{"id":38,"date":"2021-03-04T19:38:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T19:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pittcc.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2021-volume-14-issue-1\/mayne-pharma-starts-program-to-develop-local-biotech-talent-to-hire\/"},"modified":"2021-04-03T18:50:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T18:50:25","slug":"mayne-pharma-starts-program-to-develop-local-biotech-talent-to-hire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pittcc.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2021-volume-14-issue-1\/mayne-pharma-starts-program-to-develop-local-biotech-talent-to-hire\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayne Pharma Starts Program to Develop Local Biotech Talent to Hire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">With the decline of its tobacco, furniture and textile industries, North Carolina needed a new way to boost its economy. It found an answer in biotechnology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Since the turn of the century, an increasing number of companies specializing in using living organisms to make or modify processes for a specific purpose, such as agriculture and medicine, have made North Carolina their home. At the same time, Pitt Community College\u2019s Biotechnology program has been preparing students for work in laboratories at the more than 600 biotech companies now operating in The Tar Heel State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-72\" src=\"http:\/\/pittcc.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2021-volume-14-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/03\/p5_Option-1-Mayne_Pharma_main_logo_tagline_alternate-300x243.png\" alt=\"Mayne Pharma Logo Option 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pittcc.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2021-volume-14-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/03\/p5_Option-1-Mayne_Pharma_main_logo_tagline_alternate-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/pittcc.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2021-volume-14-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/03\/p5_Option-1-Mayne_Pharma_main_logo_tagline_alternate-768x621.png 768w, https:\/\/pittcc.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2021-volume-14-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/03\/p5_Option-1-Mayne_Pharma_main_logo_tagline_alternate.png 895w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Started in 2002, PCC\u2019s biotech program has grown significantly. After 15 years in the Technology Enterprise Center of Eastern North Carolina, it found a home on campus with the opening of the Walter &amp; Marie Williams Building in 2017. Since then, students have been training in laboratories that feature some of the same state-of-the-art equipment they\u2019ll be using on the job someday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">And just when it seemed things couldn\u2019t get any better for Pitt\u2019s biotech curriculum, they did. In 2019, Greenville\u2019s Mayne Pharma partnered with the college, Pitt County Schools and the Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce on a new scholars program to identify high-potential, STEM-focused students and invest in their training for pharmaceutical industry careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">\u201cThe (scholars) program reflects the industry\u2019s importance in Pitt County and our quest to create another \u2018on-ramp\u2019 for local students to build a career with a global pharmaceutical company right in their own back yard,\u201d said John Ross, president of Mayne Pharma USA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Each year, as many as eight students are selected for participation in the Mayne Pharma Scholars Program, which is open to high school seniors in Pitt County and current PCC Biotechnology students. Selection is based on a number of factors, including an interview, career readiness certificate (or ACT) scores, high school\/college transcripts, and a letter of recommendation from an instructor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Participants receive a two-year scholarship that covers books, tuition and fees to pursue an associate degree in Biotechnology from Pitt. The scholars program also features a full-time internship and an opportunity for employment with Mayne Pharma upon graduation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">\u201cThis program is really outstanding,\u201d said Mayne Pharma Quality Control Director Mike Emerson. \u201cWe get a lot of great students that come out of Pitt Community College (because) the programs they offer are really centered around the pharmaceutical industry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Pitt\u2019s biotech curriculum, which can be completed in five semesters, includes instruction in basic lab testing procedures and techniques, as well as more specialized training, such as industrial microbiological techniques and working with cell cultures. Pharma-focused courses were added more recently, in response to feedback from local pharmaceutical employers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">\u201cBy collaborating with local pharmaceutical industries, we can be certain our biotechnology students are becoming skilled at laboratory methods they\u2019ll need to master in order to be effective quality control lab analysts,\u201d said PCC Biotechnology Department Chair Christy Weeks. \u201cThe Mayne Pharma Scholars Program is verification that PCC is producing quality biotechnology graduates ready for work in the local pharma industry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">For more details on PCC\u2019s biotechnology curriculum and scholars program, contact <b>Weeks<\/b> at<b> (252) 493-7861<\/b> or <b>cweeks@email.pittcc.edu<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the decline of its tobacco, furniture and textile industries, North Carolina needed a new way to boost its economy. 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