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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
announced completion of the new medical
education building for its School of
Medicine. The Bowman Gray Center for
Medical Education opened in Wake Forest
Innovation Quarter in downtown Winston
Salem after an 18-month renovation of a
former Reynolds American tobacco manu
facturing plant. The Bowman Gray Center
qualified for historic tax credits worth
more than $23 million toward its estimated
$60 million cost.
'Today marks the end of a well-execut
ed vision to move a significant portion of
our School of Medicine and become part
of a community of innovation, discovery
and collaboration in Wake Forest
Innovation Quarter," said John D.
McConnell, M.D., CEO, Wake Forest
Baptist Medical Center. "Wake Forest
School of Medicine's growth is not
defined by this new location, but by its
great faculty, staff, students and alumni. Its
footprint now covers many education,
research and health care facilities includ
ing the new Bowman Gray Center."
The facility is designed with the next
generation of physician-leaders in mind.
Today's medical learners are diverse and
technologically savvy. Team-based, inter
professional learning for students requires
the flexible space that the new building
provides, and includes a tiered classroom,
large and small group classrooms, as well
as dedicated areas for quiet, individual
study.
"We are preparing a collaborative,
highly skilled health care workforce that is
better prepared to respond to our commu
nity's health needs," said Edward
Abraham, M.D., dean of Wake Forest
School of Medicine. "Research shows
patient outcomes improve with inter-pro
fessional team-based care. Medical stu
dents who learn alongside students from
other health care professions report a better
understanding of collaborative care, and
higher levels of overall satisfaction with
their medical training and practice."
The timing of the opening of the new
Bowman Gray Center for Medical
Education coincides with Wake Forest
School of Medicine introducing one of the
most advanced medical school curricula in
the country. It allows medical students to
prepare for real-life experiences in the
most modern of settings: from outpatient
clinic to trauma center bay, complete with
the new informatics and technologies used
in patient care today.
The Bowman Gray Center for Medical
Education connects via a bridge on the
fifth floor to 525@Vine, home to Wake
Forest Baptist's department of physician
assistant studies and its nurse anesthesia
program.
The renovated former 60 series RJ.
Reynolds Tobacco Company complex
encompasses the new School of Medicine
in 168,000 square feet of space on the
north side of the building. Next year, Wake
Forest University will introduce new
undergraduate programs in biomedical sci
ences and engineering in 115,000 square
feet on the south side of the building.
"Dr. McConnell and Dean Abraham's
vision for the future of medical education
is complemented by the intersection of tra
dition and innovation that defines the
school's new location," said Wake Forest
University President Nathan O. Hatch.
"This building, which will literally and fig
uratively bring medical and liberal arts
education together under one roof, greatly
enhances opportunities for closer collabo
ration among our students and deeper
engagement within our community."
Wake Forest's first year medical stu
dents, the Class of 2020, will arrive this
week for orientation and begin classes in
the new building.
For more information, visit:
http://school .wakehealth .edu
Herbalife Job Fair to be held at Urban League
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The Winston-Salem Urban League will partner with
Herbalife to sponsor a Job Fair on Friday, July 29 at the
Urban League downtown location. The Job Fair will be
held from 9 ajn.to 1 p.m. at 201 West Fifth Street.
According to the Winston-Salem Journal, Herbalife has
pledged to double its local workforce to more than 800
full time employees by 2018. Herbalife is a global nutri
tion and weight management company with products sold
exclusively by nearly 2.3 million independent distributors
around the world.
Herbalife positions range from information technolo
gy, maintenance technicians, packaging, service desk ana
lyst, senior developer, chemists, microbiologists, associate
scientists, research and development, applications ana
lysts, forklift operator and process engineer.
The Herbalife Job Fair is one in a series of hiring
events as part of the Urban League Workforce
Development Programs and Services to assist job seekers
become gainfully employed and to help employers meet
their staffing needs.
In addition to regular job fairs, the Urban League
Employment lab, a partnership with Forsyth Tech, pro
vides resume development, electronic job search and
online job application assistance.
Job applicants who plan to attend the Herbalife Job
Fair should bring current resumes and be prepared for an
interview. For information contact Patricia Sadler at 336
725-5614
Submitted photos
Standing left to right are
Rose Weathers IV, Ron
Berra, Sharon
Anderson, Kevin Mack
(SECU employee).
Seated left to right are
Doris Sommer, Michelle
Nathan, and Allisha
Waddell.
(Below)Shown left to
right are Sharon
Anderson (SECU advi
sory board member),
Vernon Hart II (recipi
ent), William Buck
(SECU employee), and
Ron Berra (Forsyth
Tech employee).
SECU members award contin
uing education scholarships
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Through its member-funded SECU
Foundation, State Employees' Credit
Union (SECU) members have awarded ten
local students an SECU Continuing
Education Scholarship valued at $750 for
study at Forsyth Technical Community
College. The scholarship recipients are:
Ross Weathers IV, Allisha Waddell,
Michelle Nathan, Doris Sommer, and
Vernon Hart D.
Launched in 2013, the scholarship pro
gram focuses on assisting the needs of
North Carolina's unemployed and under
employed citizens, military veterans, and
members of the North Carolina National
Guard seeking short-term job training for
new careers or retraining to advance cur
rent job skills. Scholarship funding will be
applied to tuition and other expenses asso
ciated with their eligible program of study
through the Community College System's
Back-to-Work Program and continuing
education courses.
State Employees' Credit Union's local
Advisory Board member Sharon Anderson
comments, "The SECU Continuing
Education Scholarship program provides
an excellent opportunity to assist North
Carolina's unemployed and underem
ployed citizens with career training and
marketable job skills needed for today's
workplace. We look forward to the long
term success of these scholarship recipi
ents as they build a better economic future
for themselves, their families, and our
State."
With this $435,000 commitment for
Continuing Education Scholarships and
SECU Foundation's annual $580/100
"People Helping People" Community
College Scholarships, funding for the NC
Community College System now totals
over $1 million.
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