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Be “In Touch with Tomorrow”
at BCCC Job Fair.
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Thirty-two inducted into
Gamma Beta Phi.
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Worsley is new Lead BCCC
Cosmetology Instructor.
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MLT Open House to be held
April 20 on BCCC campus.
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Gov. Perdue: High school
diploma is crucial.
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Local industry sponsors
BCCC crochet class.
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Foundation Cutthroat
Croquet Tourney is set. April 2010
Hope • Opportunity • Jobs
BCCC receives Golden LEAF grant
Money funds patient simulators
Beaufort County Community College has received a $200,000 grant from the
Golden LEAF Foundation to buy patient simulators for a new clinical nursing lab that
will improve training for nearly 300 nursing students over the next three years, col-lege
and grant officials announced in March.
Human patient simulators are technologically
sophisticated mannequins that provide computer-driven
responses to various health care procedures
performed by nursing students.
The students are then able to translate classroom theory into action based on the
mannequin’s response to their actions and, therefore, develop critical thinking skills
in a controlled environment without jeopardizing patient safety, according to college
officials.
North Carolina nursing educators have begun to expect simulation training in
nursing schools statewide to help student obtain the hours needed for clinical experi-ences
in a timely and safe manner.
“The Golden LEAF Foundation is committed to supporting the quality of rural
health care, as it is a vital part of the infrastructure necessary for rural communities
to attract companies and citizens,” said Dan Gerlach, Golden LEAF President. “This
grant will provide the equipment necessary to help grow the talent, knowledge and
skill of health professionals in Beaufort County.”
The equipment purchased for the BCCC nursing simulation lab with the grant
money will include two patient simulators - each with a computer hook-up and simu-lated
patient monitor with software, drug recognition kit and accessories.
The equipment will also include a VitalSim task trainer, stretchers, poles and
pumps for intravenous fluids, monitors and defibrillation trays.
The new simulators will be part of a new clinical nursing laboratory at the college
that will improve the hands-on practice its nursing students receive and, therefore,
improve their nursing skills as they enter the job market in eastern North Carolina,
according to Laura Bliley, director of BCCC’s nursing programs.
“Beaufort County Community College is fortunate to receive this grant,” Bliley said
Simulation has become the educational standard to enable students to learn ad-vanced
patient-care skills in a safe environment.
“With patient simulators, the students can practice different scenarios and the in-structor
can program the patient response based on student actions,” she said. “The
students can then gain immediate feedback on their actions, which helps reinforce
the principles that are essential in acute patient care.”
SEE GOLDEN LEAF, PAGE 6
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Beaufort County
Community College
is a public comprehensive community college
committed to providing accessible and affordable
quality education, effective teaching,
relevant training, and lifelong learning opportunities
for the people served by the college.
Campus Connections
is a monthly newsletter
published by
Beaufort County Community College,
P.O. Box 1069, Washington, N.C. 27889.
Judy Jennette, editor
Betty Mitchell Gray, writer and design
Tracey Johnson, printing
“This is a collaborative effort to bring together em-ployers,
students, and other job seekers in one, central
location,” McFadden said. “With the recent downturn
in the economy, a growing number of job seekers are
using job fairs to connect with prospective employ-ers.
Job Fair 2010 will not only help these job seekers
meet potential employers, it will also help employers
find the right candidates to fill job openings in their
businesses.”
Job fairs are a good way for potential employees to
learn more about a business and what a particular job
entails, she said. They also give firms an opportunity
to evaluate and identify true candidates for job open-ings.
Among the employers and agencies expected to
participate in the job fair are the following: Beaufort
County Schools, Beaufort Regional Health Systems,
East Carolina University, Executive Personnel Group,
IzonData Corp., Potash Corp Aurora and Rose Acre
Farms Inc.
For more information about the upcoming Job Fair,
interested persons can contact McFadden at 940-
6314or by email at SandyMcF@beaufortccc.edu.
Job seekers can visit the Career Center web page at
www.beaufortccc.edu for an up-to-date list and a link
to participating employers.
BCCC 2010 Job Fair scheduled for April 13
Are you looking for a new job? Beaufort County Community College students, graduates and job seekers will have the
chance to talk with over 20 area employers at the 13th Annual BCCC Job Fair.
Focusing on technology, biotechnology and similar jobs, the
Job Fair will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, in the
Multipurpose Room of Building 10 on the BCCC campus.
The annual Job Fair brings business and industry leaders
under one roof with job seekers. In 2008, approximately 300
job seekers attended and over 40 employers.
Its focus is helping students, recent graduates and others
in the community make the transition from school to work by
providing them with contacts with local employers who have
jobs to offer, according to Sandria McFadden, director of BC-CC’s
Career
Center
This event
is co-spon-sored
by
the BCCC
Career Cen-ter,
Gamma
Beta Phi Honor Society and the Beaufort County JobLink Center.
Job Fair 2010 is free and open to BCCC graduates, students and job
seekers in BCCC’s four-county service area of Beaufort, Hyde, Washing-ton
and Tyrrell counties.
The theme for this year���s Job Fair is “In Touch with Tomorrow.” It will
feature several sessions demonstrating careers in technology including
DNA extraction, computer software development and entrepreneurship.
Employers at previous job fairs at BCCC were eager to
talk to particpants.
Job Fair 2010
Sponsors: BCCC Career Center, BCCC Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society,
Beaufort County JobLink Center
For more information contact Sandy McFadden, Director of Career Services
(252)940-6353 or Email: sandymcf@beaufortccc.edu
Visit our website at www.beaufortccc.edu to see which employers will be attending Job Fair 2010 and the available positions!
Beaufort County Community College
April 13, 2010, 10:00am-2:00pm, Building 10, Multipurpose Rm.
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Forty-one are inducted into Gamma Beta Phi
Forty-one BCCC students were inducted into the Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society in a ceremony held on the BCCC campus Monday, March 22.
Those inducted include Joy Beth Askew, Tracey E. Barrow, John “Matt” Blackburn, Kevin Boyd, James Braddy, Leah M. Brooks, Dave Christy, Renee Cole, Jackie Coley, Bailee Cowan, Valerie Coward, Jennifer Davenport, Chelsea Boyd Douglas, James Draper, Jeremy Eckenrode, Christopher L. Garrison, Chelsea Lynn Gurganus, Kellie Michelle Hardison, Kendal Hayden, Justin Hill, Candace Howell, Jennifer Jordan, Tammy Keech, Tony Krantz, Michelle H. Leggett, Kelli Linton, Kenyetta Lynch, Dianne McColgan, Johnathon McDonald, Carrie Alligood Modlin, Joy L. Moore, Sharrie Mooring, Donna Michelle Saffell, Timothy Sawyer, Tommy Shea, Jennifer Smith, William Smith, David Sowers, Danielle O. Stanley, C. Taylor Whichard and Ashley Withers.
Judy to insert quote from ceremony and photos.
With national headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Gamma Beta Phi is an honor and service organization which has the following objectives: To recog­nize and encourage educational excellence; to promote the de­velopment of leadership ability and character in its members, and to foster, disseminate, and improve education through ap­propriate service projects.
The GBP chapter at BCCC was chartered in 1975 under the leadership of Betty Cochran, former BCCC Arts and Sciences Division Chair.
Membership is by invitation only. To be eligible, a student must be currently enrolled, must have completed at least 13 semester hours of college work and must have a 3.3 grade point average, among other member­ship criteria.
Recent and previous Gamma Beta Phi service projects at BCCC have included participa­tion in Habitat for Humanity’s Collegiate Challenge, support of Heifer International, co-sponsorship of the annual BCCC Job Fair and recent work at the Martin County site of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”
Ashley Roberson, GBP reporter, welcomed members and their guests. The invocation was lead by Natasha Owens, treasurer. The Pledge of Member­ship was led by chapter President Morgan Roberson.
The chapter recognized its advisors, Crystal Ange, dean of Student Ser­vices at BCCC, and Wesley Beddard, dean of Instruction, and their assistants Theresa Edwards and Bebe Major.
A reception for new members and their guests followed the ceremony.
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Cutline: New members of BCCC’s Gamma Beta Phi Honor
Pictured above, BCCC students who were inducted into the Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society pose for their offi­cial photograph before the ceremony March 22. At right,
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Worsley new BCCC lead cosmetology instructor
Velma Worsley, a cosmetology instructor at Beaufort County Community College for the past three years, has been chosen to lead the program, college officials announced this week.
Worsley, of Bethel, was named Lead Instructor of the program March 1. In her new position, Worsley will oversee three cosmetol­ogy instructors and the work of about 35 cosmetology students currently enrolled in the program. She also teaches a class of high school students enrolled in BCCC’s cosmetology program. Worsley succeeds Eunice Williams who continues to teach at the college.
“Ms. Worsley will bring fresh energy and enthusiasm to the Cos­metology program as it continues to grow into the future,” said Gregg Allinson, chairman of BCCC’s Allied Health Division which includes the cosmetology program, among others. “I am pleased that she will be leading this effort in serving our school, the students and the com­munity.”
Worsley said she looks forward to the challenge of overseeing one of BCCC’s oldest programs.
“I know there will be bumps along the way,” she said. “But I am confident that I can handle the job.”
Worsley, of Bethel, graduated from North Pitt High School in 1979. The Greenville native has had a life-long interest in cosmetology - as a cheerleader at North Pitt, she enjoyed styling the hair of the other members of the squad. But after she graduated from North Pitt in 1979, she had to defer her dream and immediately go to work - often working three jobs at a time - to support herself and her young daughter.
She returned to school in 1983, enrolling in the first night cosmetology classes in Mitchell’s Hairstyling Academy at Pitt Community College while continuing to work. She earned her diploma in cosmetology 1986 and opened a salon in Bethel.
More recently, she earned an Early Childhood Credential I and II certificate from Edgecombe Community College before transferring to that school’s Associate in Arts program. At Edgecombe Community College, Worsley was inducted into Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, was listed in Who’s Who Among College Students, and served as a student ambassador.
Worsley is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in communication at East Carolina University and hopes to graduate from that program in 2011. In 2009, she was inducted into the Golden Key International Honor Society at ECU.
Since 1986, Worsley has been co-owner of La Chic Boutique where she now works part-time as a stylist to accommo­date her teaching schedule at BCCC.
Worsley’s education experience includes serving as a cosmetology instructor for Edgecombe Community College from 2005 to 2006 and as lead teacher at the Promised Learning Daycare Center from 2006 to 2007. Since 2007, she has served as instructor of BCCC’s high school and night cosmetology classes.
Worsley is married to her high school sweetheart, Nelson, who works as a barber at La Chic Boutique. The couple has four children. She is an active member of the Conetoe Chapel Church. In her spare time enjoys exploring yard sales, flea markets and consignment shops and spending time with her family.
BCCC Library Notes
This month I would like to call attention to the fact that our website has recently received a new look! Tricia Woolard, coordinator of Educational Media/Graphic Services at BCCC, has been working very hard over the last year to migrate BCCC’s website into a uniform template that brings all the pages of the college’s website together.
The library’s website is the newest convert. Check it out at http://www.beaufortccc.edu/LRC/Library/librarymain.htm
Our new homepage is sleek and clean, calling attention to our three primary resources for locating information — the BCCC Catalog, NCLive and Credo Reference.
All information that was housed on the old site remains. Simply click the links in the left hand sidebar to locate the information you are looking for.
We are so pleased to have a new look and feel to our site and hope that you’ll browse around to check out our new pages. If you have any suggestions for us, email them to ginnyb@beaufortccc.edu
Happy browsing!
— Ginny Boyer, BCCC Librarian
Velma Worsley, a cosmetology instructor at BCCC since 2007, was chosen in March to serve as lead instructor of the program.Page 5 Campus Connections
BCCC highlights MLT Program at Open House
Beaufort County Community College will highlight its Medical Laboratory Technology Program at two Open House ses­sions scheduled for Tuesday, April 20.
The sessions will be noon to 1 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. in the medical technology laboratory, Room 934, of Building 9 on the BCCC campus.
BCCC hopes to attract those individuals who are interested in a career in medicine but would like to know about alternatives to associate degree and practical nursing careers, accord­ing to Mandy Jones, Allied Health admissions coordinator.
“The medical laboratory technician is a vital part of the medical team but because they op­erate behind the scenes, many people overlook the profession when considering a career in allied health,” she said. “BCCC has the only MLT Program in the local area so hospitals and health care providers in Beaufort, Craven, Mar­tin, Pitt and Washington counties are depend­ing on us to provide them with the technicians to staff all of their medical labs.”
Open House attendees will be able to tour BCCC’s medical laboratory, watch current MLT student performing actual laboratory proce­dures, look at samples under a microscope and see a presentation on a typical work day in a clinical laboratory.
Information will also be available on program requirements, admissions standards and op­portunities available for financial assistance with tuition, books and other training expenses.
Medical Laboratory Technology is expected to be a growing profession in the coming years with a variety of employment opportunities, accord­ing to Fashikie Smith, lead instructor in BCCC’s Medical Laboratory Technology Program.
As Americans continue to age, more laboratory testing will be required more frequently but 13 percent of the current laboratory staff is likely to retire in the next five years, she said.
Some 12,200 new laboratory professionals will be needed annually to meet this growing need, she said.
The MLT curriculum at BCCC prepares individuals to perform clinical laboratory procedures in chemistry, hematology, microbiology and immunohematology.
Course work emphasizes mathematical and scientific concepts related to specimen collection, laboratory testing and procedures, quality assurance and reporting, recording and interpreting findings involving tissues, blood and bodily fluids.
Graduates may be eligible to take examinations given by the Board of Registry of Medical Technologists of the Ameri­can Society of Clinical Pathologists or the national Certifying Agency.
Employment opportunities include laboratories in hospitals, medical offices, industries and research facilities.
BCCC’s MLT Program is limited in the number of students that can be admitted each year, therefore, the program is competitive-based. The MLT Program has special admission requirements, application process and selection criteria. A separate application is required and is taken by appointment with Jones. The application deadline for entry in the Fall 2010 Semester is May 13.
In addition, clinical sites require a criminal background check and/or drug testing.
For more information about the Open House sessions or the MLT Program at BCCC, interested persons can contact Jones at 252-940-6242 or visit the BCCC website at www.beaufortccc.edu.Campus Connections Page 6
Gov. Perdue: A high school diploma is crucial
Gov. Beverly Perdue and state education leaders headed to Washington D.C. last month to convince an interview panel that the state should get millions from a federal grant to improve education.
North Carolina was a finalist for a share of Race to the Top funds, more than $4 billion set aside in the federal stimulus law for states to improve education.
The state had asked for $469 million, but if it wins will likely get $200 million to $400 million.
Perdue visited Pamlico Community College on March 11 to promote the state’s application and to press for a higher graduation rate for high school students across North Carolina.
About 450 public school and community college officials heard Perdue’s remarks including delegations from Beaufort County Community College and the Beaufort County School System.
“It is critically important that we put our effort into public education,” Per­due said. “We know that the children of North Carolina must have a high school diploma if they are to succeed and the only way we succeed as a state is if we buckle down and educate our most value resource.
“Every child has the birthright to an education,” she said. “In North Carolina in the 21st Century, we must have one common goal - to gradu­ate kids from high school ready to go on to a career, to college and to life.”
Perdue says she’s resolute about raising the high school graduation rate because nearly 30 percent of the ninth-graders in North Carolina still do not receive a diploma in four years.
But her 2010 education agenda has brought more attention to the more than 20,000 students who graduate from high school only to discover that they must take basic algebra, English composition or other basic courses again at their local community college because they didn’t learn it well enough in high school.
Results of placement exams students must take to enter community college programs or courses of study such as nursing, biotechnology or a trade indicate they lack the basic skills needed, according to one published report.
Of the 21,810 public high school graduates in spring 2008 who enrolled in a community college within the next year, 64 percent took one or more “developmental” courses, according to a state community college report.
More than half of those remedial students took a math class and 40 percent of those start below Algebra I, according to the report.
Perdue cited these statistics in her remarks to the crowd.
“We really do need to focus on education,” Perdue said. “All three systems - the public schools, community colleges and the university system - have a long way to go.”
Developmental Dilemma
Of the 21,810 public North Carolina high school graduates in spring 2008 who enrolled in a community college within a year, 64 percent had to take one or more developmental course, according to state community col­lege figures.
Gov. Beverly Perdue at Pamlico Community College recently discussed the need for all North Carolina students to have a high school diploma.
GOLDEN LEAF, from Page 1
BCCC admits 60 associate degree and 30 practical nursing students each year. These students will participate in case studies involving a human patient simulator in order to improve their ability to deliver patient care.
Over the three-year time-span of the project, 270 nursing students will receive simulation training.
Kent Dickerson, BCCC nursing instructor, will serve as laboratory facilitator and will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the simulation laboratory. He brings hands-on experience to the project from the East Carolina University simulation laboratory.
The Golden LEAF Foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina’s econo­my. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina’s funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on helping tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural commu­nities across the state.
The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic de­velopment organizations and nonprofits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 905 grants totaling more than $418 million since its inception. For more information, or to learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684-8404.Page 7 Campus Connections
Local industry sponsors crocheting class
Caron International, a Division of National Spinning will donate
supplies — including yarn and hooks — for Beaufort County
Community College’s popular crocheting class.
The class, offered by the Division of Continuing Education, has
become one of the most popular leisure pursuits classes offered
by the division, attracting a loyal following of students.
After reading about the popular class in the local newspaper,
officials with Caron International contacted Lou Stout, coordinator
of leisure pursuits classes for the college, about donating sup-plies
for the class. The company, which was recently awarded a
contract to supply yarn to all Wal Mart stores in the United States,
also invited class members to tour the Washington Caron Interna-tional
plant.
We are very excited to have Caron
International partner with the Division
of Continuing Education to provide
materials for our Crocheting classes,”
Stout said. “All of the students enjoyed
the tour and thought it was a wonderful
experience.
“We are all very glad to know that
we have such a great facility in our
own back yard,” she said.
The crocheting class at BCCC has proven to be very pop-ular.
Pictured at top, Lou Stout, Nora Guirkins and Brenda
Adams model items made in class. Pictured above, some
of the completed items are on display. The class donated
some of these items to the local homeless shelter. Pic-tured
at left members of the class toured the local Caron
International plant and watched some bundles of yarn
being assembled. Pictured below, class members pause
during the tour for a group photograph.
For information about upcoming
crochet class sessions, interested
persons can contact Lauren Spruill,
with the Division of Continuing Edu-cation,
at 940-6375 or visit the BCCC
website at www.beaufortccc.edu.
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Upcoming Events
Apr il 1-2—SGA Elections, Student Lounge, Building 9. For more information, contact Theresa Ed­wards at 940-6217.
April 1—Onyx Club meets. For more information, contact Maurice Jordan at 940-6251.
April 5-12—Spring Break.
April 6—BCCC Board of Trustees dinner 6 p.m., meeting, 6:30 p.m., Building 10, Board Room.
Apr il 13—Gamma Beta Phi meeting. For more information, contact Wesley Beddard at 940-6226 or Crystal Ange at 940-6216.
Apr il 13 —BCCC Job Fair, “In Touch with Tomorrow,” 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Multi-purpose Room, Building 10, BCCC campus. For more information, contact Sandria McFadden at 252-940-6353.
Apr il 19—Discover Your Future, information session for prospective Allied Health students, noon, Room 927, Building 8. For more information, contact Mandy Jones at 940-6242.
April 20—BCANS meets. For more information, contact Sherry Glover at 940-6265.
April 20—SGA meeting to announce 2010-2011 officers, noon, Student Lounge, Building 9.
Apr il 20—MLT Open House, noon to 1 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m., Room 934, Building 9. For more informa­tion, contact Mandy Jones at 940-6242 or Fashikie Smith at 940-6207.
April 22—Onyx Club meets. For more information, contact Maurice Jordan at 940-6251.
April 22—Earth Day. Watch for information on events.
Apr il 27—Graduate and Outstanding Student Recognition, 3 to 5 p.m., Multipurpose Room, Building 10. For more information, contact Theresa Edwards at 940-6217.
To publicize an event, contact the public relations staff no later than the 15th of the month in order to list your event in the next edition of Campus Connections. E-mail your announcements to Betty Gray at bettyg@beaufortccc.edu.
BCCC Foundation cutthroat croquet tourney set
Registration is now under way for the Seventh Annual Cutthroat Croquet Tour­nament to be held Saturday, May 15 along the waterfront in Bath.
The tournament is an annual fund-raiser to continue the Dorothy and John Tankard Memorial Scholarship for a Bath or Belhaven student at Beaufort County Community College and for enhancing Historic Bath, to which the Tankards were dedicated.
The tournament will be held in conjunction with Bath Fest, a day-long series of activities that will also include historic demonstrations, homes tours and a crafts show all within walking distance in Bath. As players complete their play, they may tour the entire area at no charge.
Southern Bank and Trust Co. of Belhaven, Rod Cantrell, CFP, Edward Jones Investments of Washington and Tankard Farms are the corporate sponsors of the tournament.
The registration fee for the tournament is $35 for each player. The fee includes at least two rounds of croquet and a picnic lunch. Spectators may join participants for lunch for a fee of $15.
All players must register between 9:30 and 10 a.m. They will begin play as soon as a group of four has gathered. The tournament is single-elimination format played over eight, six-wicket courses laid out on the lawn beside the Bonner House on Front Street in Bath overlooking Bath Creek. The winners in each round will move up through the ranks until a final winner is determined in a format much like the recent NCAA basketball tournament. Standard white croquet dress is requested but not required.
To register for the tournament, interested persons can contact Marcia Norwood at 940-6218.