2015 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“My Journey from Higher Education into the
Biopharmaceutical Industry”
FEATURING
Dr. Norma V. Quiñones
Learning Consultant for Global Quality
Training and Development at Biogen
4:00 PM THURSDAY- October 15, 2015
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OAK GROVE AUDITORIUM - FORSYTH TECH MAIN CAMPUS, 2100 SILAS CREEK PARKWAY, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27103
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2015 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“Healing, Fueling, and Feeding the World:
The Triad’s Role”
FEATURING
Doug Edgeton, MPH, MBA
President & CEO, NC Biotechnology Center
4:00 PM THURSDAY- November 19, 2015
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ALL LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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2016 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“A Passage to Biotech in India”
FEATURING
Russ H. Read
Executive Director,
National Center for the Biotechnology
Workforce
4:00 PM Tuesday - January 26, 2016
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ALL LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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2016 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“An Innovator in Animal and Human Health”
FEATURING
Roland Johnson
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
Founder, Piedmont Pharmaceuticals
4:00 PM THURSDAY- February 18, 2016
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ALL LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
OAK GROVE AUDITORIUM - FORSYTH TECH MAIN CAMPUS, 2100 SILAS CREEK PARKWAY, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27103
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2016 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“A Visit to Chernobyl- Past, Present and Future”
FEATURING
Travis R. Russell Ph.D.
Chemistry Instructor
Forsyth Technical Community College
4:00 PM THURSDAY- March 17, 2016
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ALL LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
OAK GROVE AUDITORIUM - FORSYTH TECH MAIN CAMPUS, 2100 SILAS CREEK PARKWAY, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27103
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2014 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“Identifying, Managing and Communicating Research Risks”
2014 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
2016-2017 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“Identifying, Managing and Communicating Research Risks”
FEATURING
Ana S. Iltis, Ph.D.
SciTech IDEAS
Director, Center for Bioethics, Health and Society
IN ACTION
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Wake Forest University
4:00 PM THURSDAY- January 22, 2015
Lecture Series
To reserve a seat at this event, contact Mona Cofer at 336.734.7205 or [email protected].
Academic Year
2016 - 2017
FEATURING
ALL LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
OAK GROVE AUDITORIUM - FORSYTH TECH MAIN CAMPUS, 2100 SILAS CREEK PARKWAY, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27103
Ana S. Iltis, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Bioethics, Health and Society
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Wake Forest University
4:00 PM THURSDAY- January 22, 2015
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ALL LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
OAK GROVE AUDITORIUM - FORSYTH TECH MAIN CAMPUS, 2100 SILAS CREEK PARKWAY, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27103
2016 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“The Rewired Brain: Reframe your Thoughts, Rewire Your Brain
To Free Yourself of Negative Behaviors and Release your
Best Self”
FEATURING
Dr. Ski Chilton, Ph.D.
Professor, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Best-Selling Author of Five Books Including
“Inflammation Nation & The Rewired Brain”
4:00 PM THURSDAY- September 15, 2016
Book Drawing & Signing to follow Lecture
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[email protected], or Russ Read at 336.734.7651 or [email protected]
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2016 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“Update on Carolina Liquid Chemistries, Corp. and
Employee’s you may know!”
FEATURING
Patti Shugart
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Including
Mica Welsh & David Purser
Regulatory Affairs Manager Field Service Engineer
Carolina Liquid Chemistries, Corp
4:00 PM THURSDAY- October 13, 2016
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[email protected] or Russ Read at 336.734.7651 or [email protected]
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2016 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“Medical Device Development”
FEATURING
Vihar Surti
&
Barry Slowey
Vihar Surti Barry Slowey
Director of Research & President of Cook Medical
Development, Endoscopy Endoscopy division
division
4:00 PM THURSDAY- November 17, 2016
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[email protected], or Russ Read at 336.734.7651 or [email protected]
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2016 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“Mr. Beard on Retirement and Antibodies”
FEATURING
Alan Beard, MS, MBA
Department Chair, Biotechnology
Forsyth Technical Community College
4:00 PM THURSDAY- December 15, 2016
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[email protected] Russ Read at 336.734.7651 or [email protected]
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2017 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur”
FEATURING
Kim Westmoreland, BA, MBA
Founder, Chief Executive Officer,
Board Member
KeraNetics, LLC
4:00 PM THURSDAY- January 19, 2017
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[email protected] or Russ Read at 336.734.7651 or [email protected]
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2017 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“KPC-34, a Co-Drug that combines a DNA damaging
Agent with a Targeted Therapy”
FEATURING
Dr. Gregory L. Kucera, Ph.D
&
Dr. Timothy S. Pardee, MD, PhD
4:00 PM THURSDAY- February 16, 2017
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[email protected], or Russ Read at 336.734.7651 or [email protected].
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2017 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“Exploring the world for novel medicinal compounds
and for education”
FEATURING
Amy Greeson, R.Ph
Founder, Executive Director, Producer and
Host of Healing Seekers and
CEO, Natural Discoveries
4:00 PM THURSDAY- March 16, 2017
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[email protected] or Russ Read at 336.734.7651 or [email protected]
.
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You Tube Link
SciTech IDEAS IN ACTION
Photos from 2016-2017 Season
www.biotechworkforce.org
Dr. Gregory L. Kucera, Ph.D. of Wake Forest Baptist Health gave a SciTech talk on February 16, 2017
Kim Westmoreland, BA, MBA, Founder, CEO, Board Member of KeraNetics, LLC. spoke on Jan. 19, 2017
Professor Alan Beard is celebrated and receives a plaque after delivering his Scitech Ideas In Action
Lecture on “Retirement and Antibodies,” on December 16, 2016
2017-2018 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
SciTech IDEAS
IN ACTION
Lecture Series
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
2017 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“Breaking the Cycle of Addiction with Next Generation
Neurotherapeutics”
FEATURING
Aaron Lazarus
CEO, EncepHeal Therapeutics
4:00 PM THURSDAY-SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
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[email protected] or Russ Read at 336.734.7651 or [email protected]
ALL LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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4:00 PM THURSDAY- S
eptember 28, 2017
You Tube Link
2017 SCITECH LECTURE SERIES
“How the Analytical and Molecular Training lab at
Innovation Quarter is used “
”
FEATURING
Jason Gagliano
&
Malaysia Christian
Jason Gagliano Malaysia Christian
Lab Coordinator Lab Technician
4:00 PM THURSDAY- October 19, 2017
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[email protected], or Russ Read at 336.734.7651 or [email protected]
ALL LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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All lectures are free and open to the public
2018 SciTech Lecture Series
Using Biological Research to Reduce
or Reverse the Effects of Aging and
Increase Longevity
presented by
Laura Deming, Director
Longevity Fund
Thursday, February 8
1:00 p.m.
Rhoades Conference Center,
Robert L. Strickland Center
(formerly Oak Grove Center),
Forsyth Tech Main Campus
2100 Silas Creek Parkway Winston-Salem, 27103
Enter campus on Miller Street and go to the end of the street. Turn left onto
Oak Grove Road and take road around the back of the building, and park
in lot CC3.
When she was 8, Laura Deming realized that we were all going to die of
a disease called aging. Ever since, her driving passion has been to slow
down aging and eliminate age-related disease. She started working in a
biogerontology lab when she was 12, and enrolled at MIT when she was 14.
At 17, she was one of the youngest 20 under 20 fellows awarded $100,000 by
Peter Thiel to pursue her venture full time.
Click here for PDF Report
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2018 SciTech Lecture Series
Adventures in Innovation
from Laboratory Bench
to the Stratosphere
presented by
Michael Batalia
Co-Founder, WideEy3D
Thursday, February 22
4:00 p.m.
Auditorium in the
Robert L. Strickland Center
(formerly Oak Grove Center),
Forsyth Tech Main Campus
2100 Silas Creek Parkway Winston-Salem, 27103
Enter campus on Miller Street and go to the end of the street. Turn left onto
Oak Grove Road and then turn right into the first drive.
Dr. Michael Batalia is a serial entrepreneur and an expert in academic
technology commercialization. He is a co-founder of WideEy3D which
develops 3D printing solutions for mass manufacturing. Dr. Batalia has
over 16 years of experience in academic technology transfer, intellectual
property management, and licensing. He served over 12 years at Wake
Forest University as executive director of commercialization, and four
years at North Carolina State University as associate director then director
To reserve a seat at this event: of technology transfer.
Mary Flournoy: 336.757.3812, [email protected] or
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2018 SciTech Lecture Series
The Physical and Chemical
Properties of Smoke
presented by
Norman Fraley, Executive Director
Frölich Institute
Thursday, March 15
4:00 p.m.
Robert L. Strickland Center
Auditorium
(formerly Oak Grove Center),
Forsyth Tech Main Campus
2100 Silas Creek Parkway Winston-Salem, 27103
Enter campus on Miller Street and go to the end of the street. Turn left onto
Oak Grove Road and take road around the back of the building, and park
in lot CC3.
Lot
Lot CC3 CC4
Lot CC2 Geneva Road
Lot CC1
Robert L. Strickland Lot
Center
813
O1
Bob Greene Hall Ebert Street Norman Fraley is the Executive Director of the Frölich Institute for Research
Lot CC Lot O in Sustainable Technology. After spending a year in Ethiopia, Norman
became an advocate for the creation of robust and durable analytical tools
that could be used in developing countries where resources and power
were unreliable at best. This led to the formation of a non-profit Institute
formed two years ago here in Winston-Salem. Mr. Fraley has spent the past
Miller Street thirty years in the field of Analytical Chemistry and serves as co-lead faculty
for the Science of Sustainability at Wake Forest University’s Sustainability
Graduate program focusing on Biomass and Bioenergy.
Silas Creek Parkway
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2018 SciTech Lecture Series
3D Bioprinting = Materials +
Manufacturing + Medicine
presented by
Dr. Rohan A. Shirwaiker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department of
Industrial and Systems Engineering, NC State University
Thursday, April 5, 1:00 p.m.
Robert L. Strickland
Center Auditorium
(formerly Oak Grove Center)
Forsyth Tech Main Campus
2100 Silas Creek Parkway Winston-Salem, 27103
Enter campus on Miller Street and go to the end of the street. Turn left onto
Oak Grove Road and then turn right into the first drive.
Rohan Shirwaiker is an Associate Professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department
of Industrial and Systems Engineering and an Associate Faculty of the Joint
Department of Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University.
His team focuses on design and scalable manufacturing technologies for
engineered tissues. They study relationships between tissue manufacturing
processes and biomaterials and their effects on the quality of engineered
tissues. Dr. Shirwaiker has coauthored over 90 technical articles in the field
and has been recognized by several awards including the NSF CAREER Award
To reserve a seat at this event: and SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award.
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SciTech IDEAS IN ACTION
Photos from 2017-2018 Season www.biotechworkforce.org
Dr. Rohan Shirwaiker (above, holding his certifi-
cate) gave an eye-opening lecture on the future
of replacing organs with new ones being custom
made for each patient. Laura Deming (at right)
offered an exciting look into her Longevity Fund
and the progress being made in reversing the ef-
fects of aging. The Analytical and Molecular Train-
ing Lab at Innovation Quarter was the subject for
Jason Gagliano and Malaysia Christian (below)
who gave their SciTech talk on October 19, 2017.
SciTech IDEAS
IN ACTION
Lecture Series
Academic Year
Fall
2018 - 2019
All lectures are free and open to the public
2018 SciTech Lecture Series
How To Achieve The Right Balance Between
Humans And Machines To Optimize Outcomes
presented by
Ken Lane, Chief Technology Officer,
Tanjo Inc.
Thursday, September 27
4:00 p.m.
Ardmore Auditorium
Ardmore Building
Forsyth Tech Main Campus
2100 Silas Creek Parkway Winston-Salem, 27103
Enter campus on Miller Street and the Ardmore Building is the first building
on the left. Parking is available in front of Ardmore or in the visitor lot in
front of the Allman Center.
Ken Lane has over 28 years of experience in computer software,
simulation, and hardware integration. He worked as Director of
Development with Richard Boyd at 3Dsolve and later as Chief
Technologist for Virtual World Labs at Lockheed Martin. Lane has
extensive skills in platform-scale coding of 3D engines for games,
training, and simulation. He has strong experience in user interface
design that communicates complex information effectively as well as
a strong background in 3D algorithms. Lane built some of the most
advanced 3D training, simulation, and visualization software currently
You Tube Link used by the U.S. military. He has one patent pending, and one in process,
To reserve a seat at this event: and was awarded the Lockheed Martin Galaxy award for Technologist of
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Russ Read: 336.734.7651, [email protected] Biology/Neuroscience.
All lectures are free and open to the public
2018 SciTech Lecture Series Jeff M. Sands, MD, Juha P. Kokko Professor of Medicine and
Physiology, Renal Division Director, Executive Vice-Chair of Med-
Physiological Insights into Novel Therapies for icine, Emory University School of Medicine discussed Physio-
Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus logical Insights into Novel Therapies for Nephrogenic Diabetes
Insipidus. This is a rare kidney disorder that causes chronic ex-
presented by cessive thirst with excessive urine production. If left untreated,
episodes of severe dehydration develop
Jeff M. Sands, M.D.
Emory University
Thursday, October 18
4:00 p.m.
Strickland Auditorium
Robert L. Strickland Center
Forsyth Tech Main Campus
2100 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27103
Enter campus on Miller Street and go to the end of the street. Turn
left onto Oak Grove Road and then turn right into the first drive.
Lot
Lot CC3 CC4
Lot CC2 Geneva Road
Lot CC1
Strickland Center Lot
813
O1 Ebert Street
Bob Greene Hall A graduate of Harvard College and Boston University School of Medicine,
Lot CC Lot O Dr. Sands trained in Medicine at the University of Chicago and the
National Institute of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(NHLBI). Following fellowship training in the Laboratory of Kidney
and Electrolyte Metabolism at NHLBI (NIH), he proceeded to a clinical
Miller Street nephrology fellowship at Emory University. Joining the Emory faculty
as an Assistant Professor in 1989, Dr. Sands was promoted to Associate
Professor and then Professor. He accepted the Kokko Professorship
and Division Director position at Emory in 2002. He served as Executive
Vice-Chair of Medicine from 2009-2015, and as Associate Dean for Clinical
Silas Creek Parkway
To reserve a seat at this event: You Tube Link and Translational Research from 2006-2010. He is a co-founder of Nephro
Mary Flournoy: 336.757.3812, [email protected] DI Therapeutics and is considered a Key Opinion Leader for nephrogenic
Russ Read: 336.734.7651, [email protected] diabetes insipidus by the National Organization of Rare Diseases.
All lectures are free and open to the public
2018 SciTech Lecture Series
Omega’s From Soil to Oil Addressing a Scientific
Need with a Natural and Sustainable Solution
presented by
Andrew Hebard
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Technology Crops International
Thursday, November 15th
4:00 p.m.
Strickland Auditorium
Robert L. Strickland Center
Forsyth Tech Main Campus
2100 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27103
Enter campus on Miller Street and go to the end of the street. Turn
left onto Oak Grove Road and then turn right into the first drive.
Lot
Lot CC3 CC4
Lot CC2 Geneva Road
Lot CC1
Strickland Center Lot
813
O1 Ebert Street When he’s not running a company, he’s playing in the dirt, growing
Bob Greene Hall
Lot CC Lot O unusual crops to make really smart products. When he’s not playing in
the dirt, he’s traveling the oceans looking for really feisty fish. When
he’s not traveling the oceans, he’s thinking about other unusual crops to
grow. An entrepreneur combining business, nature and wellness…with
Miller Street fun. Andrew has over 25 years of experience in building and managing
specialty crop agribusiness around the world, serving as Managing
Director and Chief Executive Officer roles for the past 18 years. Originally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs88zCb44Ww- from Suffolk, England, he relocated to Winston-Salem, N.C., founded
Technology Crops International in 2004 and serves as President and CEO.
Silas Creek Parkway
watch?v=Gs88zCb44Ww You Tube Link Andrew is proud to be a holder of the Royal Warrant, to serve as
To reserve a seat at this event:
Mary Flournoy: 336.757.3812, [email protected] chairman for 2 charitable trusts and is an Hons graduate in agricultural
science.
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2018 SciTech Lecture Series
Signals from the Future:
Creating the Innovation Workforce
presented by
Dr. Gary M. Green
President, Forsyth Tech
Thursday, December 6
4 p.m.
Strickland Auditorium
Robert L. Strickland Center
Forsyth Tech Main Campus
2100 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27103
Enter campus on Miller Street and go to the end of the street. Turn
left onto Oak Grove Road and then turn right into the first drive.
Lot
Lot CC3 CC4
Lot CC2 Geneva Road
Lot CC1
Strickland Center Dr. Gary M. Green has been President of Forsyth Technical Community
813
Lot
O1 Ebert Street College since 2001. Under Dr. Green’s leadership, Forsyth Tech has
Bob Greene Hall
Lot CC Lot O become a national leader in technology-based workforce development.
The college is the home of the National Center for the Biotechnology
Workforce and developed the first nanotechnology associate degree
program in N.C. Forsyth Tech was chosen by the Manufacturing
Miller Street Institute one of four community colleges nationally to model advanced
manufacturing skills standards endorsed by the National Association
of Manufacturers. The College is designated a Center of Academic
Excellence and East Central U.S. regional center by the National Security
Agency and Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Green has worked
Silas Creek Parkway
To reserve a seat at this event: You Tube Link with major workforce training initiatives with such companies as Boeing,
Reynolds American, HanesBrands, Siemens, and Caterpillar. He is a
Mary Flournoy: 336.757.3812, [email protected] frequent presenter on workforce development and community college
Russ Read: 336.734.7651, [email protected] issues regionally, nationally, and internationally.
SciTech LECTURE SERIES
Photos from 2018-2019 Season
Andrew Hebard (left), President, Technology Crops International, spoke on “Omega’s From Soil to Oil
Addressing a Scientific Need with a Natural and Sustainable Solution.” He focused on Ahiflower ® Oil.
This sustainable crop provides a uniquely balanced daily omega and an unparalleled combination - ex-
ceeding other sources such as fish or flaxseed - of omega 3,6,9 fatty acids, essential for health, vitality
and wellness. A group (right) gathered on stage around Andrew Hebard after his SciTech Lecture on
Nov.15, 2018.
Dr. Jeff Sands discussed “Physio-
logical Insights into Novel Therapies Ken Lane has extensive skills in platform-scale coding of 3D
for Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus,” engines for games, training, and simulation. He spoke about
a rare kidney disorder that causes artificial intelligence and machine learning becoming “another
excessive urine production and re-
sulting thirst. button on the calculator” for us in the future.
SciTech LECTURE SERIES
Honoring Dr. Gary M. Green, Retiring President of Forsyth Tech
r. Gary Green (right), is
Dshown receiving a com-
mendation with his family
on stage after delivering his
SciTech Lecture on Dec. 6,
2018. With an amazing and
distinguished 40-year career in Higher Education,
he’s served as president of Forsyth Tech since 2001.
Under Dr. Green’s leadership, Forsyth Tech has be-
come a national leader in technology-based work-
force development.
He’s had the privilege to host three U.S. Presidents
who visited the college. Home of the National Cen-
ter for the Biotechnology Workforce, Forsyth Tech
also developed the first nanotechnology associate
degree program in N.C. The College was chosen by
the Manufacturing Institute as one of four commu-
nity colleges in the nation to model advanced man-
ufacturing skills standards endorsed by the National
Association of Manufacturers. The College is desig- In grateful appreciation, people
nated a Center of Academic Excellence by the Na- presented Dr. Green with gifts
tional Security Agency and Department of Homeland and awards, among them, the first
Security. NCBW Lab coat - his name embroi-
Dr. Green worked with major workforce training dered on it.
initiatives including companies such as Boeing, Reynolds American, Siemens, and
Caterpillar. He is a frequent presenter on workforce development and community
college issues regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Welcome Incoming Forsyth Tech President, Dr. Janet Spriggs
The Forsyth Technical Chief Operating Officer, and prior to that as
Community College Board the Vice President and Chief Financial Offi-
of Trustees named Jan- cer of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.
et N. Spriggs, Ed.D the She was one of forty leaders selected from
seventh president of the community colleges across the nation for the
college, succeeding Gary 2018-2019 Aspen Presidential Fellowship for
Green, Ed.D who an- Community College Excellence, a program to
nounced he would retire in February. A native prepare the next generation of community
of North Carolina, Spriggs brings 22 years college presidents to achieve high and equi-
of service in the North Carolina Community table levels of student success both in college
College System, most recently serving as the and in the labor market.
SciTech IDEAS
IN ACTION
Lecture Series
Academic Year
Spring
2018 - 2019
All lectures are free and open to the public
2019 SciTech Lecture Series
How Climate Change Efects the Planet’s Finite Water Resources and the
Need for New Technologies to Improve the Aging Water Infrastructure
presented by
Robert A. Haack,
MBA, PM
Thursday, January 17
4 p.m.
Strickland Auditorium
Robert L. Strickland Center You Tube Link
Forsyth Tech Main Campus
2100 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27103
Enter campus on Miller Street and go to the end of the street. Turn
left onto Oak Grove Road and then turn right into the first drive.
Prior to moving to North Carolina, Haack worked in the private sector
specializing in Industrial Safety. He also held administrative positions in
biomedical and life sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, where he
earned his Master of Business Administration. Haack served as Director
of Business Operations for a biomedical, environmental, and forensics
testing laboratory startup, among the first to occupy The Wake Forest
Innovation Quarter Wet Lab Launch Pad Incubator. Presently, he serves
as consulting advisor for a non-profit industry trade organization
devoted to educating governmental and municipal authorities and civil
engineers on design and maintenance of water infrastructures. A science
geek, volunteer, and advocate for the mission of The North Carolina
Biotechnology Center and Forsyth Tech Biotech Education Initiative
To reserve a seat at this event: and environmental sustainability, Haack also enjoys travel, exploring,
Mary Flournoy: 336.757.3812, [email protected] reading, sharing time with family and friends, and balancing on two
Russ Read: 336.734.7651, [email protected] wheels.
SPRING 2019
www.biotechworkforce.org
SciTech LECTURE SERIES
A new SPRING 2019
SciTech Lecture Series
January 17, 2019
Bob Haack MBA
February 21, 2019
Jennifer Bryne – Javarara Research
March 14, 2019
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