How the 2003 master plan transformed our university

The master plan Jerry Wallace introduced upon his inauguration in 2003 has come to fruition. Campbell Magazine takes a look at how far the school has come in the last 11 years and where it’s heading as the search for a new president begins.

Campbell’s proposed nursing facility

 

Tom Lanier a witness to Campbell’s growth

By Billy Liggett | Photo by Billy Liggett

Like the moment when Dorothy opened the sepia-toned door of her Kansas farmhouse to reveal the techni-colored dream that is Oz, there’s often something exciting and new about Campbell University awaiting Tom Lanier when he steps onto his front porch.

On this pleasantly cool mid-summer day, it’s emerald green turf grass being planted by workers in orange shirts near the first roundabout that borders his home near the corner of Leslie Campbell Avenue and T.T. Lanier, the street named for his grandfather. Five years earlier, it was the construction of the majestic Butler Chapel across the street, built the same year as the roundabouts that have improved traffic flow on the ever-growing Buies Creek campus.

Looking ahead — still standing on that front door step — Lanier can see the Pope Convocation Center, a $34 million project completed in 2008 that completely revitalized the aesthetics of the once-declining campus. Still within eyeshot is Wiggins Memorial Library and the bookstore, both of which were built well after Lanier moved into the three-story brick home in 1981.

The Lanier House — built by T.T. Lanier in 1941 — has had a front row seat to Campbell’s impressive physical transformation, which really accelerated over the past decade. And Tom Lanier couldn’t be more proud of that transformation — he even kinda likes the hum of the tractors and the dust that comes with major construction.

“It’s changed all over, hasn’t it?” asks the 1970 Campbell graduate in between stories about old convenience stores and the spot near Kivett Hall where his father “courted” his mother. “And it’s changed for the better, without a doubt. I think Campbell University — and Dr. Wallace in particular — have had a great vision for this school.”

When Jerry Wallace became Campbell’s fourth president in 2003, he came in with an ambitious master plan that included “major physical changes” to the campus and “bold program expansion and renewals” to ensure the University’s success. To start, landscape architects were employed to help with the plan, sculpt the interior amenities and better define the borders of the campus.

“We learned an incredible amount from our landscape architects,” Wallace says. “They showed us the possibilities and potential for the Campbell campus. Of course, we also knew these projects and grand ideas would cost money; more money than we had available on-hand. It was imperative that we launch a campaign to engage university leaders, alumni and other supporters.”

The “Time is Now” campaign was launched in 2005 to raise at least $57 million over eight years to support the early phases of the master plan. Wallace considered that dollar figure a lofty goal at the time, as the school had never raised that kind of money before.

But he soon discovered the trustees, alumni, faculty and staff and friends of the University wanted to see his vision come to life. By 2008, after the completion of the convocation center, the “Time is Now” goal was raised to $84 million for a new football stadium (to go with the new football team), upgraded facilities for baseball and softball and for the one necessity of any growing track & field program — a track. Plans were also in place to move the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law from the main campus to downtown Raleigh, expand campus housing, and renovate several dormitories.

Overall, more than a dozen new major academic, athletic and residence facilities were constructed between 2005 and 2013 in Buies Creek and Raleigh. Additionally, the campus landscape was transformed through new walls to frame the campus, extensive walkways, fountains and other amenities. And as the physical campus grew, so did the schools and programs. In the past three years alone, Campbell has launched North Carolina’s first new medical school since the 1970s; other programs like physical therapy, physician assistant, clinical research, nursing and homeland security; and has announced the proposed launch of an engineering program by 2016.

“To think about where the campus was, where it is today and where it’s heading … it’s exciting,” says Lanier. “I’ve just been fortunate enough to be able to stand here and watch it develop.”

From quaint to collegiate

September 17, 2014

A decade of change

Major construction and renovation projects at Campbell in last decade:

• Bob Barker Hall (2005)

• Maddox Hall – Pharmacy (2007)

• Barker-Lane Stadium (2008)

• John W. Pope Jr. Convocation and Gilbert Craig Gore Arena (2009)

• Robert B. & Anna Gardner Butler Chapel and Dinah Gore Bell Tower (2009)

• Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law – Raleigh (2009)

• Elizabeth Wells Fountain (2010)

• McLamb Environmental Science Center (2011)

• Irwin Belk Track (2012)

• Amanda Littlejohn Softball Stadium (2012)

• Leon Levin Hall of Medical Sciences (2013)

• Jim Perry Baseball Stadium (2013)

• Pat Barker Hall (2013)

• W. Irvin Warren Athletic Center (2013)

• Carlie C’s IGA Press Tower (2013)

• Major facility renovations across campus: Carrie Rich Building, D. Rich Building, Wiggins Library, Leslie Campbell Science Building, McCall Hall, Murray Hall, Small Hall

The physical transformation of Campbell University

You could write an entire book chronicling the physical improvements to Campbell’s main campus in Buies Creek from 2003 to today. Or you could sum up the incredible transformation in one sentence — the iconic 109,000-square-foot, $34 million Pope Convocation Center was built where a mobile home park once stood.

Aesthetically and functionally, Campbell’s main campus was behind the times and long overdue for a makeover when Jerry Wallace was sworn in as president. In his inaugural address, Wallace laid the foundation of his master plan: “Campbell will improve the quality of residential life on the campus by providing new and improved academic, residential, student life and athletic programs and facilities. The aim of becoming an even more inviting and attractive campus will guide the improvement, re-arrangement and addition of facilities, resulting in a more defined, useful, safe and enjoyable campus environment for the university community.”

The ambitious master plan was approved by the Board of Trustees the following year and called for a complete facelift of the campus. Phase One announced the construction of the convocation center, as well as a new pharmacy building, chapel and student apartments. It also planned for the renovation and expansion of other buildings and several landscaping improvements throughout the campus.

Vice President for Business and Treasurer Jim Roberts can’t hide his smile when he talks about the campus’ transformation in the last decade. The area behind D. Rich — today lush and green with tree-lined brick walkways — was a drab concrete parking lot as early as 2004.

“We took all that out and built Fellowship Commons, adding a nice tree bosque, grass, wonderful plants and a bluestone entry way,” he says, adding that the calming sounds of singing birds and the trickle of the nearby water fountain were drowned out by the hum of an electric pole and three generators. All power lines have since been buried. “It was just a mess.”

Before he was vice president, Roberts was director of physical plant operations when he came to Campbell in 1995 after serving a similar role at Georgetown College in Kentucky. He described the campus then as “rough,” noting the lack of landscaping, a number of sidewalks that didn’t end and numerous buildings that didn’t look like they belonged on a university campus.

“We didn’t have nice entrances and edges,” he says. “You couldn’t tell where the campus began and where it ended. And it wasn’t just the little houses throughout and the mobile home parks — our classroom buildings weren’t uniform and collegiate.”

Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost Mark Hammond arrived at Campbell a few years prior to Roberts as an assistant professor of biology, and he remembers not being very impressed by the campus during his first visit.

“It was a quaint, cute little campus,” he recalls. “I remember thinking, ‘Gosh, it could feel a little more collegiate.’”

Phase One of the master plan was all about “simply catching up,” according to Roberts. Capital expenditures were stagnant during the ’90s — Campbell averaged about $300,000 a year on capital projects from ’94-’99, spending just $80,000 on projects in 1996 — and Roberts says admissions applications mirrored that stagnation.

“Everything was flat,” he says. “Enrollment was flat, new infrastructure was flat and we were flat.”

Construction spending jumped from $503,000 in 2002 to more than $9.4 million in 2003, $20 million in 2006, and $45 and $44 million in 2009 and 2010 respectively.

The Pope Convocation Center will be one of Wallace’s lasting legacies, second perhaps only to the medical school that bears his name. Until 2009, Campbell was home to one of the oldest, smallest and most obsolete basketball arenas in the nation. Not only did it lack proper air conditioning, Carter Gym was four feet too short by Division I basketball standards.

But the convocation center became more than just a basketball and volleyball arena. The facility came equipped with new locker rooms, administrative offices, weight rooms, classroom and lab space, and a lobby that doubled as Campbell’s Sports Hall of Fame. It also came with a state-of-the-art fitness center and a practice gym that was larger than Carter.

“We knew we needed it for sports and graduation and event purposes, but we had no idea just how many purposes this building would serve,” Roberts says. “Special award ceremonies, visitation days, galas, dinners … you name it. Every now and then we have to take a break and let our teams practice in there.”

In addition to becoming an iconic image on campus — one that would add a popular bronze camel statue three years later — Pope served another important purpose for Campbell’s campus. It was an edge. An entry point. It told people they were entering a college campus.

“Students were finally saying, ‘Wow … this is a university,’” Roberts says. “It’s a thrilling thing to have been a part of.”

The hits just kept coming with Butler Chapel and the Gore Bell Tower and the law school’s move to downtown Raleigh that same year. In 2013, Campbell cut the ribbon on the Leon Levine Hall of Medical Sciences and completely renovated Barker-Lane and Jim Perry stadiums. Between 2008 and 2013, the University spent more than $171.4 million on capital projects, nearly 20 times the amount spent during the entire decade of the ’90s ($9.3 million).

The construction crews have remained busy heading into Wallace’s final academic year as president. The repaving of Main Street and the addition of new sidewalks, curbs and gutters marks another cleaning up of an “edge” to campus, Roberts says. The entrances to D. Rich and Taylor Hall have received a facelift, and the academic circle is in the process of getting new seating walls, brick walkways and landscaping and a bronze university seal surrounded by bluestone granite. McCall Hall was next in line in terms of residence hall improvements, and the Science Building’s facade was completely redone to not only resemble other buildings on campus, but to also make way for new windows for more energy efficiency.

“We’re basically finishing up some of the projects Dr. Wallace wanted to see done before he’s done,” Roberts says. “We’re getting ourselves well positioned as we prepare for a new president.”

Campbell’s new Greek organizations will have homes with the construction of new fraternity and sorority houses on Leslie Campbell Avenue, across from Bob Barker Hall. Current homes are being restructured to house 12 students each and will include meeting rooms and storage space. Long-term plans include new homes in that area.

A new admissions building is planned near the roundabout across from the convocation center, where the current public safety building sits.

The biggest project on the horizon is a new student center, one that will rival the convocation center in terms of size and popularity, according to Roberts.

While it’s not set in stone, plans have been drawn for the new center, which will provide a much-needed gathering space for students along Leslie Campbell Avenue, between the two roundabouts on the northern edge of the Academic Circle. Described as the campus’ “living room,” the student center will contain dining facilities, a grand ballroom, gaming room, fitness center, large and small study group rooms and spaces for student government, student publications and Greek Life. It will also be home to several administrative departments, such as the office of the dean of students, Campus Ministries, Career Services, Student Development, Student Success, Residence Life, Student Life, Student Activities, Campus Recreation and Athletics.

“It’s unbelievably needed,” Roberts says. “It’s the one piece we’re missing, according to our students.”

Hammond says Campbell’s campus has finally earned the distinction of “collegiate.”

“We’ve always had great confidence in our academic programs, and this recent era of physical improvements has finally made us look on the outside how great we are academically,” he says. “We’re starting to look like what we are.”

“The aim of becoming an even more inviting and attractive campus will guide the improvement, re-arrangement and addition of facilities, resulting in a more defined, useful, safe and enjoyable campus environment for the university community.”

— President Jerry Wallace, 2003 inauguration speech

Campbell’s new Greek organizations will have homes with the construction of new fraternity and sorority houses on Leslie Campbell Avenue, across from Bob Barker Hall. Current homes are being restructured to house 12 students each and will include meeting rooms and storage space. Long-term plans include new homes in that area.

A new admissions building is planned near the roundabout across from the convocation center, where the current public safety building sits.

The biggest project on the horizon is a new student center, one that will rival the convocation center in terms of size and popularity, according to Roberts.

While it’s not set in stone, plans have been drawn for the new center, which will provide a much-needed gathering space for students along Leslie Campbell Avenue, between the two roundabouts on the northern edge of the Academic Circle. Described as the campus’ “living room,” the student center will contain dining facilities, a grand ballroom, gaming room, fitness center, large and small study group rooms and spaces for student government, student publications and Greek Life. It will also be home to several administrative departments, such as the office of the dean of students, Campus Ministries, Career Services, Student Development, Student Success, Residence Life, Student Life, Student Activities, Campus Recreation and Athletics.

“It’s unbelievably needed,” Roberts says. “It’s the one piece we’re missing, according to our students.”

Hammond says Campbell’s campus has finally earned the distinction of “collegiate.”

“We’ve always had great confidence in our academic programs, and this recent era of physical improvements has finally made us look on the outside how great we are academically,” he says. “We’re starting to look like what we are.”

A First-Choice Institution

September 17, 2014

A first-choice institution

New programs, schools lift university’s prestige

Last spring, the founding director of Campbell’s new nursing program said she expected about 50 students in the fall looking to become the University’s first Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates by 2018. When the numbers came in this summer, Nancy Duffy saw 85 names enrolled in the fall’s inaugural pre-nursing seminar course.

The program had arrived.

“I knew the numbers would eventually be substantial, but I did not anticipate this response so soon,” says Duffy, the former associate professor and director of undergraduate programs at the University of South Carolina’s College of Nursing. “I believe the community has been waiting for Campbell to add nursing to its degree programs, and students jumped at the opportunity. My hat is off to the admissions team for a remarkable recruitment effort.”

Nursing is the most recent in a suddenly long line of new health science programs at Campbell over the last few years. The College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences introduced a Master of Physician Assistant Practice and a Master of Science in Public Health degree in 2011 and a Doctor of Physical Therapy last spring. These bookended the launch of North Carolina’s first medical school in over 35 years — the Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine — in 2013.

Excitement has swirled around the nursing program since it was announced in 2013. The initial enrollment numbers prove it. Like the other recent programs — which include non-science majors such as homeland security and, coming in 2016, engineering — nursing was brought in not only to attract students, but to fill a need in the state and the regions. The U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics has estimated that the RN workforce needs to grow by 26 percent between 2010 and 2020. The Institute of Medicine also has the desire for 80 percent of the nursing workforce to be BSN-educated by 2020.

Hammond, who served as dean of the undergraduate College of Arts & Sciences before taking over as vice president of academic affairs and provost in 2013, says the two programs he was consistently asked about as dean by prospective students were nursing and engineering.

“We were asked about those two over and over again, and for a while, we didn’t have the answers they wanted to hear,” Hammond says. “Their response would be, ‘OK,’ and they’d leave. If you don’t have the programs, everything else about your school doesn’t matter.”

In Wallace’s inaugural presidential address — in the paragraph before his statement to revitalize the campus — he alluded to the need for programs like nursing, medicine and engineering: “Campbell will respond to the existing and developing needs of the region, state and nation by providing new undergraduate, graduate and professional programs that complement and extend Campbell’s mission.”

In 2006, Campbell launched a study abroad program that has since offered hundreds of programs in more than 50 countries, offering students summer- and semester-long study, internship and service opportunities. The following year, Campbell’s law school announced it would move to downtown Raleigh, placing the school in the heart of the state’s legal system, allowing for countless opportunities for students.

The Lundy-Fetterman School of Business — home to the nation’s top trust and wealth management program — established the Gore Center for Student Leadership in 2008 to provide internship and service opportunities. The opening of Maddox Hall in 2009 allowed the pharmacy school to expand its course and lab offerings and set the table for the launch of the PA, public health and physical therapy programs.

These programs and initiatives were on Wallace’s mind well before his first day as president, says Vice President for Advancement and Admissions and Assistant to the President Britt Davis.

“Soon after he became president, he authorized feasibility studies for nursing and PA,” Davis says. “So they’ve been in the works for years. But he knew then that the construction of new facilities was the priority. Those had to come first to make room for his ambitious academic goals.”

The year 2009 was pivotal for Campbell, according to Hammond. The nation’s economy was in turmoil and the employment outlook was dismal. It caused Campbell and other colleges and universities to “respond or evolve,” Hammond says, “or run the risk of perishing.”

“To evolve, you have to look at your academic programs,” he adds. “Dr. Wallace has been a great visionary and a great leader, and he’s very entrepreneurial. We haven’t been adding programs because we suddenly decided we needed a new program. We look at programs that will benefit the student and our school.”

The proposed engineering program, he says, will not only bring in students who wouldn’t have otherwise had Campbell in their Top 5 choices, it will fill a need in a state with a plethora of jobs in the field with the highest average income (engineering grads earn an average of $90,000 a year in North Carolina five years after graduation, according to a recent report).

“We won’t compete early on with giants like N.C. State, who have established engineering programs,” Hammond says. “But N.C. State easily fills its classes, and there are many more students in this state who are interested in engineering than what can be accommodated by the giants. There’s still a very good supply of students who want to be an engineer for a living.”

The undergraduate program will likely become its own school, Hammond says, with its own dean and its own new building. Establishing a solid undergraduate engineering program and earning accreditation comes first.

Campbell’s moves in the last five years alone have also firmly established its reputation as a health sciences school. Hammond says that reputation began in the early ’90s with the creation of the pharmacy school and the early classes’ performance on national board exams. That success paved the way for the medical school, which Wallace called “one of the most important steps ever taken at Campbell University” in 2010 after the Board of Trustees approved the decision to launch it.

Of the Top 10 majors listed by the record-breaking incoming freshmen class in 2014, five are health sciences related, including the top three — pre-pharmacy, biology pre-professional and nursing.

“We have worked hard to differentiate ourselves in the marketplace,” says Davis. “You can get an English degree at 51 different four-year universities in this state, but what do we have that sets us apart? Few others have a medical school, a PA school or a pharmacy school. Few have trust and wealth management, PGA Golf Management or homeland security. Those are just a few examples. Differentiation is the name of the game.”

The future of Campbell is bright, though somewhat uncertain. The search has begun for Wallace’s successor, expected to take office in 2015. Hammond says the University will continue to “stay ahead of the curve” with programs, and he’s already begun a wish-list of programs he hopes get a solid look in the next decade.

“We should be looking at veterinary medicine, a dental school, optometry — they may not be a good fit for us, but they deserve a look,” Hammond says. “They’re all great programs that are needed in North Carolina. We owe it to ourselves to consider them.”

Davis says that while Campbell is keeping its eye on the competition, it’s not striving to be like other schools.

“We’re striving to be who we are,” he says. “I know we’re building a reputation in the health sciences, in law, in business, in divinity and hopefully in engineering in the years to come. But our vision remains to become a first-choice institution for the young people of North Carolina who want to study in the disciplines where we have expertise.”

The class of new undergraduate students entering the 2014-15 academic year is not only a 10-percent increase over the previous year, it’s the largest entering cohort in Campbell’s 127-year history. The expected 1,185 students hail from 38 states and 12 countries.

“I’ve been at Campbell University for more than 44 years, and the pride and excitement on campus has never been higher as we have opened a medical school and expanded our academic portfolio across the liberal arts, sciences and professions over the past several years,” said Campbell President Jerry Wallace, entering his final year as president. “That pride and excitement is bubbling over, and it’s reflected in the record number of first-year undergraduates we have at Campbell.”

It was the fruits of Wallace’s master plan — new programs, a stronger focus on the health sciences and a revitalized campus — that led to the increased enrollment, according to Jason Hall, assistant vice president for admissions.

“It’s the programs, first and foremost,” says Hall, who took over Admissions in 2008. “Nursing was big for us this year with 85 deposits, a great number for a program in its first year. But it’s not just health sciences — homeland security continues to grow, and our trust and wealth management program doubled its deposits over the previous year. Campbell itself is becoming more of a household name in North Carolina, and that’s due in large part to these additions. The med school, the law school’s move to Raleigh, the addition of football — it absolutely gets our name out there.”

While the number of out-of-state students continues to grow, Campbell’s bread and butter remains the students from North Carolina. Eighty-two percent of the incoming class are in-state students, representing 83 of the state’s 100 counties.

Campbell has become the top private university or college in North Carolina for its number of in-state students, besting schools like Duke, Wake Forest, Elon and High Point.

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Mark Hammond says he has noticed more interest in Campbell from the local high schools like Triton, where his children attended (all four became Campbell students with the fourth enrolling this fall).

“Campbell is getting more valedictorian and salutatorians from these schools,” Hammond says. “I’d directly attribute the local interest to the med school and these other new programs. It’s getting the attention of students who may not have otherwise looked our way. Our prestige and reputation have gone up. I’ve heard them say, ‘Wow, if Campbell is good enough for a medical school, it’s good enough for me.’”

The quality of student is getting better, too. The average high school GPA for the Class of 2018 is 3.86, an increase from the previous year’s 3.77. The ACT composite score of 22 tops the North Carolina average by about three points.

“Our admissions team worked hard to assemble one of the strongest entering cohorts in the university’s history,” says Hall. “We’re happy about the record enrollment, but we’re even more thrilled with the quality of this group of incoming students. They are diverse, well-prepared, and share the university’s vision to be of service to others.”

Athletics | A better product on better fields

The 2013-14 athletic season — the third for Athletic Director Bob Roller at Campbell — was one to remember.

It began with the christening of the newly renovated Barker-Lane Stadium — now considered one of the top FCS football stadiums in the nation — and ended with two programs winning a Big South Conference title and advancing to national NCAA tournaments for the first time in the 21st Century.

Three stadiums and arenas broke single-game attendance records, with two of those games broadcast on ESPN3 and ESPNU. The wrestling program introduced a former Olympian as its head coach. Wanda Watkins won her 500th career victory as head coach of the women’s basketball program.

Roller attributes the success (which he says will only get better and reach more programs in the coming years) to the commitment President Jerry Wallace and Campbell’s administration have made toward improving not only the products on the field, but the fields themselves.

“My challenge here mirrors the challenge I had as AD at Samford University 15 years ago,” Roller says. “Facilities, conference affiliation and coaching staffs … all of that needed to be looked at and in many cases, upgraded.”

Upon his arrival, Campbell had just announced its reaffiliation after a 17-year absence from the Big South Conference, a move Roller said benefited the University both athletically and competitively. He turned his sights on the facilities. The Pope Convocation Center — home to basketball, volleyball and wrestling — was built two years prior to his arrival in 2011, and 2012 saw the addition of a new track and the completion of renovations to Amanda Littlejohn Stadium, home to the softball team. But Barker-Lane Stadium, built in 2008, was still “woefully unfinished” in 2012 with a temporary white trailer and portable stands being used on the home side of the field. Upgrades were also needed for the baseball stadium, which was fielding a team on the verge of a national ranking in 2012-13.

“Our donors, alums and fans stepped up and gave generously,” Roller says of the nearly $50 million spent on facility upgrades in the last few years. “Today, we have some of the best facilities in our conference. Now we’re beginning construction on a new weight room … and another pending project is new locker rooms and offices for the baseball team.”

The new and improved stadiums attracted the national broadcasters, which in turn led to the record crowds. Football had its best attendance last September with 6,044 on hand for a home game against Charleston Southern. The newly named Jim Perry Stadium witnessed a crowd of 1,084 in a game against conference foe Gardner-Webb televised on ESPN3.

But the moment that stood out to Roller was the packed house — 3,220 orange-clad, sign-waving fans in the 3,095-seat convocation center — that saw the men’s basketball team take on Coastal Carolina in a game shown nationally on ESPNU.

“It was beautiful,” he says. “It makes you wish you had that kind of crowd every night, but I think that’s coming. With the size of our arena and the product we’re putting out there, I can see 2,500 to 3,000 fans on a nightly basis. When that happens, it’s beautiful and it’s loud. It’s the complete collegiate arena feel.”

Record growth for Campbell’s home county

It’s no coincidence that Campbell University’s record incoming student enrollment for 2014 comes at a time when Harnett County is leading the nation in growth for “micropolitan areas,” or areas with a smaller urban core of 10,000 to 50,000 people.

According to U.S. Census data, Harnett’s population grew by more than 10,300 people between 2010 and 2013. The county has grown by 9 percent since 2010. The growth has been attributed to the population boom near the city of Dunn and areas along the Interstate 95 corridor.

But State Rep. David Lewis (R-Dunn), a 1994 graduate of Campbell, says his alma mater has played an important role in the county’s growth, and not just because more students are calling Harnett County home.

“The new degrees and fields of study are helping to meet the needs of Harnett County and, more broadly, North Carolina,” Lewis says. “Training health care professionals for service in underserved areas might be the most important educational endeavor of the next generation. And I’d be remiss if I did not address Campbell’s excellence in educating and training members of our Armed Forces. Their proximity to Fort Liberty and a growing area of military families in western Harnett County allows Campbell to educate our veterans and improve their quality of life.”

In return, he says, Harnett’s growth has helped fuel Campbell’s growth with new hospitals and businesses that are employing Campbell students.

“This symbiotic relationship developed rapidly over the past several years and will continue to expand Campbell’s influence as a leader in education and development while making Harnett County more vibrant and successful,” Lewis says.