Careers
Briefs
Marty promoted at WFU
Dina Marty, an attorney in Wake Forest
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Associate Counsel to
Counsel effective Feb. I,
201 1 . Marty joined the legal
department in 2001 as assis
tant counsel and was pro
moted to associate counsel
in 2006
While at, Wake Forest,
her work has focused on a
variety of practice areas,
including student concerns.
Marty
employment of staff and
faculty, charitable giving, and privacy and securi- j
ty. including HIPAA.
Before coming to Wake Forest, Marty clerked
for Judge Trevor Sharp in the U.S. District Court
for the Middle District of North Carolina. She
graduated from Drake University with a bache
lor's degree in journalism and mass communica
tions and earned her law degree from Wake Forest
School of Law.
Justin McKenzie joins
WSSU administration
Justin D. McKenzie has been named Associate
Provost and Chief Information Officer for
Winston-Salem State University (WSSU).
"'Justin's background in higher education and
Mckenzie
the private sector has cer
tainly prepared him to take
on the role of leading our
information technology
area." said Provost Dr.
Brenda A. Allen.
McKenzie is currently
the associate vice president
and chief information offi
cer for the Florida Institute
of Technology and previ
ously had spent six years at
the University of Southern
Mississippi, where he served as director of infor
mation and technology and as chief technology
officer. Prior to entering higher education, he was
an engineering manager with Howard
Technologies in Laurel. Miss, and a lead client
support engineer with Andersen Consulting in
Bay St. Louis. Miss.
A graduate of the University of Southern
Mississippi, he holds a B.S. degree in engineering
technology and information systems and an M.S.
degree in engineering technology from there. He
also earned an MBA in IT management from
William Carey University and is currently work
ing on a Ph.D. in human capital development.
Crisis Control staff changes
Crisis Control Ministry has
promoted Chelsea Fran/.ese to r
pharmacy operations manager.
She was the long-term case
manager for the Breaking the
Cycle program and has been
with Crisis Control since 2003.
Jacinta White has joined the
staff as long-term case manag- (
er. She received her BA in I
speech communications from |
UNC Greensboro and her
Master of Public
Administration from Georgia
State University. White is a
published poet and spends her
time facilitating poetry writing
workshops. She has worked
with several local organizations
in this capacity, including Arts
of Life/Brenner Children's
Hospital. Hospice and the
Juvenile Detention Center.
White is currently working on
her poetry therapist certifica
tion.
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Small businesses, nonprofits
take advantage of bank program
f-'irst Community Bank's FCB Resource One pro
gram was designed to help small businesses become
more efficient with their use of limited time and ener
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helping nonprofits.
The program provides
things like a bundled package
of much-needed and easy-to
use services, including busi
ness checking and online
banking.
Local nonprofits are now
taking advantage of the pro
gram.
"As a small nonprofit.
Imprints has a very lean staff.
So being able to use Resource One to access online
services so readily helps significantly with our
accounting," Nikki Byers. executive director of
Imprints, said. "We can see and pull reports together
at a moment's notice - not to mention that we don't
have to drive across town for services." -
For more information about First Community
Bank's Resource One program, visit
www.FCBresource.com/business.
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DC-based WSSU student pushes legislative careers
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A Winston-Salem State University
(WSSU) student who is serving as an
intern in the Congressional Black Caucus
Foundation in Washington D.C. wants to
do her share to expose minority students to
international study and legislative career
opportunities.
Amilca O'Conner, a WSSU senior
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renammauon siuaies
major, is one of nine
participants in this
year's Congressional
Black Caucus
Foundation Inc.'s
(CBCF) Emerging
Leaders intern pro
gram in Washington
DC. She is also
currently enrolled in
George Washington
University's
Semester in
Washington Program, giving her a combi
nation of hands-on coursework and net
working opportunities. The Raleigh native
is assigned to the U.S. Department of
Labor's Office of Disability Employment
Policy.
Having pursued international study and
an internship on Capital Hill, O'Conner
sees herself in a rewarding and unique
position that many minorities never con
sider. She recently wrote a blog about her
experiences for the U.S Department of
Labor
(http://social.dol.gov/blog/ifcscovering
public-service).
"This has been an awesome experience,
and while I don't have a job yet, I know
that in whatever I will eventually do, I will
be committed to exposing minority stu
dents to international study and careers in
legislative roles." said O'Conner. "Many
minorities may not be aware of the educa
tional advantages and promising career
possibilities available in these areas."
The CBCF Emerging Leaders Series
(ELS) began in 2004 as a special track of
issue forums during the Annual Legislative
Conference (ALC) designed to equip stu
dents and young professionals with leg
islative and advocacy tools to effect
change in their communities.
Program Interns receive a stipend and
housing and work in CBC member offices.
They also attend professional develop
See ?'Conner on AS
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From left: Mission Specialists Nicole Stott, Michael Rarratt, Pilot Eric Boe, Commander
Steve Lindsey and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew and Steve Ho wen pose for a photograph
in front of the Space Shuttle Discovery after they landed on Wednesday, March 9 at
Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., completing Discovery's final flight.
Since I9S4. Discovery flew 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited Earth 5 ji 30
times and traveled I48J21 ,675 miles.
Forsyth Tech receives millions in software
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Siemens is giving Forsyth Technical Community College software that has a commer
cial value of $40.2 million. This is the largest single in-kind grant the school has ever
received.
The in-kind software grant, made through Siemens PLM Software's GO PLM? initia
tive. will provide the college with software introducing students to product design, devel
opment and manufacturing processes technology used by many of the world's leading man
ufacturing companies.
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development solution; and CAM
Express software, will be incorporated into the Mechanical Engineering Technology and
Machining Technology curricula, which will be used, in part, to train those hired at the new
Caterpillar facility in Winston-Salem.
"This grant from Siemens PLM Software exponentially expands our ability to train our
students in advanced technologies and prepare them for in-demand manufacturing jobs,"
said Todd Bishop, program coordinator of Forsyth Tech's Mechanical Engineering
Technology program. Bishop applied for the grant a.'d will serve as a liaison between
Siemens PLM Software and Forsyth Tech.
Beautiful honor for city's Stilphen
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George Stilphen, the
executive director of Keep
Winston-Salem Beautiful
and the coordinator of the
Forsyth County Big Sweep,
has received an outstanding
community involvement
award from N.C. Big Sweep
to recognize the record num
ber of volunteers who partic
ipated in the 2009 Big
Sweep.
The 4,086 volunteers in
Forsyth County who partici
pated in the 2009 fall North
Carolina Big Sweep is the
most Big Sweep volunteers
any county has ever had. The
previous record, also set by
Forsyth County, was 3,817
volunteers in 2007.
"George does a phenom
enal job getting the commu
nity involved in Big Sweep,"
said Judy Bolin, the presi
dent of N.C. Big Sweep. "He
continually leads the way for
other county coordinators.
I'm hoping 2011 will be
another record-breaking
year."
Big Sweep was founded
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George Stilphen at a Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful event.
in 1987 as Beach Sweep, a
coastal cleanup with 1 ,000
volunteers. That cleanup
expanded inland and was
renamed in 1989 to become
North Carolina Big Sweep,
the nation's first statewide
waterway cleanup. During
its 24-year history, more
than 300,000 volunteers
have retrieved more than 10
million pounds of debris.
Keep Winston-Salem
Beautiful is an affiliate of
Keep America Beautiful,
which initiates, plans and
coordinates programs to con
trol litter and beautify
Winston-Salem. Annual
events include Big Sweep,
the Great Winston^Sahrm
Clean-up. and Community
Roots Day. Keep Winston
Salem Beautiful also over
sees such programs as
Adopt-a-Street, Adopt-a
Park and Adopt-a-Flower
Bed. N.C.
New company
chosen as key
sponsor for
April green event
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Piedmont Environmental Alliance
(PEA) has announced that Eretz Design
will he a Gold level sponsor of the
Earth Day Eair and will outfit 150 vol
unteers in organic cotton tees. The 6th
annual Piedmont Earth Day Fair will be
held at the Dixie Classic Fair grounds
on Saturday. April 16. Eretz Design will
he one of over 1(H) exhibitors offering
fairgoers solutions and tips for how to
live, work and play in ways that protect
the environment.
Former Reynolds High School bas
ketball teammates Garry Wadell. Will
macKweii ana
Scott Spransy are
partners in the
n e w I y - f o r m e d
company.
Winston
Salem-based
Eretz (air-ritz)
Design special
izes in organic t
shirts made out of
bamboo, cotton
and hemp and
Waddell
screen printed using water-based inks.
The word "Eretz" is an ancient word
meaning "land." The mission of Eretz
Design is to demonstrate how practic
ing a sustainable lifestyle not only
makes good environmental sense, but is
economically feasible as well. The
company's tees have been described as
comfortable, functional and affordable.
The shirts also have a minimal impact
on the Earth, according to PEA Co
Founder Janet Loew. who hopes more
people choose to buy organic .
"Cotton is one of the most chemi
cally treated crops in the world," says
Loew. "It takes about a pound of raw
cotton to make one t-shirt. and tradi
tional farms use roughly one-third a
pound of pesticides for every pound of
cotton grown."
Organic cotton is different. It is
grown without the use of toxic pesti
cides or synthetic fertilizers. Organic
farmers use a mix of non-toxic methods
to control pests, including beneficial
insect releases. In addition, organic
standards prohibit the use of genetical
ly engineered seeds.
In addition to outfitting the volun
teers. Eretz Design is selling their envi
ronmentally friendly organic cotton
tees online
(http://www.eretzdesign.net/our-pea
tee.html) and will sell them at the Fair.
Volunteers are still needed for the
event. Learn more at
http://www.peanc.orfi .