Wake Tech News

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.

Wake Technical Community College is one of “a select group of diverse, high-potential” institutions chosen for a national effort to increase student success.

John Deere heavy equipment dealers and vendors who work on John Deere equipment from across the Southeast joined students and faculty at a Wake Tech Open House. The annual event, showcasing the college’s John Deere Agriculture Technology program, was a huge success, with more than 250 attending.

Wake Tech is part of a unique new partnership that has been established to help entrepreneurs in Southeast Raleigh thrive.

Anthony Caison, Vice President of Workforce Continuing Education at Wake Tech, has been accepted into Leadership North Carolina’s 2016-17 class.