SOURCE: Greenville (NC) Daily Reflector AUDIENCE: 87,680 [provided by Nielsen//NetRatings] DATE: 01−29−2012 HEADLINE: Vidant health care leader visits PCC campus Source Website Vidant health care leader visits PCC campus Sunday, January 29, 2012 WINTERVILLE " Dr. David C. Herman, president and chief operating officer of Vidant Health Care, toured Pitt Community College this month to see firsthand some of programs and services the school has to offer. PCC President G. Dennis Massey and Donna Neal, dean of the college (TM)s Health Sciences Division, showed Herman around campus during his visit. The tour included stops in the Craig F. Goess Student Center and several classroom facilities, including the William E. Fulford and Herman Simon buildings, which are home to PCC (TM)s health sciences curricula. "Dr. Herman is new to Pitt County, as of last summer, and I wanted to make sure he knows as much as possible about Pitt Community College, which is an important Vidant partner, " Massey said. "I stressed to him the importance of PCC (TM)s partnership with Vidant and the ways we are using the resources provided by Vidant and others, such as Cape Fear Valley Health System, for our students. " A native of International Falls, Minn., Herman joined Vidant last summer, previously having served as a physician leader with the Mayo Clinic. On Jan. 13, Herman chaired a health care reform symposium that Massey and Neal attended. "We learned much about how the health care system is evolving to provide better patient access and to reduce costs, " Massey said, adding that "Pitt is a true partner in these changes. " PCC in cloud computing project PCC has been selected to participate in a virtual computing environment (VCE) project developed by North Carolina State University in partnership with the N.C. Community College System. VCE is a remote access service hosted by MCNC, a nonprofit organization located in Research Triangle Park. Through the project, which utilizes cloud computing technology, students and faculty at participating community colleges can request or reserve a computer with a desired set of applications and remotely access it over the Internet. VCE helps students save money by providing them with online access to advanced software applications. It also helps participating colleges reduce the cost of information technology support and hardware for computer labs. PCC is one of 17 North Carolina community colleges taking part in the VCE project. Participating schools receive training, assistance and VCE capacity to support two courses. The N.C. Community College System Office provides the services through a pre−existing contract with N.C. State. Training for faculty and project administrators is provided at no cost to the colleges, which are required to complete VCE administrator, faculty and student evaluations in order to provide qualitative feedback on the project.
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