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2025 Community College Program for Partner Institutions




February 28, 2025 @ Forsyth Tech Community College (2100 Silas Creek Pkwy, Winston-Salem, NC 27103)

0.5 CEU/5 PDCH

Registration Fee: $100


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The Global is Local program is a collaboration between UNC World View and Forsyth Tech Community College. The goal of this program is to offer community college educators the opportunity to engage with global and local industry representatives, Scholar of Global Distinction students, and a UNC Chapel Hill faculty to gain insights into the skills required for the global workforce. Participants will acquire global knowledge and resources to enhance their classroom instruction.

This Global is Local Program is open to all community college educators. Register below and email worldview@unc.edu for more information.

 


Learning Outcomes

Workforce Preparation: Participants will gain an understanding of the skills and competencies required by local industries for the global workforce. 

Resource Integration: Educators will receive global knowledge and resources for their curriculum, enhancing students’ educational experiences and readiness for a globally interconnected world. 

Collaborative Engagement: Participants will develop the ability to engage and collaborate with industry representatives, students, and academic professionals, fostering a network that supports continuous improvement in teaching and learning for global workforce readiness.

 

 

Schedule

8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Janet Spriggs, President, Forsyth Tech Community College
Charlé LaMonica, Director, World View, UNC-Chapel Hill
9:10am Panel Discussion with Global Companies
Moderator: Janet Spriggs, President, Forsyth Tech Community College
Panelists: Texwipe, Siemens Energy, Ziehl-Abegg, Rick Minor
10:00am Break and Networking
10:10am Keynote Address: America's Place in the World
Ambassador Barbara J. Stephenson, Vice Provost for Global Affairs, UNC-Chapel Hill
11:00am Break and Networking
11:10am Panel Discussion: Scholar of Global Distinction Graduates
Moderator: Carol Hayes, Program Coordinator for Global Scholar of Dinstinction Program, Forsyth Tech Community College
12:00pm Lunch (Provided)
1:30pm Transition to Global Company Site
2:00pm Tour of Global Company Site
4:00pm Program Concludes

 

 

Speakers

Carol Hayes, Program Coordinator for the Global Scholar of Distinction Program, Forsyth Tech Community College


Carol Hayes is the Program Coordinator for the Global Scholar of Distinction Program and serves as the liaison between World View at UNC Chapel Hill and Forsyth Technical Community College. She currently serves on the Global Distinction Steering Committee creating strategies to promote global education statewide. She has facilitated many workshops on understanding soft skills, recognizing perceptions and impressions through verbal and nonverbal communication, and understanding cultural diversity. She is an adjunct instructor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine teaching Conflict Resolution and Negotiation. Hayes received her MA in Professional Communication from Clemson University and has been teaching interpersonal communication and public speaking for 15 years.

 

 

 

 

Charlé LaMonica, Director, World View UNC-Chapel Hill

Charlé LaMonica is the director of UNC World View at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Committed to developing an inclusive program that serves the state and beyond, Charlé collaborates with more than 85 partners both on and off campus; forges strategic alliances and collaborations with schools, districts and community colleges; leads the World View Global Education Leaders Program; and represents UNC World View in North Carolina and on the national and global stage.

Since 2013, LaMonica has significantly expanded UNC World View’s support of educators, influencing 100,000 students in North Carolina in 2019-2020 alone, and increasing partnerships in both rural and urban settings. LaMonica and the World View team have led more than 21 global study visits, taking K-12 and community college educators around the world to learn about educational systems, history, business, and culture.

LaMonica’s international career began as a research associate with the NC China Council of the Asia Society. She later led medical and legal delegations throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa. She continued her international work in the classrooms of Charlotte where she taught world history both in K-12 schools and higher education institutions. LaMonica attended Middlebury College’s Intensive Chinese Summer School and holds a master’s degree in history from UNC Charlotte and a bachelor’s degree in English from Boston College.


 

 

 

 

Rick Minor, Senior VP, International Tax Counsel, United States Council for International Business

Rick Minor is a US lawyer with a wealth of international business experience in both the private sector and government in the US and the EU. He is a frequent speaker at international tax conferences in the US and in Europe and is frequently quoted in the tax press in his current role. Rick testified before the House Ways and Means Committee in Congress on international tax policy earlier this year (March). He represents the interest of businesses before the US Treasury, Congress, the OECD, the UN and the tax authorities o major US trading partners and leads the USCIB tax committee of over 530 members.

Prior to his current role, Rick practiced international tax planning with law firms in Washington, DC, Munich, and London. He then served as the top European-based EMEA tax executive in two US public companies (Honeywell in Brussels and AOL Time Warner in Luxembourg) and one European public company (Arcelor Mittal in Luxembourg). Between corporate positions he was a fiscal policy advisor to the Luxembourg government of Jean-Claude Juncker, later President of the European Commission. He has published numerous articles on mostly European-related tax policy and practice and was the principal author of a book on the European taxation of digital services.

Rick was hired as the first head of international business recruitment at the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina shortly after it was set up by Governor Pat McCrory in 2015. He moved to a similar position in the Commerce Department under Governor Roy Cooper where he was also involved in the recruiting of US and foreign tech companies to RTP and promoted strategies for growth in Eastern North Carolina.

He founded (and chairs) both the DC Tax Attache Group in 2022 and the International Tax Alliance for Business group, also in 2022.  Rick is a member of the Tax Bureau, the tax committee governing body for Business and Industry Advisory Council to the OECD (since 2021), the North Carolina Go Global Board of Advisors (since 2018), the Berlin-based Atlantik-Bruecke transatlantic leadership group (since 2017), and the OECD consumption tax Technical Advisory Group (since 2015).

Rick earned his bachelor’s degree in economics at Duke University, his law degree at UNC-Chapel Hill and his LL.M. in tax law at Georgetown University.  He completed a graduate scholarship in the Economics Department of the University of Hamburg.  He was awarded a high-level civil medal by the Luxembourg Government in 2007 “Officer of the State with oak cluster” for his advisory contributions to growing the Luxembourg digital economy.  Rick is fluent in German and grew up in Nash County, the son of a teacher and a local businessman.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Janet Spriggs, President, Forsyth Technical Community College

Dr. Janet N. Spriggs became the seventh President of Forsyth Technical
Community assumed her role on January 1, 2019. With nearly three decades of leadership experience within the North Carolina Community College System, her career began in 1996, demonstrating unwavering commitment to
community college leadership. Before joining Forsyth Tech, she made significant contributions as the Chief Operating Officer at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Carteret Community College.

Dr. Spriggs’ leadership has been nationally recognized through the Aspen Institute’s Community College Excellence Program. She holds the Aspen Presidential Fellow title, having received this honor twice. Initially, she was among the 40 leaders nationwide chosen for the 2018-2019 Aspen Rising Presidential Fellowship. Subsequently, in 2020, she was part of the inaugural cohort of the Aspen New Presidents Fellowship, representing one of the 25 community college presidents selected for this prestigious program.

Dr. Spriggs’ journey echoes the theme of “Roots and Wings.” Her story begins in North Carolina, where she is deeply rooted in the values of faith, family, and hard work instilled by her loving parents and grandparents. As a former community college student, she walked the path she now leads others on. She was a community college student at Rockingham Community College and Durham Technical Community College, experiencing firsthand the transformative power of community college education. Dr. Spriggs earned her doctorate in higher education administration from Northeastern University. Her passion is in the power of education to change lives and community colleges’ vital role as catalysts for equitable access to postsecondary education and workforce and economic development. As a student-centered visionary, Dr. Spriggs fosters high-quality learning, strives to improve completion, advances equity of success for all students, and commits to expanding post-graduation success. In addition to her doctorate, she holds a master’s degree from Nova Southeastern University and a bachelor’s degree from Roger Williams University.

Beyond her presidency, Dr. Spriggs contributes her expertise to several boards and commissions, including serving on the executive committee and board of directors for Greater Winston-Salem, Inc., as Vice President for the American Association of Women in Community Colleges, affecting change both within and outside the academic sphere.

 

 

 

 

 

Ambassador Barbara J. Stephenson, Vice Provost for Global Affairs, UNC-Chapel Hill

Ambassador Barbara J. Stephenson is vice provost for global affairs and chief global officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a distinguished diplomat, former U.S. ambassador, international leader and prior dean of the Leadership and Management School at the Foreign Service Institute. She advances a pan-university global strategy to enhance UNC-Chapel Hill’s global reach, impact and reputation.

Stephenson, a fierce advocate for the role of higher education in addressing complex global challenges, has extensive experience forging constructive collaboration across societies and geographies. Previously, Stephenson was president of the American Foreign Service Association from 2015-2019 and was a U.S. Foreign Service officer for over 30 years. She was a principal advocate for diplomacy, working closely with Congress, the media and globally engaged strategic partners.

At the Foreign Service Institute, Stephenson launched the Culture of Leadership Roundtable to improve leadership across the State Department and in U.S. embassies around the world. In 2008, she was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Panama and later became the first woman to serve as deputy ambassador and acting ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in London.

As deputy senior advisor to the secretary and deputy coordinator for Iraq (2006-2008), she was recognized with the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award for developing and implementing the civilian surge, the largest deployment of civilians to a war zone since the Vietnam War. She coordinated across federal agencies and the U.S. Congress to unite stakeholders behind a mission to reverse the spiral into sectarian violence by strengthening governance in Iraq.

Stephenson, who earned her doctorate, master’s and bachelor’s in English literature from the University of Florida, speaks Spanish and Dutch and reads French and Hebrew.


 

 

 

 

 

Global Company Highlights

Siemens Energy

Energy transition is the greatest challenge our generation faces. How do we reduce emissions while also increase energy supply? It is an uphill battle. And there is no silver bullet. But finding solutions has always been in our DNA. For more than 150 years our engineers have been spearheading the electrification of the world. Today we are a team of 98.000 sharing the same passion, vision and values. Our diversity makes us strong and helps us to find answers together with our partners.

Located in 90 countries, Siemens Energy operates across the whole energy landscape. From conventional to renewable power, from grid technology to storage to electrifying complex industrial processes.

Our mission is to support companies and countries with what they need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make energy reliable, affordable, and more sustainable. Let’s energize society.

 

 

Texwipe

Texwipe is the worldwide leader in contamination control supplies and critical cleaning products. We are a manufacturer and designer of consumables for the electronic, semiconductor, and life science industries.

Headquartered in Kernersville, North Carolina, the company supports global customers with sales offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Manufacturing centers located in North Carolina, the Philippines, and China provide the highest quality and manufacturing technology levels.

 

 

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Ziehl-Abegg

Welcome to the royal league in the field of air technology, control engineering and drive technology. Be inspired by our technology, our solutions and our competence and trust that you will find the future of intelligent developments at ZIEHL-ABEGG. We focus on system solutions for ventilation, control and drive technology and are constantly looking for new applications for our products. As an innovation and quality leader, we constantly set new standards in technology, service and design. Our high quality standards and customer-oriented innovations inspire business partners all over the world.

With ideas for new developments within and outside our core industries, we want to be the leading independent company in our industries in terms of technology, growth and profitability.

Our pioneering spirit and our striving for innovation encompasses all operational processes, because we not only have visions, we also put them into practice.

 

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