artin Lancaster Ylamed View System IPresident
On May 16, 1997, the State Board of Community Colleges unanimously named
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Martin Lancaster as the new
president of the North Carolina Community College System. President Lancaster
assumed his new duties on July 1 and has been visiting many of the colleges in the
system. President Lancaster will be formally installed as our president at Wayne
Community College on October 22 prior to the President's Association meeting.
We are pleased to have President Lancaster as our guest at our Fall Conference. He
will be speaking at a special session on Wednesday afternoon which will be
followed by an informal reception. We hope that many of you will attend and take
this opportunity to welcome our new president. The North Carolina Community
College Adult Educators Association looks forward to working with Mr. Lancaster
to help strengthen our system in every way.
Nothe
J f you have blocked rooms and found that your arrangements have changed,
please call the Adam's Mark to release the rooms or offer them to someone at
another institution. The telephone number for the Adam's Mark is 910-725-
3500. Thank you for your help.
Reminders
J immy Lewis, Chair of the Door Prize Committee, asks those contacts at each
school to remember to bring your contribution to the Planning Committee
Headquarters. We appreciate your help in obtaining door prizes for the closing
business session on Friday.
Su6*MtteeC ^ *7i*K
astern Horth Garolma adult workers,
training and economic development
East of Interstate 95 North Carolina often is a different place when compared to life in the central
and western sections of the state. Many people currently pass through the east on their way to
coastal destinations and yet seldom see beyond the edges of the highways and sense the climate
of life "downeast". This part of our state is undergoing change, although slowly, and the
population is in need of increasing opportunities for employment. Yes, jobs are created here as
they are in other sections of the state, but it's obvious that not many of the Fortune 500 have
chosen to move into the region and provide those positions that require higher levels of formal
education and those high skill jobs for technicians. Rather, most new companies moving into the
area are the smaller concerns that offer manufacturing workers a place earn moderate incomes
and continue to enjoy the benefits of living in or around the places where they were bom.