Wake Tech News

RALEIGH, N.C. (April 22, 2017) - Teams of engineering students from Wake Tech and Durham Tech faced off today in a competition that literally got wheels turning! Their challenge: to design and build a “Rube Goldberg” machine that could perform a simple task in a not-so-simple way.

RALEIGH, N.C. (April 19, 2017) -Two Wake Tech students have received national scholarships that will help them launch careers. Casey Alvarez and Pervis Williams, students in Wake Tech’s Heavy Equipment and Transport Technology/Construction Equipment Systems program, have each been awarded $1,000 from the mikeroweWORKS foundation.

U.S. Senator Thom Tillis visited Wake Tech’s Northern Wake Campus on Wednesday, April 12, to discuss cybersecurity training and veterans programs offered at the college.

RALEIGH, N.C. (April 10, 2017) - Wake Tech's annual Open House was a huge success! The college hosted three events on March 25 and April 8 at the Northern Wake, Main, and Perry Health Sciences Campuses.

RALEIGH, N.C. (April 6, 2017) - Wake Tech has added another female executive to the college’s leadership team. Marla Tart, a licensed CPA, has been named Vice President of Finance and Business Services.

Wake Tech Community College has launched a new Collaborative Robotics program at its Advanced Manufacturing Center in Raleigh. The training program features YuMi®, an award-winning, dual-arm, small-parts-assembly robot that includes flexible hands and state-of-the-art controls.

Middle and high school students put their math skills to the test today in the 26th annual Regional Math Contest, hosted by Wake Tech’s Mathematics and Physics Department.

North Carolina’s 58 community colleges show students the route to a better life – and play a vital role in regional and statewide economic development.

The Wake County Board of Commissioners has appropriated funds for new projects on several Wake Tech campuses. The FY 2017 Capital Improvement Plan totals $24.4 million dollars for these new projects as well as $1 million for the IT infrastructure required to expand online programs.