Wake Tech News

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Automotive industry icon Rick Hendrick helped kick off construction of Wake Tech’s new automotive training facility with a $1 million gift from Hendrick Automotive Group and by unveiling the name, “Hendrick Center for Automotive Excellence.”

Wake Invests in Women, an innovative collective impact approach to address income gaps between men and women, presented its first progress report to the Wake County Board of Commissioners today.

Wake Tech is pleased to announce that the college has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of $422,428 to help meet industry need for skilled technicians in technical art, photogrammetry, and technical animation.

Dr. Scott Ralls, president of Wake Technical Community College, has named Dr. Keith Babuszczak as Provost of Information Technology programs and Chief Campus Officer for the Wake Tech RTP Campus.

The Executive Director of the Wake Tech Foundation is taking on an expanded role.

The Wake Tech Martha Mann Smith School of Nursing invites members of the public to offer comment as part of the assessment process for the continuing accreditation of the Associate Degree Nursing program.

Wake Tech Community College is pleased to welcome two local business leaders to the Board of Trustees. Esther Delaney and Andy Penry were sworn in today.

US Senator Richard Burr met with leaders of Wake Tech to discuss the increasingly important role of community colleges in building a robust and competitive workforce for the 21st century economy.

Wake Tech began a new academic year today with excitement and anticipation under the leadership of the community college’s fourth president, Dr. Scott Ralls.