establish new college partnerships.
A ribbon-cutting for the new center will take place Monday, April 14th,, at 10:30 a.m. Located in Advance at 120 Kinderton Boulevard, the new DCCC satellite center is adjacent to the Bermuda Run Town Hall. The public is invited to view the new center that will offer expanded continuing education and curriculum course opportunities for citizens in the fast-growing northeast portion of Davie County.
The Davie Education Center consists of 3,500 square feet of space located in Suite 110 of the Kinderton Center professional office complex. The space was purchased by the Davidson County Community College Foundation to better serve this portion of Davie County.
Beauchamp brings with her 19 years of professional marketing and business experience. Recently, she was the marketing director for A Child’s World Learning Center in Davie and Forsyth counties. In previous positions, she was director of media and public relations for Partnership for a Drug-Free North Carolina based in Winston-Salem, and executive director of the Alleghany County Chamber of Commerce in Sparta.
Other experience includes teaching marketing, leadership, and English at Wilkes Community College in Sparta, and vice president/marketing manager of Wachovia Securities, Inc. in Charlotte. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Advertising from the University of Illinois, and studied social work in the master’s degree program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Beauchamp has served as a board or committee member for several community organizations including JobLink, Blue Ridge Business Development Center, Blue Ridge Cancer Coalition, Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, Sparta Revitalization Committee, 21st Century Community Learning, Health Services Council, Alleghany County Fair, and Smart Start of Forsyth County.
The DCCC Davie campus was established in Mocksville in 1994 and is undergoing a major renovation and construction project to expand services. The Davidson Campus, located between Lexington and Thomasville, will begin construction on two new buildings this year. Additional college satellite sites were established in Lexington and Thomasville in 2004 and 2005, respectively.
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