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partners TA L E C R I S B I OT H E R A P E U T I C S N A M E D J C C ’ S TO P B U S I N E S S PA R T N E R Talecris Biotherapeutics is the 2010 recipient of the Johnston Community College Business and Industry Partner of the Year.
customized training programs at the College. Since 2008, Talecris Biotherapeutics has contributed or pledged more than $150,000 in monetary support for facilities, business The award was presented Feb. 10 at the Breakfast before and industry programming, and student scholarships at JCC. Business event, which was hosted by the Johnston Community The company has also donated nearly $40,000 in equipment College Foundation, the Johnston County Association of and supplies for training opportunities at the Johnston County Chambers of Commerce, and the JCC Economic and Workforce Workforce Development Center in Clayton. Development department. The event was sponsored by BB&T, JCC administrators present Talecris First Citizens Bank, Four Oaks Bank, and KS Bank. representatives with the 2010 Business and Industry Partner Award. Talecris Biotherapeutics received the award based on the company’s philanthropy to education and its support of
JCC THANKS LEGISLATORS AND ASKS FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT Johnston Community College held its annual Legislative Breakfast Monday, Jan. 24 on the main campus in Smithfield. Federal, state, and county leaders, community college representatives, JCC students, and faculty and staff attended the event, including representatives for Congresswoman Renee Ellmers, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, and U.S. Senator Kay Hagan. N.C. Sen. David Rouzer, N.C. Rep. Leo Daughtry, and N.C. Rep. James Langdon and several county commissioners were also present.
Over the past four years, JCC has grown by some 4,000 students — or 29 percent. College leaders thanked legislators for their support, but also stressed the need to fully fund $34 million in enrollment growth monies for the state’s 58 community colleges, of which JCC is the 15th largest. JCC trustee Durwood Woodall, left, and Sen. David Rouzer, right, talk to student Dawn Stancil about her community college experience.