The public is invited to an open house at Davidson County Community College’s Davie Education Center on Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. The open house at 120 Kinderton Boulevard in Advance will offer tours and a chance to meet the faculty.
Full-time and part-time curriculum and continuing education faculty will greet past, present and future students to answer questions, describe courses and programs, and demonstrate videoconferencing technology. The open house will celebrate the education center that opened in April 2008.
The open house is just one of many DCCC special events to which the public is invited at no cost. On Friday, Sept. 25, from 11 a.m. to noon, the Davie Campus of DCCC will host an informative address by world travelers known as “The Healing Seekers” in the first of a “‘Global Citizen’ series. The Healing Seekers explore health and healing traditions around the globe.
The series will offer cultural and environmental topics and discussions to increase awareness of the importance of global citizenship and stewardship. For example, rainforests once covered 14 percent of the earth’s land surface, but due to deforestation by humans, they now cover only six percent.
Rainforests not only provide a home for many endangered and nearly-extinct animals, but they are home to many plants that have unique medicinal properties that could possibly cure some of the world’s most devastating diseases. More than 80 percent of antibiotics are discovered in nature, and more than 70 percent of the compounds with anti-cancerous properties are tropical.
The Healing Seekers will speak in Room 110 of the new Administration Building on the Davie Campus, located at 1205 Salisbury Road, Mocksville.
The Davie Campus of DCCC will participate in other public events such as:
– Davie County’s STEM Collaboration Kickoff Event, Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Cornerstone Christian Church, 1585 N.C. Highway 801 North in Mocksville. The featured speaker is Dr. Anthony Atala, director of Wake Forest University’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine, who helped create the world’s first tissue-engineered bladder ever grown in a laboratory and successfully implanted in patients. Davie County is one of only three counties in North Carolina funded by the Gates Foundation to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.
– DCCC will take part in the Davie County Schools Showcase on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in downtown Mocksville from the Square to Junker Mill. Featured will be student entertainers, booths sponsored by high school clubs, PTAs and food vendors. The showcase will conclude with the Davie High School Homecoming Parade to celebrate the upcoming Spirit Week.
– DCCC will participate in “Hope Lives,” on Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at First United Methodist Church, located 310 North Main St., Mocksville. This community-wide event will offer free food, clothing and helpful services for those affected by the economic downturn. DCCC will provide free haircuts, manicures and basic car maintenance along with academic and student services information.
For more information about these events, call the Davie Campus at 336-751-2885, or the Davie Education Center at 336-998-3220.