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Dr. Bud Marchant, president of Central Carolina Community College since August 2008, is putting his own stamp on the college as he leads it into the future.

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Dr. Bud Marchant, president of Central Carolina Community College since August 2008, instituted a partnership with North Carolina State University's Confucius Institute for the college to open a Confucius Classroom at its Lee County Campus. It has brought Mandarin Chinese and Chinese cultural instruction to the college as well as exhibits and performances by artists, dancers and musicians. At a Nov. 18, 2009, Chinese Art Exhibition hosted by the college, Chinese artist Yue-zi Lu (center) created and presented a picture to Marchant (left) as Guanglin Dai (right), Institute program manager, looked on.

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Dr. Bud Marchant (center), president of Central Carolina Community College since August 2008, wields the scissors as the college and Chatham County leaders and residents celebrate the opening of the Siler City Center at a Nov. 15, 2010, ribbon cutting/open house. The Center is the college's first permanent facility in western Chatham County. Cutting the ribbon are (front, from left, by their positions at that time) Chatham Commissioner and CCCC Trustee Carl Thompson, CCCC Board of Trustees Chairman Ed Garrison, Siler City Mayor Charles Johnson, Chatham Board of Commissioners Chair Sally Kost, Marchant, CCCC Chatham Basic Skills Coordinator Sara Lambert, and CCCC Chatham Provost Karen Allen; and (back, from left, by their positions at that time) N.C. Sen. Bob Atwater, Chatham Commissioner Tom Vanderbeck, building architect Taylor Hobbs, Chatham Commissioner George Lucier, N.C. Speaker of the House Joe Hackney, and Chatham Commissioner Mike Cross.

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Dr. Bud Marchant, president of Central Carolina Community College since August 2008, reaches out to shake the hand of graduating student Jennifer Jackson, of Lee County, at the college's 2009 Spring Commencement.