Beyond College Admissions:
Toward College and Career Success
Wake Tech Educational Workshop, March 15, 2007
Seventy-three school counselors and career development coordinators attended a special presentation on the many programs offered at Wake Technical Community College on March 15, 2007.
Presentation Files
Computer and Engineering Technologies (PDF 20 KB)
Applied Technologies (PDF 76 KB)
Agenda
8:30 to 9:00 Welcome
- Dr. Stephen Scott, President of Wake Technical Community College
- Mary Ellen Taft, High School Counselor Coordinator, Counseling and Student Services, Wake County Public School System
- Dixie Newsome, Lead Senior Administrator, Career and Technical Education, Wake County Public School System
9:00 to 10:00 General Session
- Panel Discussion - University, business and industry representatives discuss the value of advising high school students to consider applied science programs of study as viable pathways to career opportunities in science, technology and engineering.
- Panel Participants
- Dr. Anthony Brizendine, Chair & Professor, Department of Engineering Technology, UNC-Charlotte
- Dr. David L. Batts, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for BSIT, ECU
- Mr. Jeff Gibbs, Relationship Manager, IBM Academic Initiative, IBM
- Mr. Chris Jones, Regional HR Director, CarQuest Corporate Headquarters
- Dr. Gayle Greene, Dean AHSS, Wake Technical Community College
10:30 to 12:30 Break-out Sessions / Academic Deans
- Health Sciences - Dean Hinson
- Applied Technology - Dean Thornton
- Computer and Engineering Technologies - Dean Grove
- Business Technologies - Dean Dietrich
12:30 to 1:30 Lunch
- During lunch, various presenters provide information about Huskins, Dual Enrollment, Northern Wake Tech Campus, etc.
- Evaluation Activity
Chris Droessler
School-to-Career Coordinator
Wake County Public School System
Wake County Public School System programs are staffed and offered without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, political affiliation, or disability.