BCC Seeks $2 Million EDA Grant
For Aquaculture, Trainina Space
BY SUSAN USHER
Brunswick Community College's
new aquaculture program lacks
space of its own, but that could
change if a federal agency agrees to
pump 3i.5 million inio a facility.
BCC President W. Michael
Reaves said the college is complet
ing a grant pre-application to be sent
to the U.S. Economic Development
Administration. If the EDA then
gives the go-ahead, the college will
apply for $1.5 million toward con
struction of an aquaculture building
and ponds, and another $500,000 to
expand the BCC Industrial Training
Center in Leland Industrial Park.
"EDA's focus is on economic de
velopment," said Reaves, "We'll try
to show them we're creating jobs
with these two programs."
Because most of the present con
struction at BCC has been paid for
with county and not state funds.
Reaves said the project should quali
fy for matching funds from the N.C.
Department of Community Colleges.
Fourteen students are enrolled in
aquaculture technology, offered for
the first time this fall under lead in
structor Doug Holland. They will
begin talcing core curriculum cours
es next spring.
With growing nationwide interest
in aquaculture, and BCC's niche as
one of the few two-year programs of
its kind, Reaves said earlier he is op
timistic about the proposal's chances
for funding.
Efforts stalled earlier this year to
obtain funding for the aquaculture
building through the state legisla
ture.
This is the second time BCC will
seek an EDA grant for the aquacul
ture program. An earlier proposal,
which would have been a joint ven
ture with the Waccamaw-Souian
Indian Association, was withdrawn
after trustees said the proposal need
ed more consideration.
"I think we're on target. We had
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trying to develop a curriculum and a
facility at the same time," said
Johnnie Simpson, vice president for
instruction. "If our pre-application
goes, ! think we have an excellent
shot of getting the money."
Velva Jenkins, associate dean of
continuing education, said the train
ing center expansion is being plan
ned in response to increasing re
quests from existing industries for
classroom space for retraining and
continuing education, and projected
space needs for new industry based
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County Economic Development
Commission. In addition to start-up
training, new industries often need
temporary office space to oversee
that training, she said.
The center now offers a media
center, computer lab, five small
classrooms, a small multi-purpose
room and a large, petitioned area
that can be used as three classrooms
or as a conference area to seat up to
500 people.
Trustees last week also:
? adopted a benefits package for
part-time support employees who
work under annual contract at least
20" hours a week in stable positions
and are not workstudy students or
associated with the Brunswick Inter
agency Program. The package in
cludes up to four hours per month to
be used for sick or annual leave,
self-pay participation in health and
hospitalization plans, N.C. State
Employees' Credit Union member
ship, and eligibility for longevity
pay after 10 years' service with
BCC or another state agency or
school administrative unit. The plan
was limited to support personnel be
cause hours for BCC's 150 to 200
part-time instructors vary from quar
ter to quarter, said Reaves. Approxi
mately 30 employees qualify for
benefits, but the number is subject to
change.
? unanimously accepted John
Sawyer of Wilmington as the archi
tect to design BCC's allied health
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classroom and laboratory building,
after trustees had an opportunity to
meet informally with Sawyer. Sawy
er had been recommended by the
building and grounds committee, but
the full boaiii wanied more informa
tion before starting a new project,
recalling their "nightmare" experi
ence in construction of the Odcll
Williamson Auditorium.
? Trustee Dean Walters reported
several punch list items are still to
be completed, nearly two years after
the auditorium project was to have
been finished, and a new water line
to provide adequate fire suppression
pressure to the auditorium should be
installed within 30 days.
? Building and Grounds Chair
man A1 Wooten told trustees the col
lege's sewer system problem "is a
good problem to have" since it sug
gests "we have grown to the point
we outgrew our system. We would
like to see a new system that would
handle these buildings and a new
building." BCC plans to install a
grease trap for the cafeteria and
probably a new drainfield. Wooten
asked that an engineer check the
separate system serving the auditori
um because of calls suggesting it
might have a problem too.
? hired evening receptionist/
switchboard operator Deborah King,
a BCC graduate, as the new secre
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education department;
H heard from SGA President
Bobbie Anderson on plans for a
campus blood, drive, and a Nov. 1
fall festival and parking space auc
tion.
? approved a vision/beliefs state
ment for the college that pledges
commitment to meeting the diverse
needs of students, employees and
the communities it serves; and
H adopted a new set of bylaws
that includes attendance and residen
cy requirements, adds new standing
board committees on diversity and
curriculum, and designates the
chairman as the board's official
spokesman.
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