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PHOTO PROVIDED BY: CAPE FEAR VALLEY HEALTH The completed expansion plans include the addition of 100 beds, two helipads and two stories to the medical center.
Construction continues
CAPE FEAR VALLEY HEALTH CONTINUES FORWARD WITH THEIR EXPANSION PLANS FOR THEIR MAIN MEDICAL CENTER IN FAYETTEVILLE
The year 2023 will bring in new changes and the continuation of major renovations as progress continues at the Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. After announcing the $110 million expansion project in early March 2022, the first stages of construction have begun.
External work is already happening along Village Drive, including a new ambulance entrance and a new concrete bus stop pad. The hospital has also begun the early stages of preparation for internal expansions. Contractors have been on site since September and the next stages of the project set to begin in 2023 will be the start of internal construction expected to wrap up in 2025.
“We’ll have a tower crane on both sides of the building that is going to be erected and then I guess we’ll take a Christmas break, and as soon as we get back from Christmas break, they’re going to start erecting the steel,” said Vice President of Facilities and Emergency Management Brian Pearce. “It’ll be the steel going up on the building for the frame, and it probably will take us six to 12 months to get the frame built out, and then it’ll take us about another 12 months. It’s about a two-year project to get the inside finished after that, so, it will take us most of 2023 to build the outside and then it will take us 2024 to build the inside and we're hoping to open late 2024 or the beginning of 2025.”
According to CFVH, the internal expansions will add 100 beds to the facility’s capacity by building two new floors on top of the existing Valley Pavilion section of the medical center. The expansions are also expected to add 187 full time positions to their employment numbers.
Currently about 40 percent of the new beds are designed to be Intensive Care Unit beds, with the remaining additions going to medical surgery inpatient and observation with all the beds being located in private patient rooms.
The additions will raise the Valley Pavilion from five to seven stories and the hospital will remain open during construction.
“The contractor we selected was Rogers [Builders], and the reason why we selected them, along with our architects LITTLE, was because they had done not only healthcare projects before, but they had done vertical expansions where they built on top of an existing hospital and were able to maintain everything in the hospital functioning,” said Pearce. “That was our top priority when we selected them, was to make sure that we could continue to function.”
Not counting Behavioral Health beds, the medical center has 544 Acute Care beds and 78 Rehabilitation beds. According to Pearce, it’s important for the center to be able to remain operational especially during high times of cold and flu.
“Our emergency room has seen record volumes just because of all the sickness,” said Pearce. “It’s not just COVID but in general, the community needs our hospital to be the best they can. On top of that, with the residency program with a medical education with a focus on technology that we’ve done in our community, we're beginning to be able to better care for patients that live in our community and keep them here instead of having to send them to other places, which is great, they receive care locally.”
Expansion plans also include two rooftop helipads that will be replacing the current helipad located on the front lawn. Pearce said the additions will not only be better for patients, but it will also allow the hospital more room to be of use to Fort Bragg.
“By putting the helipads on the roof, we'll be able to receive patients and they can go directly to the elevators to the Emergency Room, to the Operating Rooms to the ICU, to the cardiac catheterization lab. So, we can immediately get patients where they need to go without taking them through the public areas. So, it'll be quicker and better all the way around for the patients that we’re transporting into the hospital,” said Pearce. “One of them is large enough it actually will be able to receive Blackhawks with Fort Bragg in close proximity. They transport their patients, either from the field or from one of the Blackhawks, and we just wanted to make sure that we kept them in mind, and they were also able to bring patients here if they needed our care.”
Pearce said that the iconic central lawn helipad will be converted into something else, but no plans are in place at the moment. This is the first major expansion to the main campus’ central building since the five-story Valley Pavilion opened in 2008.
A biblical education
THE CAROLINA COLLEGE OF BIBLICAL STUDIES IS EDUCATING THE NEXT WAVE OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN FAYETTEVILLE
Local educational institution the Carolina College of Biblical Studies will celebrate its upcoming 50th anniversary on September 10, 2023. Located at 817 S. McPherson Church Road, in Fayetteville, the community can expect ongoing celebrations throughout 2023 to commemorate its legacy. Dr. Bill Korver, President of CCBS, joined the college in 2004 and said his “19 years here have been so incredible!” Korver noted the 50th anniversary celebration is significant of God's faithfulness and assistance, giving the college the ability to remain active through the years.
The non-denominational school has educated over 7,000 students in its lifetime and was started by Dr. Bill Owens, former pastor at the Village Baptist Church in Fayetteville where he served from 1970 to 1979. Dr. Owens decided to open education non-denominationally rather than Baptist alone, providing a wider access to biblical education with the vision statement, “CCBS will become a premier institution of biblical higher education whose graduates launch and lead healthy ministries worldwide.”
Within the last four to five years, graduate degrees became available at CCBS as more people began to choose master’s degree programs within biblical education. Feeling that they were turning students away without additional advanced degrees available, CCBS created a master’s program to fill the void. Master’s degrees require 45 credit hours once previous education shows documentation and CCBS grants the candidate admission.
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY: CAROLINA COLLEGE OF BIBLICAL STUDIES The old building (historical) previously used to educate students when the college began in 1973.
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY: CAROLINA COLLEGE OF BIBLICAL STUDIES CCBS students pose with the front sign.
One master’s program: “Master of Arts in Bible Translation” presents unique courses within biblical studies. Wycliffe Bible Translators, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, serves as translation partner to CCBS. The organization is named after John Wycliffe, a British theologian who earned his Doctor of Divinity degree from Oxford University in 1372. Wycliff holds distinction as the first person to translate the entire Old Testament and New Testament to English, completing his version of the Bible in 1384.
Locally, CCBS retains an adjunct faculty pool with backgrounds in Greek, Hebrew, and related biblical studies subject matter. Within theological and linguistic studies perspectives, the Wycliffe and CCBS partnership meets needs of the master’s degree focus — specifically on theological and linguistic studies and translation. Dr. Korver explains some languages possess only an oral ability to communicate, where no written alphabet nor language exists. Currently, approximately sixteen to eighteen students internationally are pursuing Bible translation degrees.
Dr. Korver declares the CCBS mission: “CCBS exists to disciple followers of Christ, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.” Dr. Korver clarifies that to become a chaplain at Fort Bragg or anywhere requires 80 to 90 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree. Doctoral work requires a Master of Divinity degree (one program also offered by CCBS) to pursue this additional education. When questioned on credit transfers from other schools into programs at CCBS, Dr. Korver responded, “If a student has, for example, six to nine hours of credit in any field from a community college such as FTCC, then potentially those credits can transfer to an associate degree program which requires 60 hours at CCBS.” Likewise, a bachelor’s at CCBS requires 120 hours.
Age is no issue when enrolling at CCBS, with over half the students being in their forties and fifties. Many are former military, who after 20 to 22 years of service, decided on something eternally fulfilling and chose to pursue a biblical studies degree. No statute of limitations exists on course transfer taken elsewhere.
Potential students who find them-
— Dr. Bill Owens
selves 15 to 25 years or more outside the higher education experience may experience slight learning curves for technological inclination development, but Korver said changes in classroom dynamics over time should never dissuade someone from degree pursuit.
Full-time tuition costs $6,200 annually, and scholarships exist. CCBS is accredited through the free Federal Student Aid program and Pell Grants are available when students qualify and, according to Dr. Korver, covers most of the tuition for about half of the students.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, CCBS allowed in class (when allowed), or online attendance. Now, students continue to engage in seated in-person classes or online via Zoom. CCBS remains a commuter-based school with a majority of students living within commuting distance of Fayetteville. Roughly 200 total students attend through these options and between 40 to 50 students participate online from the eastern seaboard and from out west. Dr. Korver also said there are plans to expand. “CCBS’s strategic plan over the next five years is to grow the college to 400 students and launch at least 50 graduates annually as we train the next generation to serve Jesus globally,” said Korver.
Dr. Korver noted most graduates remain local and serve as youth pastors, at food banks, and in prison ministries. Some choose to go abroad to third- world countries with their Bible translation certifications. Dr. Korver says a fair amount want missionary work. Dr. Korver believes God leads people with both he and CCBS using the slogan, “‘Your Calling. Our Mission.’ God calls people to a variety of ministries and vocations. Whatever he calls people to do, CCBS exists to help prepare them to fulfill that calling,” said Korver.
Interested students can learn more about the Carolina College of Biblical Studies online at: www.ccbs.edu. or call the campus at 910-323-5614. You can also send an email: INFO@CBBS@ EDU for more information to inquire on degrees/courses and careers in biblical studies. Find joy and satisfaction serving God and others!
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