Betti Pettanati-Longinotti is a beloved and well-known local glass artist and painter with an international reputation. For the past eight years, she has taught stained glass and oil painting part-time at Forsyth Tech.
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This fall, Forsyth Tech, through the National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce (NCBW), hosted Australian Fulbright Professional Scholar Raymond Cadmore. Mr. Cadmore teaches food processing sustainability at Sunraysia Institute of TAFE in Mildura, in northwestern Victoria, Australia. (TAFE, similar to the U.S. community college system, is Australia’s largest provider of vocational education and training.) While at Forsyth Tech, Mr. Cadmore shared his research and observations in a presentation as part of Forsyth Tech’s SciTech Lecture series. During his Fulbright research in the U.S., Mr. Cadmore visited several colleges as well as federal and state officials, with the goal of taking best practices observed here back home to help build that country’s biotech and biomanufacturing workforce. Mr. Cadmore returned to Australia in November.
In July, Forsyth Tech received a gift of $52,000 from The Lawrence E. Pope Foundation to update and expand the college’s Diesel and Heavy Equipment Technology program. The gift will allow the college to increase enrollment in the program and provide students with relevant, experiential training using state-of-the-art equipment.
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Student Ambassadors are among the college’s best students and serve many important roles, including representing the college at numerous functions and events. In return, each receives a full scholarship. Meet our Forsyth Tech Student Ambassador Scholarship Program participants for 2014-15:
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The college added three new programs to the offerings available at the Transportation Technology Center beginning in the fall 2014 semester. They were:
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Forsyth Tech has always been at the forefront of educational innovation, and nowhere is that more evident than in two high school programs available through the college: Early College of Forsyth (ECF) and Stokes Early College (SEC).
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The SkillsUSA Championships is one of a number of different industry-related competitions that Forsyth Tech students have the opportunity to participate in. This event serves as an annual showcase for the best SkillsUSA students across the nation. SkillsUSA is an organization that helps prepare students for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations. Each year, contests begin locally and continue through the state and national levels, with only state winners advancing to the national competition. At this year’s Championships in Kansas City, more than 6,000 state contest winners competed in 99 different categories, working against the clock and head-to-head against contestants from other schools to show their expertise. Forsyth Tech is honored to have had five students receive medals this year across a variety of categories.
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Dr. Gary M. Green
Transformation. There is no better word to describe the exciting and long-term journey on which Forsyth Tech is currently embarking.
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What does it take to run a successful manufacturing operation? Companies that embrace innovation, shift operational models to keep pace with change and invest in ongoing employee development are likely to stay ahead of the pack.
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As a young boy growing up in Plymouth, England, Chris Soothill imagined joining the army or navy someday. Those dreams were dashed after he was diagnosed with a visual impairment. But life had other plans.
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