General Motors, one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers, has donated five vehicles to Wayne Community College for its automotive training program.
The 2012 Chevrolet Cruze, 2012 Chevrolet Equinox, 2011 GMC Yukon, 2013 Chevrolet Silvarado, and 2012 Cadillac CTS are being used to train aspiring technicians enrolled in the GM’s Automotive Service Educational Program (ASEP) at the college.
“We are proud to support training programs that prepare the next generation of automotive technicians,” said Rick Jackson, manager for GM ASEP. “Our commitment to our customers goes well beyond building a quality product. Our dedication to excellence starts at the training level by partnering with schools in communities around the globe to share our collective passion for the automotive industry and educate, inspire and motivate the technicians of tomorrow.”
“Wayne Community College plays an important role in helping the auto industry fill a critical need: developing and retaining skilled automotive technicians,” said GM ASEP Coordinator/ Instructor David Byrd. “This generous donation from GM enables us to deliver the highest quality education to our students.”
Michael Vincent, service director at CCOG, the Chevrolet dealership in Goldsboro, agreed that WCC’s GM ASEP is “definitely a great program. We have lots of graduates who work with us and a lot who are still in the program who are still training. The ones who came out of this program have excelled at our dealership. The program has definitely made them ready for real world experience.”
Corporate donations such as this one end up helping his dealership, Vincent said, because his future technicians are training on vehicles they will service. “The Equinox and Cruze are our hot selling items and we see a lot of them for maintenance and repairs. Getting familiar with the engines on these vehicles will be very helpful for the students.”
WCC’s ASEP program combines classroom, lab, and on-the-job learning to provide a strong academic foundation as well as the analytical and technical skills that are GM specific. The curriculum prepares students to take the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence exam and to be employed in dealerships and repair shops. Successful graduates earn an associate in applied science degree in automotive systems technology.
The college also offers an Automotive Systems Technology/Multiple Manufacturer Automotive Technician Educational Program that leads to certificates and degrees.
For more information about WCC’s automotive technology programs, go to www.waynecc.edu or call (919) 739-6819 or (919) 739-6820.
For more information on GM ASEP, visit www.gmasep.org.
About GM ASEP
Since 1979, GM’s continued commitment to identify and support the GM ASEP colleges and universities has produced over 16,000 service technicians. GM ASEP incorporates advanced automotive technical training with a strong academic foundation of math, reading, and electronics, and both analytical and technical skills. Students can earn an Associate’s Degree while working and learning on the job, resulting in a solid education combined with invaluable work experience. More information can be found at www.gmasep.org.
About WCC
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 an electrical wiring course this summer.
Basic Residential Wiring will provide training in the electrical trade covering safety, standards, and equipment. Instruction includes fundamentals of electricity, power distribution, mathematics, national code requirements for commercial and industrial wiring, and residential requirements. It includes classroom and hands-on lab work.
The classes will run 6-10 p.m. on Tuesdays, June 10-Aug. 12. Location is Room 250 of the Hocutt Building on the college’s main campus in Goldsboro.
Cost for this course is $125. Students may register and pay the fee at the Continuing Education Division’s customer service desk in the Walnut Building until 6 p.m. on the day of the first class session, or online at www.waynecc.edu/continuing-ed.
For more information, contact Monica Edwards at (919) 739-6933 or mdedwards@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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Wayne Community College’s Camp Kilowatt is reducing its price and offering financial assistance for those who need it.
“Thanks to the generosity of The Duke Energy Foundation, we’re able to drop the price for all campers to $80 and help some kids attend who might not have been able to otherwise,” said Angela Wall, an instructor at the college and a coordinator of the camp.
“Duke Energy Foundation has been a Camp Kilowatt supporter for many years and it has come through again this year to help us provide a fun and educational experience for 48 more campers,” Wall said.
The camp for middle and high school students will return for its sixth year this summer. The $80 fee provides each camper with materials for camp activities and a T-shirt, snacks, and lunches. The deadline to register is June 13.
Some scholarships are available. Parents should contact Steven Reese at srreese@waynecc.edu if finances are a concern.
Both rising fifth- through eighth-graders and rising ninth- through 12th-graders attend 9 a.m.-3 p.m., July 14-17 on the college’s main campus in Goldsboro.
In addition to alternative energy, Camp Kilowatt participants will explore other STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) areas such as electronics, robotics, and rapid prototyping/additive manufacturing.
Camp Kilowatt is a product of WCC’s Applied Technologies Division.
More information on Camp Kilowatt and the registration form can be found at www.waynecc.edu/campkilowatt/.
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.
Duke Energy Foundation makes charitable investments on behalf of Duke Energy, the largest electric power holding company in the United States with 7.2 million customers in six states. Over the foundation’s long history in local communities, it has identified focus areas that maximize the foundation’s dollars and guide the foundation’s giving. The foundation makes grants supporting the environment, economic development, education and community vitality. In North Carolina, Duke Energy Foundation invests $16 million annually for community support and charitable contributions. To learn more about Duke Energy Foundation, visit www.duke-energy.com/community/.
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The Wayne Business and Industry Center will offer the free seminar “Doing Business with the Federal Government” 3-5 p.m., Thursday, June 12, in Room 123 of the Walnut Building on Wayne Community College’s main campus in Goldsboro.
The session, led by Boyce Haywood, coordinator of the Military Business Center at Wayne Community College, is designed to let businesses know what resources are available to them through the center and help them take advantage of those resources to increase their federal government contracts.
The seminar will explain how businesses can sell their products and services to federal government agencies such as the Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Homeland Security, Veterans Administration, and others here in North Carolina and across the country.
To pre-register, go to www.ncsbc.net, click on “Contact your Local SBC,” select “Wayne County,” choose an event, and click “Register.” You also may call (919) 739-6940. Participants are asked to complete and bring to the seminar the registration form found under the “Small Business Center” heading at www.wayneworksnc.com.
This seminar is provided by the Small Business Center which is a component of the Wayne Business and Industry Center at Wayne Community College.
In addition to offering seminars, the Small Business Center provides access to business resources and one-on-one counseling for exploring business ideas, starting a business, or expanding an existing business. For assistance with business plans, licensing, taxes, federal and state government regulations, business ownership, loan and grant proposals, money sources, market research, cash flow projections, or business management, contact the center’s director, Charles Gaylor IV, at (919) 739-6941 or cpgaylor@waynecc.edu.
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Wayne Community College’s unit of the Association of Educational Office Professionals (AEOP) honored its administrator and professional of the year at its annual Administrators Luncheon.
Dr. Kay Albertson was presented the Administrator of the Year award.
In announcing the award, Unit Awards Chair Wendy Potter called Dr. Albertson “a dynamic hands-on administrator who is strongly committed to the mission of Wayne Community College.”
The group noted that Albertson promotes the professional development and leadership skills of employees and supports and participates in AEOP activities. In addition to leading the college, she serves in leadership positions with the N.C. Community College System and many committees and boards in the community.
Albertson has been the college’s president since 2007. She has served in various administrative capacities with WCC since being hired as a division head in 2000. She had previously worked as an instructor at the college in the early 1980s.
Theresa White-Wallace was named the Educational Office Professional of the Year.
White-Wallace is the administrative assistant for WCC’s Arts and Sciences Division and has been employed at the school for 15 years. She has served as treasurer, president, and committee chair for the college’s AEOP unit, and has been elected its president for the next year.
White-Wallace is “professional in her duties, caring in her support of her department, and instrumental in the coordination of college-wide initiatives that support both staff and students,” said Awards Committee Member Pat Sasser. “She doesn’t know the meaning of the word ‘no,’ no matter how much work is pending.”
The AEOP is a professional organization of educational office personnel and administrators. It provides its members educational opportunities, a professional standards certificate program, scholarships for member and students, a legislative platform, and awards at levels from the individual unit to the state organization.
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 14,500 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 100 college credit programs.
