Page 10 March 2006 The AC Phoenix GOV. EASLEY ATTENDED FORSYTH TECH NEW DUILDING OPENING WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (March 2, 2006) - The Honorable Mike Easley attended the opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for Forsyth Technical Community College’s new Technology and Student Services Building, Thursday, March 2. The five-story, 87,155 square-foot facility is located on the college’s Main Campus at 2100 Silas Creek Parkway. Additional speakers included Dr. Gary M. Green, president of Forsyth Tech; Dr. Kenneth M. Sadler, chair. Board of Trustees; Gloria D. Whisenhunt, chair. Board of Commissioners Forsyth County; Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, chair. State Board of Communify Colleges and Graham Pervier, Forsyth County manager. The building has 29 class rooms and labs, four biology labs, three lecture rooms, one training room, a bookstore, the student government association office, a student vending area and approximately 60 faculty and staff offices. The college's biotechnology, information tech nology and several college transfer programs will be housed there. The Thomas H. Davis iTec Center, which provides high-end computer training for students, parents, teachers and other area employees, is also located in the new building. “The Technology and Student Services Building provides much-needed space for classes and laboratories where faculty and students will address the knowledge and skills needed for the innovation economy,’’ said Dr. Green, president of Forsyth Tech. Forsyth Tech’s new Technology and Student Services Building is the first new building construction on the college's Main Campus since 1996. The cost of the Honorable Mike Easley and Dr. Gary M. Green, president of Forsyth Tech Mount Zion Baptist Church 9SS i^ttf >«rih tareiina Dr. SCTt'iiu.s T. Chnna .Sr., FiMiCor AimTM “Celebrate the JOY of the Resurrection With Us” Easter Sunrise Service 6:30 am Sunday Church School 9:25 am Worship Service 11:00 am Bible Study: Monday, 7:00 pm Wednesday, 12 Noon Outreach Ministry, Radio Station WPOL 1340 Sunday Mornings 8:00 - 8:30 am Prayer Conference - Thursday, 7:00 pm “CALL ME FOR ALL OF YOl ED HAIRSTON Vice President Fifth Street Banking Center Tel; 336.721.4505 Fax; 336.721.0448 1300 East Fifth Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 ED HAIRSTON Bankof America