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SciTech LECTURE SERIES In the beginning....
SciTech - Bringing Science & Technology to the Community!

They say that many busi-
Speakers for Academic Speakers for Academic ness deals are sealed on
the golf course. Well this
Year 2014 - 2015 Year 2017 - 2018 is not the case with the
Sep. 18, 2014: Ray Cadmore Sept.28, 2017: Aaron Larazus SciTech Lecture Series at
Forsyth Technical Com-
Oct. 16, 2014: Dr. David N. McNelis Oct. 19, 2017: Analytical and Molec munity College in Win-

Nov. 20, 2014: NSF ATE Bioscience ular Skills Development Lab ston-Salem. It was created
and planned at an informal
Industry Fellowship Group Feb. 8. 2018: Laura Deming faculty and staff weekly
Jan. 22, 2015: Dr. Ana S. Iltis Feb. 22, 2018: Dr. Michael Batalia morning coffee. Not know-
ing how popular the series
Feb. 27, 2015: Dr. Anthony Atala Mar. 15, 2018: Norman Fraley would be, the Forsyth Tech
team began in earnest the task of putting together two trial
Mar. 19, 2015: Jennifer Bryant April 5, 2018: Dr. Rohan Shirwaiker SciTech speaker events that would capture the imagination and
bring in the work and passion of others to a college community.

Speakers for Academic During the initial planning process the thought was to develop
a platform where our instructors could speak to a broad-based
Year 2015 - 2016 Speakers for Academic audience, interested in science and technology, about their work
Sept. 24, 2015: Dr. Barbara Pisani at the college. The lectures would be held once a month during
the fall and spring terms to maximize the attendance of students
Oct. 15, 2015: Dr. Norma Quinones Year 2018 - 2019 and to include other participants from the community and other

Nov. 19, 2015: Doug Edgeton Sept. 27, 2018: Ken Lane colleges.
Jan. 26, 2016: Russ Read Oct. 18, 2018: Dr. Jeff Sands To gauge the interest levels within the educational institution,
Feb. 18, 2016: Roland Johnson Nov. 15, 2018: Andrew Hebard the SciTech steering committee brought into the college two
guest speakers. One was Amy Greeson (pictured), a pharmacist,
Mar.17, 2016: Dr. Travis Russell Dec. 6, 2018: Dr. Gary M. Green educator, lecturer, writer and world traveler and the producer
and host of Healing Seekers. Her topic, “Searching for a Cure,”
gave our audience a look at the crossroads between medicine
and the healing tradition of indigenous cultures. The other was
Speakers for Academic Forsyth Tech President Gary Green Dr. Ski Chilton, the founder of Gene Smart, a wellness and pre-
vention company. His topic of discussion was obesity, chronic
Year 2016 - 2017 Delivers Dec. 2018 SciTech Lecture inflammatory diseases in America and malnurtition and other
Sept. 15, 2016: Dr. Ski Chilton Retiring from the Forsyth urgen issues affecting children in Africa.

Oct.13, 2016: Carolina Liquid Tech Presidency, Dr. Gary Both events were hugely successful for a number of reasons.
Chemistries Green was honored after Attendance at both events was between 70-90 people. The
feedback received after each event was extremely positive and it
Nov. 17, 2016: Cook Medical completing his SciTech was during these two presentations that many of our faculty saw
lecture on “Signals from the
Dec. 15, 2016: Alan Beard Future: Creating the Inno- the advantage and opportunity to showcase their talents in their
teaching field. Dr. Dwaine Davis, Department Chair of Physical
Jan. 19, 2017: Kim Westmoreland vation Workforce,” including Sciences is quoted as saying, “I could not be more pleased with
Feb. 19, 2017: Dr. Gregory L.Kucera a presentation of the first the results of this year’s SciTech Lecture Series the quality and
Dr. Timothy S. Pardee NCBW Skills Development
Lab’s official lab coats.
Mar.16, 2017: Amy Greeson (see page 79)