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WCC Well Represented at Community College Conference

WCC Chemistry Instructor Ashton “T” Griffin does a test run of one of his N.C. Community College System Conference presentations on members of his own school’s faculty and staff.
WCC Chemistry Instructor Ashton “T” Griffin does a test run of one of his N.C. Community College System Conference presentations on members of his own school’s faculty and staff.

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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