Wake Tech News

Wake Tech President Dr. Stephen Scott is pleased to announce that Dr. Darryl McGraw, Chief Information Officer for the college, has been named a Premier 100 IT Leader for 2011 by Computerworld magazine. Computerworld, a leading technology news source for IT professionals worldwide, gives the Premier 100 award annually for exceptional technology leadership, innovation, and management strategies.

Wake Tech students, staff and faculty celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a day ON, not a day off. Volunteers participated in two service projects in Raleigh today.

Students and instructors in the Baking and Pastry Arts Program at Wake Technical Community College volunteered their time and talents for a good cause. The group spent more than 50 hours building gingerbread creations for the annual Gingerbread House Benefit at the Umstead Hotel in Cary.

Hundreds of small business owners, and those who want to start their own businesses, got some valuable information today at the Small Business Resource Summit at Wake Technical Community College.

Mort Congleton, Wake Tech Vice President of Development and Executive Director of the Wake Tech Foundation, has been named treasurer of the 2011 Board of Directors of the Council for Resource Development (CRD) in Washington, D.C. CRD supports more than 700 community colleges across the U.S.

"Lost but not forgotten." Those are the words inscribed on a plaque that was hung today at Wake Tech's Public Safety Education Campus. The campus held a special ceremony dedicating a portion of its Memorial Wall to honor fallen NC Department of Correction officers. 

"I sweat in this," former soldier Nathaly Hill said with pride as she cut up her old uniform during The Combat Paper Project at Wake Tech's Northern Wake Campus. The unique week-long workshop allows veterans to turn their old war uniforms and other clothing of personal significance into works of art.

WakeMed Health & Hospitals has been helping Wake Technical Community College provide high-quality training for the region's nurses and health professionals for more than 50 years. Now, that impressive commitment will be recognized with a national philanthropy award.

"You are our experts!" Those were the words of Wake Tech President Dr. Stephen Scott tonight at Wake Tech's annual dinner honoring the College's 63 advisory committees. More than 350 professionals from the community serve on these committees, which support Wake Tech by helping to shape programs and ensure the relevance of course content and instruction.