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Dr. Pam Senegal (standing), Central Carolina Community College vice president of Economic and Community Development, holds a question-and-answer session with a group of Lee County Schools educators during an Aug. 18 Manufacturing Day put on by the college's Economic and Community Development and Student Learning, Institutional Effectiveness and Grants divisions; and the Triangle South Workforce Development Board. The event included a tour of Coty, Inc., Magnetti Marelli, and the college's Innovation Center. The educators, mostly non-vocational and technical education teachers, learned about high tech modern manufacturing and how the 'soft skills' they teach, such as teamwork, following instructions, and reading for content, are critical in modern manufacturing. The educators pictured are (clockwise, from left) -Judy Barbour, East Lee Middle School; Nick Testa (back), Lee Early College; Harriet Norris, Joe Duty, Dee Prince, and Jeff Coggins, all of Lee County High School; and Dee O'Neal, Lee County Schools. For more information about Lee County Schools, visit www.lee.k12.nc.us. For more information about Central Carolina Community College, visit www.cccc.edu.

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Lee County Schools educators watch as Central Carolina Community College welding instructor Jeff Bryant (left) shows Lee Early College guidance counselor Nick Testa how to use the college Innovation Center's welding simulator. The computer-controlled simulator trains students in the basics of welding without heat or the use of expensive metal consumables. Testa was one of a group of LCS educators taking part in an Aug. 18 Manufacturing Day put on by the college's Economic and Community Development and Student Learning, Institutional Effectiveness and Grants divisions; and the Triangle South Workforce Development Board. The event included a tour of Coty, Inc., Magnetti Marelli, and the college's Innovation Center. The educators, mostly non-vocational and technical education teachers, learned about high tech modern manufacturing and how the 'soft skills' they teach, such as teamwork, following instructions, and reading for content are critical in modern manufacturing. For more information about Lee County Schools, visit www.lee.k12.nc.us. For more information about Central Carolina Community College, visit www.cccc.edu.

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Lee County Schools educators watch as Central Carolina Community College welding instructor Jeff Bryant (left) shows Lee County High School teacher Teresa Bruner how to use the college Innovation Center's welding simulator. The computer-controlled simulator trains students in the basics of welding without heat or the use of expensive metal consumables. Bruner was one of the group of LCS educators taking part in an Aug. 18 Manufacturing Day put on by the college's Economic and Community Development and Student Learning, Institutional Effectiveness and Grants divisions; and the Triangle South Workforce Development Board. The event included a tour of Coty, Inc., Magnetti Marelli, and the college's Innovation Center. The educators, mostly non-vocational and technical education teachers, learned about high tech modern manufacturing and how the 'soft skills' they teach, such as teamwork, following instructions, and reading for content, are critical in modern manufacturing. For more information about Lee County Schools, visit www.lee.k12.nc.us. For more information about Central Carolina Community College, visit www.cccc.edu.

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Joyce Paulson (standing, center right), Human Relations training specialist at Magnetti Marelli's Sanford plant, speaks with a group of Lee County Schools educators as part of an Aug. 18 Manufacturing Day. The event was put on by Central Carolina Community College's Economic and Community Development and Student Learning, Institutional Effectiveness and Grants divisions; and the Triangle South Workforce Development Board. It included a tour of Coty, Inc., Magnetti Marelli, and the college's Innovation Center. The educators, mostly non-vocational and technical education teachers, learned about high tech modern manufacturing and how the 'soft skills' they teach, such as teamwork, following instructions, and reading for content, are critical in modern manufacturing. For more information about Lee County Schools, visit www.lee.k12.nc.us. For more information about Central Carolina Community College, visit www.cccc.edu.