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FTCC Trustee Dr. Vikki Andrews

receives Order of the Long Leaf Pine

Fayetteville Technical Community College Board of Trustees
member Dr. Vikki Andrews received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine
award this month, recognizing a decades-long career in statewide civic
service.
The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is the highest award for state
service granted by the Office of the Governor. Nominations for the
award are considered for individuals with 30 or more years of service to
the state.
Andrews received the award at a ceremony held March 22 in
Fayetteville. She said she was
“pleasantly surprised and humbled” by the honor and considers
volunteer service a foundational partof her life philosophy.
“I think we owe it to others to help if we can,” Andrews said.
“Everything I’ve done has been because I had the time, a resource, and
the ability to do so.”
Andrews, a retired U.S. Army officer, has a career of service
that spans more than three decades. She is the current Chair of the
North Carolina Democratic Party Veterans & Military Families Caucus
and has served two terms as the Chair of the Cumberland County Demo-
cratic Party. Dr. Vikki Andrews received The Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award
While not a native of North Carolina, Andrews attended Duke
University and returned to North Carolina permanently in 1990 at the In addition to her state-level service, she has served stints on numerous community and county boards. She was appointed in
end of her military service. She has considered the Tar Heel State
home ever since. November by the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners to FTCC’s Board of Trustees, where she’ll serve through 2029.
“It’s special when the people you work, live, and play with think Andrews said she hopes her work serves to inspire others to give when they can.
enough of you to say thank you and recognize the things that you’ve “I’ve had many opportunities in my life, and with each of those opportunities, I’ve tried to leave a legacy of service and
done,” Andrews said. impact,” she said. “People do what they see modeled, and my hope is that others will see the service, and when they have an
opportunity, they will do the same.”

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