Education
Wake County Public School System – School-to-Career Program
School-based learning brings career and workplace information to the school. The initiative restructures education so students will improve their academic performance and see a purpose to their studies. Work-based learning brings interested students into businesses and professional environments. Kids have the opportunity to job shadow, intern, or apprentice in their fields of interest. Students experience the workplace environment and acquire the skills necessary for successful careers. Connecting activities include staff development and training. Employers are helping teachers find better ways to incorporate workplace technologies into their curriculum.
Joy Fronkoff, School-to-Career Coordinator
Wake County Public School System
5625 Dillard Drive
Cary, NC 27518
919.413.7677 (direct)
919.413.7400 (main)
www.wcpss.net/school_to_career
Wake Technical Community College – Business and Industry Section
Wake Technical Community College provides Focused Industrial Training for North Carolina’s manufacturing industries. FIT uses individualized needs assessments and consultations to design and implement targeted, customized training for organizations that need to upgrade workers’ skills because of technological or process advances. The college also offers a wide variety of courses designed to meet the needs of business and industry at little or no cost.
Wayne Loots, Dean, Business & Industry
Western Wake Campus
3434 Kildaire Farm Road
Cary, NC 27518
919.335.1009 (direct)
919.335.1000 (main)
http://bic.waketech.edu/
College and University Career Planning and Placement Offices
Meredith College
Marie Sumerel, Director
Career Planning
3800 Hillsborough St.
Park Center, 2nd Floor
Raleigh, NC 27607
919.760.8341
www.meredith.edu/career
North Carolina State University
Dr. Arnold Bell, Director
Career Center
2100 Pullen Hall
PO Box 7303
Raleigh, NC 27695-7303
919.515.2300
www.ncsu.edu/career
Saint Augustine’s College
Nichole Lewis, Director
Belk Career Professional Development Center
Goold Hall
Raleigh, NC 27610
919.516.4242
www.st-aug.edu
Shaw University
Denise Vaughn, Director
Career Development
118 E. South St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
919.278.2673
www.shawuniversity.edu
Wake Technical Community College
Deb Hadley
Job Placement and Cooperative Education
9101 Fayetteville Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
919.866.5696
jobplacement.waketech.edu
William Peace University
Barbara Efird, Director
Career Services
15 E. Peace St.
Lucky Finch Library, 2nd Floor
Raleigh, NC 27604-1194
919.508.2006
www.peace.edu
