Wake Tech News

Dr. Stephen Scott, president of Wake Tech Community College, announced today that the college has received an unprecedented financial gift. The late Harold and Shirley Brenner, of Cary, bequeathed a gift of $500,000 to the Wake Tech Foundation - the largest individual cash donation in the history of the college.

The Board of Directors of the Wake Tech Foundation welcomed local business leaders Douglas Baker, Douglas Boyd, Adrienne Cole, Patrick Lindsey, and NC Representative Tom Murry, to its ranks. They were selected based on their passion and commitment to Wake Tech.

Dr. Stephen Scott, president of Wake Technical Community College, has announced that the college has forged a new partnership with IBM to promote careers in STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

For the third consecutive year, Wake Technical Community College has been named one of the best colleges in the nation to work for by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The Chronicle is a leading nationwide publication featuring news and information about higher education.

Wake Technical Community College now offers a powerful new resource for helping students and alumni find employment. Wake Tech has partnered with College Central Network (CCN) to offer a state-of-the-art recruiting tool that combines an interactive online system for writing resumes and creating portfolios with a robust job search system.

Local businesses gathered in Research Triangle Park today to hear plans for Wake Technical Community College's future RTP Campus. The state-of-the-art campus will be built on an 86-acre site off NC Highway 54, near I-40 and 540, to serve the training needs of local industry and prepare highly-skilled technicians and professionals to meet the demands of our growing region.

Dr. Stephen Scott, president of Wake Technical Community College, today announced that Amanda Batchelor, a student in the Computer and Engineering Technologies Division, has received a $500 scholarship for her design of a logo for the Sphere Business Incubator in Fuquay-Varina.

Students in Wake Tech's Solar Thermal training class installed a solar hot water system in a specially outfitted trailer at the college's Northern Wake Campus today. Entrepreneurs, contractors, and inspectors with the City of Raleigh got hands-on training that will continue tomorrow between 8:00 a.m. and noon.

Dr. Stephen Scott, president of Wake Technical Community College, is proud to announce a record 1,125 students made the President's List or Dean's List for the Spring 2011 semester. That's a 31% increase over the same period last year!