Making businesses more efficient and profitable is the focus of five upcoming courses offered by the Office of Corporate and Professional Development at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.
The short-term courses are designed to help various types of businesses achieve greater efficiencies and control costs. All of the classes will meet at RCCC’s Cabarrus Business & Technology Center in Concord.
The schedule of courses includes the following:
– Lean Healthcare ó concepts and tools to deliver compassionate patient care while containing costs, 1-5 p.m., Jan. 27. The registration fee is $95.
– Lean Manufacturing ó covers 5S+1, mapping for success, visual workplace, SMED, cell manufacturing and intro to Kaizen events, 8 a.m.-noon Thursdays, Jan. 29ńFeb. 19. The registration fee is $200.
– It’s Easy Being Green ó a focus on sustainability and why companies need to conserve energy and develop recycling programs, 1-5 p.m., Feb. 19. The course fee is $95.
– Essentials of Project Management ó covers numerous strategies and skills to plan, implement, analyze and improve project performance, 8 a.m.-noon on Thursdays, Feb. 26ńApril 2. The registration fee is $250.
– Managing the Performance of Others ó sessions include clarifying performance expectations, correcting problems and conducting reviews,1-5 p.m. March 12 and 25 and April 8 and 23. The course fee is $295.
The classes are open to adult learners. Seating is limited, and advanced registration is required. Call 704-216-3598 for more details.
RCCC’s Corporate and Professional Development Office, part of the college’s Continuing Education Department, provides on-site quality and process improvement training for large manufacturing operations and small business environments. Offerings include Lean, Six Sigma Yellow, Green and Black Belt, ISO, project management and more. The customized training is client-driven. Course content, schedule, methodology and location are based on the client’s needs and preferences.
Call DeAnn Basden, RCCC’s director of corporate and professional development, for more information at 704-216-3530.
CommunityONE
ASHEBORO ó FNB United Corp., the holding company for CommunityONE Bank, announced a regular quarterly cash dividend 10 cents per share, the same as paid in the previous quarter.
The dividend will be paid Jan. 23 to shareholders of record Dec. 26.
Opened in 1907, CommunityONE (MyYesBank.com) operates 45 offices in 38 communities throughout central, southern and western North Carolina, including branches in Salisbury and China Grove.
First Bancorop
First Bancorp, the parent company of First Bank, has declared a cash dividend of 19 cents per share payable Jan. 23 to shareholders of record as of Dec. 31.
The dividend of 19 cents per share is unchanged from both the dividend declared in the prior quarter of 2008 and the fourth quarter dividend in 2007.
Headquartered in Troy, First Bancorp has total assets of approximately $2.7 billion.
First Bank operates 74 branches, including two in Salisbury and one in Kannapolis.
Fellowships
After two years of training in areas such as botanical medicine, mind-body interactions and nutrition, board-certified pediatricians Dr. Chris Magryta and Dr. Kathleen Russo of Salisbury Pediatric Associates and Rowan Regional Medical Center, have completed fellowships in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona.
Launched in the summer of 2000 by integrative medicine pioneer Dr. Andrew Weil, the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine Fellowship combines residential sessions in Tucson with a distributed learning model, in which participants learn via the Internet from their own homes or offices. Magryta and Russo joined 73 other physicians and nurse practitioners from all over the world in a graduation ceremony Dec. 12 in Tucson.
Integrative medicine encourages healthy lifestyle choices and combats societal pressures, such as the high-fat, fast food diet that is a favorite with many of today’s children.
Magryta and Russo started making changes in their clinic soon after beginning their training. For example, the physicians now offer a type 2 diabetes clinic in their pediatric practice, even though they say the condition was not common among children when they began studying medicine. The physicians have also used principles of integrative medicine to help with other ailments that affect children, such as headaches, pain, infectious mononucleosis, chronic sinusitis and allergies.The program, which includes 1,000 hours of instruction, uses patient simulations, collaborative dialogues, problem-solving exercises, selected readings, group projects and presentations. It focuses on the practical application of approaches that have scientific evidence and/or a history of traditional use.