Two organizations are teaming up to recognize the best of Wayne County’s small businesses.
The Small Business Center at Wayne Community College and the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce are seeking nominations for “Small Business of the Year” and “Startup of the Year” awards.
Nominees for the 2015 awards must be based or operated in Wayne County and meet the U.S. Small Business Administration criteria for classification as a “small business.” All legal small businesses are eligible, including those in agriculture, manufacturing, service sector, retail, and all forms of industry. Past winners are ineligible for the three award cycles immediately following their award.
The Small Business of the Year award will be given to the small business that has most demonstrated excellence in business practices, customer service, and community involvement. Other criteria include being a respected corporate citizen, growth potential, and value to the community through either job creation or general positive image.
To qualify for “Startup of the Year,” nominees must have opened their doors for the first time in either of 2014 or 2015. The winner in this category will have “exhibited exceptional thoughtfulness and organization throughout the process of creating its business plan and seeing that plan through to fruition.”
Anyone may nominate a business for an award or they may nominate themselves.
Other criteria specific to each of the awards are detailed on their respective nomination forms.
Forms are available from the Small Business Center in Room 108 of the Walnut Building on the college’s main campus, by contacting Linda Berard at (919) 739.6940 or lrberard@waynecc.edu, or by going to www.wayneworksnc.com.
Nomination packets must be submitted to the Small Business Center by Nov. 30, 2015.
All nominated business will be recognized and the awards will be presented at the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Banquet to be held on Thursday, January 28, 2016. Tickets for the event will available from the chamber.
For more information on these awards, contact the center’s director, Scott Wolford, at (919) 739-6941 or sawolford@waynecc.edu.
The Small Business Center is a component of the Wayne Business and Industry Center at Wayne Community College. The Center provides access to business resources and one-on-one counseling for exploring business ideas, starting a business, or expanding an existing business, and offers free seminars on a variety of topics.
For assistance with business plans, licensing, taxes, federal and state government regulations, business ownership, loan and grant proposals, money sources, market research, cash flow projections, or business management, contact Wolford.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 14,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry, and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 72 college credit programs.
Wayne Community College’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.
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Wayne Community College invites the public to join it in honoring America’s veterans and military service members.
The college will hold a ceremony at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at the Veterans Monument on its campus. Lt. Col. Michael L. Haire, USAF will provide the keynote address. College employees and students and the Southern Wayne High School High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps will also participate. A reception will follow the program.
Lt. Col. Haire is commander of the 4th Comptroller Squadron on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. He provides financial management, accounting, and financial services to the 4th Fighter Wing, 916th Air Refueling Wing, two Air National Guard bases, and other tenant units. He has served in a variety of financial management positions at the system program office, wing and major command levels.
He has been awarded the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster, National Defense Service Medal with one bronze star, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
The college will also host a Military and Partners Expo in the Atrium of the Wayne Learning Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizations that provide services to military members, veterans groups, and service branch representatives will set up displays and provide information. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Mobile Vet Center will be stationed in the parking lot in front of the Wayne Learning Center to provide counseling and information on available services for veterans.
An open house will be held in the college’s Military Resource Center for the public to see the new facility. It is located in Room 224 of the Wayne Learning Center.
The ceremony will be moved into Moffatt Auditorium in the Wayne Learning Center Atrium in the event of inclement weather.
Wayne Community College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs. Anyone who anticipates needing accommodation or has questions about access should contact Latisha Cowan at 919-739-6729 or lbcowan@waynecc.edu.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 14,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry, and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 72 college credit programs.
Wayne Community College’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.
Follow WCC on Facebook and Twitter.
Wayne Community College and Wayne County Public Library will co-sponsor a talk by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer José Galvez about his experiences documenting Latino life and an exhibit of his works on Nov. 10.
“Aqui Estamos” will include a display of Galvez’s black-and-white photos that opens at 6 p.m., his presentation from 7-8 p.m., and a reception with the artist among the works to wrap up the evening.
The free public event will be held in Moffatt Auditorium and the Atrium of the Wayne Learning Center on the college’s main campus in Goldsboro. It serves as the college’s Cultural Diversity/Global Education Committee’s fall World View lecture.
Since the late 1960s, Tucson, Arizona native Galvez has used black and white photography to document Latino life and culture in the United States.
A newspaper photographer for more than 20 years, Galvez was a member of a team of reporters and photographers at the “Los Angeles Times” that won a Pulitzer Prize in Community Service for a series on the Latino experience in Southern California.
Galvez served as senior photo editor and contributor to “Americanos,” a multi-media exhibition documenting Latino life in the United States led by Edward James Olmos. His first book, “Vatos,” a collaboration with Luis Alberto Urrea, was honored by the American Library Association. “Beloved Land,” which he co-authored with famed oral historian Patricia Martin, explored the lives of Mexican pioneer ranchers in the American Southwest. And his latest book, “Shine Boy,” combines his life story and his photographs.
Galvez’s photographs have been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries in the U.S. and abroad, including the Smithsonian Institution, and also at schools, libraries, fiestas, lowrider shows, and rodeos. He has spoken at dozens of colleges and universities.
In 2004, Galvez and his family moved to North Carolina to photograph Hispanic immigration in the South and he continues to travel the country photographing Latinos wherever he goes.
The National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, through the support of the Ford Foundation and JP Morgan Chase, awarded Galvez and his wife Anne partial funding to create the photography/oral history project “Land of Opportunity: Latino Entrepreneurs of North Carolina” in 2004. “Patriotísmo,” a collection of his photographs shot after 9/11, was installed in the Las Cruces, NM, Federal Courthouse in 2010.
More about Galvez’s work can be found at www.josegalvez.com and on his Facebook page.
For more information on the talk, contact Tara Humphries at (919) 739-7002 or tarah@waynecc.edu.
Wayne Community College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing accommodations or have questions about access, please contact the college’s Disability Services Counselor at (919) 739-6729 or lbcowan@waynecc.edu.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 14,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry, and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 72 college credit programs.
Wayne Community College’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.
Follow WCC on Facebook and Twitter.
Two Wayne Community College employees were honored during the recent North Carolina Association of Educational Office Professionals (AEOP) District 12 meeting.
Annette Hill was named the Educational Office Professional of the Year. She is the administrative assistant for WCC’s Dental Department and has held several offices in the WCC AEOP unit.
Dr. Patricia Pfeiffer was presented the 2014-15 Administrator of the Year award. She is the chair of the college’s Allied Health and Public Services Division and has been employed at WCC for 29 years.
Both women were the winners of their awards at the unit level and will be the District 12 nominees for the awards at the state level.
The AEOP is a professional organization of educational office personnel and administrators. It provides educational opportunities and a professional standards certificate program for its members, scholarships for members and students, a legislative platform, and awards at levels from the individual unit to the state organization.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 14,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry, and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 72 college credit programs.
Wayne Community College’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.
Follow WCC on Facebook and Twitter.
The Wayne Business and Industry Center will offer the free seminar “Small Business Resources” 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Steele Memorial Library in Mount Olive.
This seminar, presented by the Women’s Business Center, provides information about programs and resources available to current and future small business owners.
To register, go to www.ncsbc.net, click on “Contact your Local SBC,” select “Wayne County,” choose an event, and click “Register.” Participants also may contact Linda Berard at (919) 739-6940 or lrberard@waynecc.edu.
This seminar is provided by the Small Business Center which is a component of the Wayne Business and Industry Center at Wayne Community College. In addition to offering seminars, the Center provides access to business resources and one-on-one counseling for exploring business ideas, starting a business, or expanding an existing business. For assistance with business plans, licensing, taxes, federal and state government regulations, business ownership, loan and grant proposals, money sources, market research, cash flow projections, or business management, contact the center’s director, Scott Wolford, at (919) 739-6941 or sawolford@waynecc.edu.
Wayne Community College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs. Anyone who anticipates needing accommodation or has questions about access should contact Mrs. Berard at (919) 739-6940.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 14,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry, and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 72 college credit programs.
Wayne Community College’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.
