{"id":3694,"date":"2015-02-19T16:16:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T16:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2015-05-26T13:32:32","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T13:32:32","slug":"did-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2015\/02\/did-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing Education and Public Services Building Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Multipurpose Room Brings Flexibility to Public Safety Courses
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During a recent board meeting, Nash Community College Trustees toured the Continuing Education and Public Services Building.\u00a0Students enrolled in Emergency Medical Services, Fire and Law Enforcement programs will utilize the multipurpose room (shown above) for training exercises such as rope rescue, extrication, agricultural machinery rescue, practical skills evaluation and more. The multipurpose room will also be the location for public safety program graduation ceremonies and public events, and will provide flexibility for training when weather limits outdoor exercises.<\/div>\n

New Building Features Emergency Operations Command Center
\n\"\"<\/strong>Did you know the Continuing Education and Public Services Building has a mock Emergency Operations Command (EOC) Center? The Center includes the Emergency Management classroom and Flexible Simulation Lab. The mock EOC setting provides hands-on learning in traditional Emergency Management communications and response and best new practices in maintaining business operations when a disaster occurs. Students will practice planning in real-world settings and collaborate with industries and emergency response programs in disaster response simulations.<\/p>\n

New Building to Free Space for Expanded Programs<\/strong>
\n\"RMBrewmill_GroupPhoto_01\"<\/a>Did you know that space being vacated as programs move into the new Continuing Education and Public Services Building will make room for NCC to expand its offerings? One new program, Brewing, Distillation and Fermentation, starting this fall, is part of the College’s expanded offerings in its Hospitality Curriculum. Other degree programs being offered in the Hospitality Group include Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management. Pictured from left: Rocky Mount Brewmill Executive Brewmaster Sebastian Wolfrum, Nash Community College Vice President for Instruction and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Trent Mohrbutter, Capitol Broadcasting Company Development Manager Evan Covington Chavez and Nash Community College President Dr. Bill Carver at the Rocky Mount Brewmill. Brewmill leaders congratulated College officials on the College’s recent approval to offer the Brewing, Distillation and Fermentation degree program.<\/p>\n

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Center for Law Enforcement Excellence<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"BLET<\/a>Nash Community College has been training law enforcement officers through its Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program for 16 years. Since 1999, approximately 420 cadets have graduated from the NCC BLET program and gone into their communities to serve and protect local citizens, many in the Twin Counties. Because of the regional reputation of the program, and due to its quality and growth along with the College’s superior in-service law enforcement training, Nash Community College is expanding BLET training options with the opening of the Center for Advanced Law Enforcement Training in the new Continuing Education and Public Services Building. Pictured from left: NCC Vice President of Student and Enrollment Services and former BLET Director Larry Mitchell, NCC Public and Safety Services Department Chair Nathan Mizell, NCC BLET cadets, NCC Director of Safety and Security and Chief of Police Wayne Lamm and\u00a0 Law Enforcement Training Instructor\/Coordinator Adam Gelo.\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Additional Parking<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Did you know that with NCC’s new Continuing Education and Public Services Building will come 400 new parking spaces?<\/p>\n

New Classrooms and Labs<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Continuing Education and Public Services Building will add 31 classrooms and nine labs to Nash Community College’s campus? The new building is the largest construction project in the College’s history.<\/p>\n

Indoor Firing Range<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The new Continuing Education and Public Services Building will have an eight-lane indoor firing range for law enforcement training? The range measures approximately 2,955 square feet.<\/p>\n

Special Guests Tour Continuing Education Building<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"During a special event, guests toured the NCC Continuing Education and Public Services Building. For more information please contact Pat Ellis Daniels, Executive Director of the NCC Foundation at (252) 451-8329 or pdaniels@nashcc.edu. Click here to donate online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Contributions will be used to provide state-of-the-art equipment and instructional and classroom support.
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Aseptic Training Lab<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The aseptic training lab in the Continuing Education and Public Services Building will simulate a certified gowning and clean room environment helping area manufacturers by lowering the expense of training, easing the scheduling conflicts that arise from sending employees to distant locations for training, and expanding the training capacity per course? Students and employers will have access to aseptic and Good Manufacturing Practices training mimicking real-world workplace conditions and increasing hands-on engagement.<\/p>\n

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Continuing Education and Public Services Building Fast Facts<\/strong>\u00a0\"\"<\/div>\n
Total Building Area = 79,295 Square Feet (1st Floor: 47,096 sq. ft., 2nd Floor: 32,199 sq. ft.)Construction Cost = $11,310,270
\n480 Contract Days for Construction: > 3,800 Available “Work” Hours, > 100+ Workers on site daily
\nEstimate of 300,000+ “Man” hours
\nEstimated Completion:\u00a0 May 2015<\/div>\n
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NCC Adds 75-Seat Lecture Hall<\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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The Continuing Education and Public Services Building features a 75-seat lecture hall equipped with a high-lumen projector for the presenter with two wireless network access points for student use. Two other lecture halls on campus are located in the Science and Technology Building and Building B.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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NCC’s New Building Features Enhanced Technology<\/strong><\/div>\n

\"\"The new Continuing Education and Public Services Building will be connected back to main campus via a 10 gigabit (Gb) fiber backbone. This is the first use of 10Gb fiber optic technology on NCC’s campus. This capacity allows for future upgrades. The building contains 678 Category 5e Ethernet data connections.<\/p>\n

Fifty-eight access points (more than currently in service on the entire campus), will provide wireless internet access including external connectivity outside of the building. This wireless coverage will provide a one-to-one wireless level of service in all parts of the building.<\/div>\n

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A mix of 23 multi-touch interactive projectors, and 12 interactive LED whiteboards or wireless projection technologies, will be used in classrooms and collaborative spaces.<\/div>\n
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Building<\/strong> Features Truck Driver Simulation Lab<\/strong><\/div>\n

\"\"The Continuing Education and Public Services Building features a Truck Driver Training Simulation Lab. The dedicated training area will allow students to utilize the driving simulator while an instructor provides individualized, real-time feedback from a separate portion of the room equipped with a computer and specialized software.<\/p>\n

Since it began in 2006, 762 students have graduated from Nash Community College’s Commercial Driver’s License program. Together, Nash Community College and SAGE Corporation, the nation’s premier operator of professional truck driving programs, offer truck driver training by providing skill development with maximum actual driving time.<\/p>\n

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