UPCOMING EVENTS:
"Final Fridays" Luncheon Series
Join ETHL each final Friday of the month, in either Raleigh or Durham, for an informal luncheon with various North Carolina noteables. Come share your thoughts about the future of North Carolina--challenges, opportunities, hopes. Following remarks from the special guest, we'll provide ample time for Q&A. Consider Final Fridays a rare opportunity to share lunch with seasoned North Carolina leaders with whom you may not normally have the chance to interact one-on-one.
Next Raleigh Final Friday Luncheon: January 30, 2009
Featured Speaker: R. Scott Ralls, President, North Carolina Community College System
R. Scott Ralls, Ph. D., became the seventh president of the North Carolina Community College System on May 1, 2008.
Scott Ralls is only the second system president to have served as a local North Carolina community college president and the first in thirty years. Between 2002 and 2008, Dr. Ralls served as the President of Craven Community College with campuses located in New Bern and Havelock, North Carolina. During his tenure, the college achieved record enrollment growth and annual fundraising support, and gained recognition for innovations in technology-based workforce development partnerships, including its University Connections program with East Carolina University and NC State College of Engineering, and Craven Early College, a model technology-based early college initiative with Craven County Public Schools fostering strategic career pathways.
Dr. Ralls has previously held workforce development leadership positions at the state and national levels, including as Vice President of Economic and Workforce Development for the North Carolina Community College System where he helped foster collaborative initiatives with North Carolina's biotechnology and information technology industries. At the national level, he served as the Manager of Workforce Programs for the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he fostered workforce development initiatives through the national network of manufacturing extension centers, and as a policy specialist with the U.S. Department of Labor where he authored the national report, Integrating Technology with Workers in the New American Workplace, and was a recipient of the Secretary's Exceptional Achievement Award.Dr. Ralls holds a Bachelor of Science degree with highest distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Maryland, where his research focused on technology implementation, workforce training and issues affecting older workers.
Location for Final Friday - Raleigh is the A.J. Fletcher Foundation located at 220 Fayetteville Street in Room 312.
Please RSVP to registration@ethl.org.
Next Durham Final Friday Luncheon: January 30, 2009
Featured Speaker: TBD
Mark Your Calendar for Upcoming Dates!
Friday, February 27, 12 noon - 1:15 p.m. Raleigh Featured Speaker: TBD
Friday, February 27, 12 noon - 1:15 p.m. Durham Featured Speaker: TBD