• The School of Biotechnology offers two separate strands of courses that address the needs of our local business community: medical sciences and biotechnology. To aid in the students' education and preparation, we encourage multiple interactions with the local business community. These interactions range from formal internships, job shadowing experiences, field trips, guest speakers, financial partners, or surplus supply donations.
     
    If you would like to know more about the strands that we teach, see what our students can do by clicking on this link for a brochure and if you are interested in partnering with us, please follow this link to the Business Interest Survey
     
    Partners
     
    College and Universities
    Forsyth Tech Community College
    North Carolina A&T University
    North Carolina Central University
    Wake Forest University
    Winston-Salem State University
    Centers
    Bio-Link
    Code Blue Health Careers
    National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce
    North Carolina Biotechnology Center
    North Carolina Science Festival
    Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative
    Northwest AHEC
    Companies
    Aqualutions, Inc                                            Breighton Gardens
    EN-CAS                                                     Forsyth Medical Supply
    Gramercy Research Group                         Oak Forest Health and Rehabilitation
    Reynolda Veterinary Hospital                     Syngenta
    Targacept                                                Tengion
    Transtech Pharma
    Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine
     
    Internships

    We have some outstanding students who have excelled in our strand courses.  We want to offer those students an opportunity to apply for summer internships prior to their senior year.  An internship generally consists of 80-160 hours of work-related experience.  The students would apply and be interviewed like any other employee.  The school coordinator will meet with the internship sponsor and together draw up a job description for the internship experience.  The sponsor will be asked to complete two evaluation forms on the student.  The student will be asked to complete a journal and presentation on their experience.  The school coordinator will be available to both the student and sponsor should any concerns arise during the internship experience, and will conduct periodic site visits during the internship.

    If you are interested in participating as a sponsoring institution for our internship program, please contact the school coordinator, Terry Howerton at thowerton@wsfcs.k12.nc.us.