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College Joins 35 University Leaders Nationwide To Launch Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity Wake Tech partners with higher education leaders to address major challenges facing students and communities across the country. By:   Michelle Fauver    |    Web Posted: 03/17/21 2:40pm Raleigh, NC (March 17, 2021) – Today, Wake Technical Community College joined nearly 40 institutions to launch the Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity. Wake Tech and Taskforce member partners are driven to act by the challenges caused by the pandemic, income inequality,...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – The Triangle’s job market is staying resilient through the COVID-19 pandemic, with local hiring activity ramping up in recent weeks. And new data indicates that many more jobs are coming as the number of startups swells accross the region as well as the state. WRAL TechWire’s weekly jobs column keeps readers posted on local job and internship opportunities. Every Monday, we round up the latest information from the region’s top job boards, offering a breakdown of how many jobs are posted, which companies are hiring and for what positions. We’ve also included ...

WRAL TechWire keeps tabs on the latest and greatest meetups, panels, workshops, conferences, application deadlines and all things happening in the North

by Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter — March 11, 2021 . DURHAM, N.C. – The federal government has awarded Merck more than $100 million to produce coronavirus vaccine at its Durham plant. Johnson & Johnson enlisted Merck’s help to ramp up production of its one-dose vaccine. President Joe Biden announced this week a government deal to secure 100 million more doses of the vaccine beyond an initial agreement to purchase 100 million units. “Vaccine supply has been the great limiting step in getting people vaccinated,” said Dr. Thomas Holland, an infectious disease expert with the Duke ...

By:   Traci Ashley    |    Web Posted: 03/09/21 1:30pm RALEIGH, N.C. (March 9, 2021) – Anthony Caison, Sr., Vice President of Workforce Continuing Education at Wake Tech, has been selected to serve on a national advisory committee tasked with identifying how community colleges can build high-quality non-degree programs that lead to high-quality jobs. The New Models of Career Preparation initiative on behalf of the Center on Education & Labor at New America, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, aims to develop new career preparation models that offer faster, more af...