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YOUR ENGINES! Accelerating Into the Future with Forsyth Tech’S New Transportation Technology Center Vol. 5, No. 1 } Winter 2012 Tech Quarterly The Magazine of Forsyth Technical Community College STA RT YOUR ENGINES! Accelerating into the future with Forsyth Tech’s new Transportation Technology Center IN THIS ISSUE: BACK TO WORK Creating New Career Paths CHILDREN WHO SURVIVED The Town that Defied the Holocaust THE LEGO CHALLENGE May the Best Bot Win Table of Contents If it has wheels, Forsyth Tech’s students can work on it. p. 01 From the President On the Move I The transportation technology programs, which have been a part of Dr. Gary M. Green the college since its earliest days, now have a home worthy of their mission. The new Transportation Technology Center brings all the automotive programs together and provides a fitting venue for the high-tech training programs that now equip Sometimes I look in the mirror and I think, students for careers in the transportation industry, from race car t’s the American way. No project too small: ‘You know, Mobility – from covered wagons technology to collision repair to heavy equipment. Starting from this Students painted I beautiful new center, Forsyth Tech’s students are ready to hit the road. this vintage toy car. to railroads to the Interstate highway you’ve come system – has created the dynamic so- Not only are you a mom ciety we live in today. It has formed our and a wife, economy and our self-image. This year Contents 6 Tech Quarterly so far. Forsyth Tech has placed itself squarely in the forefront of that tradition with the opening of our new Transportation Technology Center. now you’re a Vol. 5, Number 1 I Winter 2012 This wonderful state-of-the-art center is now home to all our transportation programs, and our faculty and students are still 6 { On the Cover graduate.’ walking around with stars in their eyes, marveling at this beautiful The word “mechanic” no longer describes I’m just ecstatic. new facility and the resources it contains. the person who maintains today’s cars and Few could have imagined that an underutilized strip mall on 26 trucks. It’s a high-tech business, and the the edge of Winston-Salem could be transformed into a facility students preparing for it deserve a high-tech that fulfills so many functions: workshop, showplace, classroom, home. That’s what they now have at Forsyth computer lab, training center. Tech’s new Transportation Technology This new center is our response to the demands of the world Center, which opened officially in January. Those are the words of Janiet Coulson, who in which we live. Not only are we preparing our students for jobs – 22 we’re preparing them for the right jobs. From the food we eat to 22 { Working recently earned her GED at Forsyth Tech the merchandise we order online, everything moves over the From career counseling to on-the- and is now enrolled in the college’s Certified roads. And so do we. 28 job training, Forsyth Tech’s programs But the vehicles that move us have now become rolling offer anyone in the Triad a path toward Nursing Assistant program. Working part 2 Honor Roll computers. It takes a well-educated person to work on and maintain employment. time as a school custodian, Janiet would these vehicles. We’re now in a great position to train those people 16 Who Works Here: Ann Watts, Director of Off-Campus Centers and Director of Stokes County Operations 26 Nano Challenge not have been able to afford the cost of and send them out into our community to help keep us all moving. { The thing that will not move? These jobs. 17 Who Goes Here: Spencer Everhart, Student, Students in Forsyth Tech’s nanotechnology the program without the assistance of the You cannot outsource the work of maintaining the family Heavy Equipment and Transport Technology program got to watch two cutting-edge particle sizers vie for supremacy in the Forsyth Tech Foundation. With our help, she minivan or a big rig – or a race car, for that matter. Those jobs will 18 Run for the Robots realm of the really, really small. is on track to graduate next year. stay here at home, providing employment and economic activity far into the future. The Forsyth County Commissioners and the county’s 19 Take It From Tech: Nick Hawks, Certified eBay Instructor 28 { Journeys citizens knew this when they approved the bond issue that supported 24 Alumni Spotlight: Ray Keller An extraordinary couple visited the college the center being built. We are so grateful for their foresight. Through the Foundation, Janiet and students 32 A Presidential Celebration in November to tell their story of survival and One important aspect of the new center is the partnerships like her are able to get the education they hope during the Holocaust in France – and the college has forged with businesses at all levels. Forsyth Tech is 33 Why I Support Forsyth Tech: Bruce Babcock to highlight the little-known history of Jewish need for a better job and a better life. Donate now the regional center for the Toyota T-TEN (Toyota Technical children who came through that terrible time. Education Center) program, preparing our students in all aspects of now, and help us help them. Forsyth Tech is proud to be part of the North Carolina Community College System, with 58 institutions serving more than 800,000 Toyota technology and making them ready to move into local deal- students annually. North Carolina Community Colleges are creating success in our state by: erships. Toyota has donated vehicles, simulators and other teaching • Offering hope for a better future through vocational training and education tools. The College is also a Snap-on training center and Snap-on • Providing opportunity by making higher education available to all citizens • Generating jobs by creating a skilled workforce for business and industry has provided much-appreciated equipment. Salem Leasing and Bill www.ForsythTech.edu/support For information about our “gainful employment” programs as defined by the Department of Education, please go to Plemmons RV World have provided vehicles, advice and support. www.forsythtech.edu/gainfulemployment. We’re Listening! With the help of these businesses, our wonderful faculty and students, and with a far-sighted community behind us, we’re ready Forsyth Tech welcomes diversity and is dedicated to meeting the needs of students with disabilities, as mandated by the Americans with Disabilities If you’d like to comment on anything in this issue of Tech Quarterly, to keep moving. Act. For more information, please contact Sarah Hawks, Coordinator, Disabilities Services Office, at 336.734.7155 or [email protected]. we’d love to hear about it. You can email us at [email protected]. Forsyth Technical Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees, diplomas and certificates. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1966 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097 or call 404.679.4500 for questions about the accreditation of Forsyth Technical Community College. The Commission can be contacted to file a third-party comment during the time of the College’s decennial review or to file a complaint if there is evidence appearing to support the College’s noncompliance with a requirement or standard. All other inquiries about the College should be addressed directly to the College. www.forsythtech.edu Honor Roll Honor Roll p. 2 A New Head for p. 3 Health Catching Stars “Health care When heavy equipment manufacturer is my passion,” Caterpillar opened its new plant in the Triad, says Bonnie Pope. the company made a special request: Could Bonnie has just the Star Catchers please come and sing at the been named opening ceremony? Dean of Health The Star Catchers are a pretty special Technologies at group, made up of students from Forsyth Forsyth Tech after Tech’s Compensatory Education program serving for six months as Interim Dean and in Stokes County. They have already as Director of Nursing for six years. performed for Gov. Bev Purdue on two The new dean is excited about the occasions. Their presence at the ceremony division she leads and its mission. “Forsyth in November highlighted the relationship Tech’s division is a real mover and shaker,” between Forsyth Tech and the world’s largest she boasts. “We have an outstanding seller of construction and mining machinery. Where reputation in this community and beyond. The college is collaborating on training I intend to continue to support the integrity programs with Caterpillar, and the prospect Credit’s Due of our health programs and make sure we’re of this partnership helped bring the company, preparing the most qualified members of the along with 500 jobs, to locate its new operations in Winston-Salem. The plant manufactures Students in the Associate Degree Pharmacy Technology program just next workforce generation.” got a big career boost: The program has been accredited by the American axles for Caterpillar’s giant earth-moving equipment, used in mining operations. Society of Health-System Pharmacists, or ASHP. Forsyth Tech is the first After the ceremony, one Caterpillar official commented: “I thought the talk of the event college in the state to be awarded this accreditation for its Associate program. might be that 32-foot axle, but boy was I wrong ... the Star Catchers stole the show!” According to Sarah Clement, the program’s coordinator, the new national recognition will give potential employers the confidence that Forsyth Tech graduates are prepared to start work with a minimal amount MENTORING of training; they’ll be employable anywhere in the United States.
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