Our Objectives

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Pathways to Successful Careers Biotechnology
Internships, Apprenticeships and
Outcomes September 12, 2006, Piedmont Triad
Research Park, Winston Salem, NC

• Our Objectives
• A lively panel overview on innovative practices
  for the increasing demand for internships/apprenti
  ceships with biotechnology training experts and
  an employers experience.
• Panelists will give a quick A,B,C, overview of
  what is an apprenticeship and an internship.
  Students will give their testimonies.

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Introductions Russ Read, National Center for
the Biotechnology Workforce Co- moderator, Dr.
Rebecca Dunn Panel A Apprenticeships ( 30
minutes ) The New Hampshire Apprenticeship
Program Dr. Sonia Wallman, Director of the
National Center for Expertise in Biomanufacturing
Training, New Hampshire Community Technical
College, Portsmouth, NH. Student apprentices
Katrice Jalbert, David Haddad Panel B
Internships in Biotechnology in the Piedmont
Triad ( 45 minutes ) Debra Perret, Community
Affairs and Grants Manager, Targacept, Winston -
Salem, NC Dr. Rebecca Dunn, Chair, Biology
Department, Salem College, Winston- Salem,
NC. Dr. Lucas Shallua, Chair, Forsyth Tech,
Director of the National Center of Expertise in
Biotechnology Research and Development Training,
Forsyth Tech, Winston Salem, NC. Student
interns Brittany Owen, Jim Crawford, Mica Welsh,
Bobby Kanode Panel C Future Perspectives on
Internships( 15 minutes ) Dr. Stephen Johnson,
Biotechnology Workforce Outcomes Research Manager
Forsyth Tech, Winston-Salem, NC Jenny Stokes,
Young Professionals Coordinator, Action
Greensboro
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Thank You Sponsors!

• The Piedmont Triad Research Park
• The Business Journal
• Action Greensboro
• Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network
• ? Piedmont Triad Partnership
• North Carolina Biotechnology Center (Piedmont
  Triad Office)
• New Hampshire Technical Community College
• Salem College
• Salem Kitchen
• Targacept
• ? Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
• ? Forsyth Technical Community College
• ? NCCCS BioNetwork
• ? National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce