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Carolina Journal is taking a brief look at each new member of the General Assembly — 10 in the Senate and 11 in the House. We look at where they’ve been, what they’re doing now, and what we might expect them to do as lawmakers. The 2021-22 session began in late January. Expect COVID-19 and the ongoing fallout from the pandemic to be top priorities for lawmakers, who are crafting a new budget for the biennium. They’ll also draw new legislative and congressional maps for the next decade...

February 8, 2021 Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences is partnering with Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh to certify pharmacy technology students so they can administer vaccines under the supervision of a pharmacist. Campbell will provide a four-hour Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) training course at Wake Tech’s Perry Health Sciences campus. The Wake Tech Foundation will cover the cost of the course for the initial group of students. “Camp...

Amazon teaming with Wake Tech to offer robotics training, jobs with e-commerce giant Zachery Eanes, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Jan. 30—RALEIGH — Wake Technical Community College said it will become one of just a handful of institutions to offer a new robotics apprenticeship with e-commerce giant Amazon. As part of the partnership, Wake Tech is launching a Mechatronics and Robotics Apprenticeship program that will train people how to perform maintenance on the high-t...

RALEIGH – Wake Tech is gearing up to provide training in robotics and other automated equipment for Amazon and will offer the program at its Beltline Education Center in Raleigh. The community college disclosed details about its program Friday morning. Amazon announced the partnership on Thursday as part of its efforts to enhance career opportunities for employees at its growing warehouse operations, including a new one in Garner. “We’re thrilled to receive this designation by Amazon,” ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Home developers said they believe new construction is not keeping up with population increases in the Triangle. "The demand is there, no question. The money is there, no question. Our builders desperately want to meet that demand head on. Its labor, its access to materials, its lot availability," said Paul Kane, the Executive Vice President and CEO of the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County. Through November, single-family permitted homes were slightly up co...

Updated December 22, 2020 8:22 a.m. EST By Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter Raleigh, N.C. — When the economy falters, community college enrollment normally rises as people seek to retrain for better employment opportunities. After recession hit in 2008, for example, Wake Technical Community College President Scott Ralls said the impact was immediate and long-lasting. "For about a three-year period, our enrollment grew by about 28 percent," Ralls said. While the pandemic hasn’t cause...

Updated December 11, 2020 7:44 p.m. EST By Leslie Moreno, WRAL multimedia journalist Raleigh, N.C. — Seventy-two nurses received their pins in a drive-thru ceremony Friday upon graduating from Wake Technical Community College, becoming the newest faces on the front line of the coronavirus battle. Recognizing that licensure exams will take longer to administer during the pandemic because fewer testing sites are open and students will have to take it individually in order to maintain physic...

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