BETA Skills Professional Development Opportunities

The National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce (NCBW) at Forsyth Technical Community College has two exciting NSF ATE sponsored programs this summer (2024).

Program No. 1 is the BETA Skills Summer Industry Fellows Program. Five places are reserved for program Fellows (instructors) to spend 6-8 weeks with a local industry or institution partner. Expenses are covered and a weekly stipend is paid. This program was a great success in summer 2023.

Program No. 2 is new. It is called the BETA Skills Bioscience Administrator's Program or BETA BAP. This is a 3.5-day program in June 10-13, 2024. Our target audience is college deans, VPs, and presidents. This program will give the participant a deep dive into biomedical emerging technology application (BETA) trends via discussion groups with local company CEOs & Subject Matter Experts, site visits to BETA type companies and some lab exposure which will be skills related. This session is designed to give administrators a forum to learn more about these emerging trends and think about the impact on future programs they administer. Travel expenses will be covered.

To apply for either program or get more information, please contact Russ Read (rread@forsythtech.edu), Executive Director, Nat. Ctr. Biotechnology Workforce at Forsyth Technical Community College, Winston - Salem, NC 27103