Wayne Community College will hold its biannual public presentation on HIV/AIDS at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 28 in Moffatt Auditorium on the college’s main campus in Goldsboro.
Dr. James Atkins of Southeastern Medical Oncology will share information on the prevalence, prevention, and treatment of HIV/AIDS. He will answer questions at the end of the session.
There is no charge and no registration required. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. No one will be admitted after 7 p.m. and parents are discouraged from bringing young children because of the length of the presentation. For more information, contact Sue McClenny at (919) 739-6842 or suem@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 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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Several Wayne Community College instructors and staff have been selected to share their experiences and expertise with sister colleges at a conference next week.
WCC’s representatives will conduct multiple sessions on four topics during the 2014 N.C. Community College System Conference in Raleigh Oct. 12-14. All submitted proposals to a conference organizing committee and were chosen to present.
The annual event brings together personnel from the state’s 58 community college’s to participate in pre-conference workshops, roundtable discussions, plenary and concurrent sessions, meetings of various community college associations, and exhibits.
WCC’s presenters and their sessions are:
Chemistry Instructor Ashton “T” Griffin speaking on two topics: “Eight New Performance Objectives: Meeting Them the Wayne Community College Way” and “How Becoming a Google School, along with Social Media and a New Wayne Community College Web App Have Changed the Way Chemistry Is Taught;”
Business and Accounting Department Chair Tracy Schmeltzer and Business Administration Instructor Erin LeGrand with Jessie Bellflowers, a business administration instructor at Fayetteville Technical Community College, leading multiple roundtable discussions on “Business Administration Capstone Courses – Best Practices;” and
Allied Health Division Chair Patty Pfeiffer, Nuring Department Chair Sue Beaman, and nursing instructors Joanne McClave, Jennifer Sugg, and Billy Tart presenting at multiple roundtables on “Creative Learner-Centered Strategies for the Associate Degree Nursing Curriculum Improvement Project.”
In addition to sharing expertise at the conference, WCC faculty and staff will be attending to gather knowledge and new techniques. More than 60 have signed up for sessions across the three days.
The conference, which is the largest event sponsored by the North Carolina Community College System Office, focuses this year on the theme of ““Pathways to Success: 21st Century Teaching, Learning, and Student Support.”
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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Four organizations are teaming up to recognize the best of Wayne County’s small businesses.
The Small Business Center at Wayne Community College, Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce, and Foundation of Wayne Community College are seeking nominations for “Small Business of the Year,” “Startup of the Year,” and “Entrepreneur of the Year” awards.
Nominees for the 2014 awards must be based or operated in Wayne County and meet the U.S. Small Business Administration criteria for classification as a “small business.” All legal small businesses are eligible, including those in agriculture, manufacturing, service sector, retail, and all forms of industry. Past winners are ineligible for the three award cycles immediately following their award.
The Small Business of the Year award will be given to the small business that has most demonstrated excellence in business practices, customer service, and community involvement. Other criteria include growth potential, competitiveness, and value to the community through either job creation or general positive image.
To qualify for “Startup of the Year,” nominees must have opened their doors for the first time in either of 2013 or 2014. The winner in this category will have “exhibited exceptional thoughtfulness and organization throughout the process of creating its business plan and seeing that plan through to fruition.”
The Entrepreneur of the Year award will honor an owner or manager of a private or public company with primary responsibility for the recent performance of that company. The person should be an innovator and visionary and be involved in the community. The award can go to an up-and-coming, established, or recently retired entrepreneur.
Anyone may nominate a business for an award or they may nominate themselves.
Other criteria specific to each of the awards are detailed on their respective nomination forms.
Forms are available from the Small Business Center 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/.
Nomination packets must be submitted to Center Director Charles Gaylor IV by Oct. 31.
All nominated business will be recognized and the awards will be presented at the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Annual Banquet to be held on Thursday, January 22, 2015. Tickets for the luncheon will available from the chamber.
For more information on these awards, 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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On the 40th anniversary of “Watergate,” the Foundation of Wayne Community College is bringing one of its lead investigators to Goldsboro to speak.
Raleigh attorney G. Eugene “Gene” Boyce will reflect on his role with the U.S. Senate Watergate Committee investigation of the Watergate scandal and President Richard M. Nixon’s subsequent resignation in a presentation on Oct. 13. The talk is set for 7 p.m. in Room 101 of the Walnut Building on Wayne Community College’s main campus in Goldsboro. It is free and open to the public.
Boyce served as assistant chief counsel to the committee, working with Sen. Sam J. Ervin in 99 days of televised hearings and on the examination of Nixon’s 1972 reelection campaign activities. He was the lead investigator in the discovery of Nixon’s White House taping system.
Boyce, senior counsel with Nexen Pruet LLC, practices primarily in the areas of class action law, litigation, commercial litigation and constitutional law. Throughout his career, Boyce has participated as defendant and plaintiff attorney in countless jury trials and more than 142 appellate proceedings in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. He has also examined the conduct of public officials at the highest federal and state levels.
He has been a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers since 1986, is active in the Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the American Board of Trial Attorneys and has served a term as councilor to the North Carolina State Bar.
Boyce earned his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law with one of the highest grade point averages in the school’s history. After graduating, he served three years in the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of captain.
A North Carolina native, Boyce has lived in Raleigh since early childhood. He and his wife have been married since 1954, and have three children and seven grandchildren.
Two more presentations in the Foundation’s “Tar Heel Sampler Lecture Series” will be held this month. Author Marjorie Hudson will talk about “The Virginia Dare Mystery” on Oct. 20, an event made possible by a grant from the N.C. Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The series will wrap up with prolific writer Jim Dodson presenting “Golf: For the Love of the Game” on Oct. 27.
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, 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 Continuing Education will offer a single-day cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) course.
American Heart Association HeartSaver First Aid, CPR and AED will be taught 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8 in the Pine Building on the college’s main campus in Goldsboro.
The class will cover first aid basics; medical, injury, and environmental emergencies, CPR, AED use; and choking. It is a hands-on course for anyone with limited or no medical training.
Cost is $74 and includes the American Heart Association certification card.
Space is limited so anyone interested in the class should register as soon as possible by contacting Kim Boswell at (919) 739-6893 or kmboswell@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 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.
