Workforce Updates
July 2024The second class of BETA Skills Summer Industry Fellows completed their two month fellows presenting their findings on Friday, July 26 at the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem NC.
Learn more about the fellows and their hosts here.
Photo courtesy Cook Medical
June 2024
BETA BAP, a unique BETA Professional Development experience for eleven college administrators from throughout the U.S took place over May (virtual) and (June) in person.
Learn about the participants, speakers, and hosts here.
May 2024NCBW Executive Director Russ Read talks about his 20+ year NCBW career, his pharma background, and his vision for shaping the future biotechnology workforce in Forsyth Tech’s Our Stories website feature.
Read more here.
InnovATEBIO released a report of the June 26-27, 2023 Envisioning the Next Bioscience Workforce national summit which convened 300 participants from education, industry, workforce development, and government.
Access the full report here.
More than 30 community college faculty, prospective industry adjunct faculty, and HR professionals participated in the Industry Bridge to Faculty (IB2F) workshop on February 29, 2024 at Alamance Community College and sponsored in conjunction with the NSF ATE InnovATEBIO Center, the NC Biotechnology Center, and NCLifeSci.
Read more here.
NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan joined First Lady Dr. Jill Biden on January 26 to launch the Piedmont Triad Regenerative Medicine Engine, recipient of the inaugural U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Engines Program award to provide an innovation ecosystem to stimulate workforce development, jobs, and economic growth. The award provides up to $15 million for two years and up to $160 million over 10 years.
Read more here.
SGA President Azeeza Evelyna, Forsyth Tech President Dr. Janet Spriggs, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, NC Governor Roy Cooper and Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines, Jan. 26, 2024
SciTech Lecture Series
SciTech Interview with Lisa Hawk, Director of Corporate Training and Business Development at Forsyth Tech
July 2024Lisa joined Russ Read and Trevor Tufano for a fascinating discussion about how customized training works in North Carolina and how she works with Forsyth County companies as well as companies who are moving here from other states.
Watch on YouTube
SciTech Interview with Beth Mitchell, Director of Career Services at Forsyth Tech
April 2024Beth Mitchell joins Russ Read and Trevor Tufano for an enlightening discussion about how students and alumni can stay on top of rapidly evolving hiring practices, including the role of AI technology, and the value that Forsyth Tech’s Career Services team and resources bring to the job search process.
Watch on YouTube
SciTech Interview with Devin Purgason, Director of Marketing & Student Care for Forsyth Tech
March 2024Devin Purgason joins Russ Read and Trevor Tufano for an animated discussion of how AI, marketing, and videography support Forsyth Tech’s mission, unique student experience, and career opportunities.
Watch on YouTube
SciTech Interview with Ian Burdick, Charter Medical LLC
January 2024Ian Burdick, Director of Biopharma Business Strategy for Charter Medical LLC, joins Russ Read and Trevor Tufano to discuss his career path as well as internships and co-ops at Charter Medical, and how Charter’s nimble innovation and continuous improvement reduces the cost and risk of delivering high-quality advanced therapies and single-use solutions to the medical field.
Watch on YouTube
The National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce (NCBW) provides leadership and a collaborative platform that directly connects industry, educators, and workforce developers to meet the nation’s ever-evolving bioscience workforce needs.
With its focus on capacity building, best practices, professional development, and skills standard generation, NCBW has led several federally funded bioscience workforce initiatives that both promote and build dynamic, on-the-ground, regional and national communities of practice that engage bioscience employers, colleges, trade and workforce organizations, and advanced manufacturing institutes.
Currently, NCBW leads the NSF ATE Skills for Biomedical Emerging Technology Applications (BETA Skills) project which explores advanced technological education for technician-specialists working in convergent technology and is a partner in InnovATEBIO, the NSF ATE National Center for Biotechnology Education, focusing on its Leadership Institute and on assessing emerging technology skill training needs.
Since 2009, NCBW’s public SciTech Lecture Series has attracted a large and diverse monthly audience. Students, faculty, entrepreneurs, scientists, and other interested participants from throughout the community have participated in more than eighty sessions.
NCBW is also home to a state-of-the-art Analytical and Molecular Skills Development Laboratory which provides advanced training and internships for students, as well as equipment and bench space rental to small companies and researchers. AMSDL is a key component of NCBW’s professional development programs which attract bioscience instructors and selected high-school science teachers from across the United States and beyond.
