Northampton Community College Work Values

Daily Duties at Northampton Community College:

 Administered $85,000 workforce leadership grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (PA DCED) to expand existing biotechnology program at Northampton Community College (NCC).  Developed various academic programs that supported and enhanced students learning in science.  Met with faculty and guidance staff of all educational levels on a regular basis and participate in training programs and in-service programs as needed.  Made presentations at career workshops, parent-teacher association meetings and other events attended by potential students and their parents.  Developed, coordinated, implemented professional development activities for faculty.  Served as a liaison between NCC, local school districts, partner’s four year institutions, local biotechnology companies and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.  Hired and managed part time faculty to teach various hands-on workshops in science.  Marketed NCC’s biotechnology program to potential students.  Prepared promotional materials about the biotechnology program and updated program website.  Worked closely and cooperatively with Biotechnology Program Director and the entire NCC Science Cluster on professional matters of mutual interest and concern including articulation agreements, student recruitment and retention, transfer issues and other course-related issues.  Ensured continuance of expansion efforts by assisting the NCC grants department preparing grant proposals for future funding from the DCED and investigating other funding sources.  Managed biotech grant budget ensuring that all budget lines are used but not exceeded in meeting grant objectives and deliverables.  Worked with Program Director to ensure prospective interns are adequately trained and fully prepared to meet all institutional placement requirements and standards and helped to assure the graduates of this program met industry standards for trained technicians.  Increased the visibility of NCC’s biotechnology program by participating in institutional, regional science and education conferences, displays and special events on biotechnology.  Collected, analyzed and interpreted student data for reporting to our founder the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.  Prepared and distributed analytical and statistical reports in a timely manner.  Supervised part-time program staff.  Utilized university supported computer programs, including word, excel, access, PowerPoint and publisher to assist in daily responsibilities.

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Tags

Electrophoresis: agarose, acrylamide and SDS-PAGE

Skills

P&L responsibilities, Presentation, Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts., Technology Solutions, Sales Support, Software Implementation, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Leadership , Good working knowledge and experience in different methods and technologies in biology and chemistry including Electrophoresis: agarose, acrylamide and SDS-PAGE, DNA microarrays, Radiolabelling, DNA extraction, sequencing, and fingerprinting, cloning library construction and screening, media preparation and culturing techniques

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