New and returning students who plan to attend Wayne Community College for the spring 2015 semester have until Friday, Oct. 31 to apply for Foundation of Wayne Community College scholarships.
Applications are available in the Foundation office in the Dogwood Building on the college’s main campus in Goldsboro and or can be printed from www.waynecc.edu/foundation.
For more information about Foundation scholarships, contact Emily Byrd at (919) 739-7022 or esbyrd@waynecc.edu. To reach the WCC Financial Aid Office, call (919) 739-6735.
The Foundation awarded 368 scholarships worth more than $243,300 in the 2013-2014 academic year. In addition to raising and dispersing funds for scholarships, it provides funding for innovative campus projects and employee recognition, and offers cultural programs for the community.
Wayne Community College is a public, two-year college with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 15,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 100 college credit programs.
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The nomination period for “Small Business of the Year,” “Startup of the Year,” and “Entrepreneur of the Year” awards closes Oct. 31.
Criteria and forms are available from the Small Business Center at Wayne Community College in Room 108 of the Walnut Building on the college’s main campus, by contacting Linda Berard at (919) 739.6940 or lrberard@waynecc.edu, or by going to www.wayneworksnc.com/small-business-center/.
The awards, which are co-sponsored by the Small Business Center, Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce, and Foundation of Wayne Community College, will be presented at the chamber’s Annual Banquet on January 22, 2015.
For more information, contact Gaylor at (919) 735-739-6940 or cpgaylor@waynecc.edu.
The Small Business Center is one of the avenues through which the Wayne Business and Industry Center at Wayne Community College offers “on time” and “on target” training, counseling, education, and technical services to business and industry in Wayne County. Other options provided by the WBIC are the WORKS Initiative, Military Business Center, Customized Training Program, career services, and soft skills training.
Wayne Community College is a public, two-year college with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 15,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 100 college credit programs.
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Wayne Community College will host a talk by a Mexican diplomat next month.
Javier Diaz de León, who assumed the post of Consul General in Raleigh in 2013, will speak on the role of his office in a talk titled “The Consulate General of Mexico in Raleigh: Promoting Integration and Empowerment.” The presentation is set for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6 in Moffatt Auditorium in the Wayne Learning Center (main building) on the college’s main campus in Goldsboro.
One of Diaz de León’s goals is to improve the understanding here and in Mexico of the strength of the economic relationship between the two.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, Mexico was the second largest market for N.C. goods, a value of $2.7 million in merchandise exports in 2013. Mexico provided the second largest share of imports to North Carolina (behind China) in 2013, sending close to $4.8 billion in goods to this state, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
That relationship also exists because of the work of immigrants, Diaz de León recently told The News and Observer, citing construction and agricultural industries’ dependence on them.
His message to Mexican immigrants is to be proud of their heritage but become part of their new communities, to contribute and take pride in being North Carolinians.
Diaz de León has been a member of the Mexican Foreign Service since 1991 and currently holds the rank of minister. Prior to appointment to his current post by President Enrique Peña Nieto, he served as deputy consul general in San Diego and in New York, head of the Office for Migration and Hispanic Affairs at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C., and executive director of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Diaz de León holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. He also earned a master of arts in International Conflict Analysis from the University of Kent at Canterbury in England.
The Consulate General in Raleigh serves North Carolina and South Carolina. In addition to its consulate general in Raleigh, Mexico has 55 other formal representatives in the United States, including an embassy in Washington, D.C. and consulates across the country. Four other countries also have consulates in Raleigh: France, The Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden.
This lecture is one of the “World View” series provided by the college’s Cultural Diversity/Global Education Task Force. It is free and open to the public with no registration required.
The public is also invited to the college’s International Festival, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. the next day, Friday, Nov. 7. The event will feature country and culture displays, activities, quizzes, and games in the Atrium and music and dance performances in Moffatt Auditorium.
For more information on either the talk or the festival, contact Maria Cerra at (919) 739-6899 or mdcerra@waynecc.edu.
Wayne Community College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing accommodations or have questions about access, please contact the college’s Disability Services Counselor at (919) 739-6729 or lbcowan@waynecc.edu.
Wayne Community College is a public, two-year college with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 14,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 100 college credit programs.
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The Foundation of Wayne Community College’s series of lectures on American Civil War battles continues Tuesday, Oct. 21 with a talk on “Sherman’s March to the Sea.”
Dr. Roy W. Heidicker will be the presenter. He is the 4th Fighter Wing Historian, an adjunct professor at the University of Mount Olive, and president of the North Carolina Military History Round Table.
“William Tecumseh Sherman is one of the most interesting figures in American military history. The twists and turns of his life helped to create an unorthodox man who was capable of creating a new type of warfare,” Heidicker said.
“We will look at the career of a soldier who loved the South, yet became the person most reviled by the South. In retrospect, because it was so successful, it is difficult to remember how Sherman’s March was totally contrary to military thought at that time,” he said.
The next lecture in the series is on The Battle of Franklin, Tenn. on Nov. 18. Finishing out the year is The First and Second Battle of Fort Fisher on Dec. 16.
All are set for 7 p.m. and will be held in Moffatt Auditorium. They are free and open to the public with no reservations or registrations required.
For more information, contact the Foundation at (919) 739-7007 or awnorthington@waynecc.edu.
The N.C. Military History Round Table and the Wayne County Historical Association are partnering with the Foundation to provide this lecture.
The college encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing accommodation or having questions about access, please contact the Foundation at (919) 739-7007 or awnorthington@waynecc.edu. Allow sufficient time to arrange accommodations.
The Foundation of Wayne Community College is a non-profit organization that works to broaden the base of community support for educational opportunities at the college. In addition to offering cultural activities such as those in its Arts and Humanities Program, the Foundation assists students, providing 368 scholarships worth more than $243,000 in the 2013-14 academic year, and funds innovative campus projects and employee recognition opportunities.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 15,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 100 college credit programs.
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The Foundation of Wayne Community College will continue its “Tar Heel Sampler” lecture series with a talk by author Marjorie Hudson.
Ms. Hudson will discuss her book Searching for Virginia Dare and the process of creating it at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 20. The presentation will be held in Room 101 of the Walnut Building on Wayne Community College’s main campus in Goldsboro. It is free and open to the public.
Ms. Hudson’s works includes poetry, essays and stories, including the collection that became her second book, Accidental Birds of the Carolinas published in 2011.
She launched her book-writing career with the creative nonfiction Searching for Virginia Dare: A Fool’s Errand in 2002. It was re-released last year as Searching for Virginia Dare: On the Trail of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island with an additional 33-page essay on her continued research of the topic and travels to Rome, London, and the Outer Banks. Both books earned Ms. Hudson literary honors.
She lectures and teaches at libraries, festivals, her own Kitchen Table Writers Workshops, and colleges, including serving as an instructor in Central Carolina Community College’s Certificate in Creative Writing Program.
Ms. Hudson promises to tell “fascinating tales of the fate of the mysterious Lost Colony, weaving new research, pop culture, and her adventures” into the presentation at WCC.
Her talk is made possible by a grant from the N.C. Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The “Tar Heel Sampler” series will wrap up with prolific and lauded writer Jim Dodson presenting “Golf: For the Love of the Game” on Oct. 27.
Golf will be center stage again on Nov. 3. Tripp Bowden will discuss his book Freddie and Me: Life Lessons from Freddie Bennett, Augusta National’s Legendary Caddie Master.
For details on these events and other Foundation activities, go to www.waynecc.edu/foundation/arts-and-humanities/.
The college encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing accommodation or having questions about access, please contact the Foundation at (919) 739-7007 or awnorthington@waynecc.edu. Allow sufficient time to arrange accommodations.
The Foundation of Wayne Community College is a non-profit organization that works to broaden the base of community support for educational opportunities at the college. In addition to providing cultural activities such as those in its Arts and Humanities Program, the Foundation assisted students with 368 scholarships worth more than $243,000 in the 2013-14 academic year and funded innovative campus projects and employee recognition opportunities.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 15,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 100 college credit programs.
