Centralina Worforce Development Board E-News Article
From March 2009 Issue
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What's Happening in the Region?

Comings, Goings, KudosÂ…
 
  • Dr. Michael Allen Luther, a former vice president with pharmaceutical giant Merck, has been named president of the David H. Murdock Research Institute at the NC Research Campus. Luther is an Albemarle native and he will run the Mudock Institute, which owns and operates the Core Laboratory Building in Kannapolis.
 
  • Mike Wojciechowski has been named the Crisis Ministry Director at the Cooperative Christian Ministry. Wojciechowski will be responsible for managing the food and financial assistance programs. He began his position on March 2, 2009.

  • Donie Parker has been named as the head of the City of Kannapolis’s customer service operations at the new service center near downtown. Parker was recently the first vice president and senior bank operations manager for SunTrust Bank. Parker began her new position this month.
     
  • Wingate University has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts to America’s communities. The Honor Roll sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement.

  • Anson County’s CMH Flooring also deserves a high five! Preferred Brands tapped the Wadesboro Company as the 2008 Flooring Distributor of the Year. CMH earned the national award for efficient distribution, outstanding customer service, innovative and high-quality products, and strong communications. That’s high praise, especially when the company’s competed with companies from throughout the country for the award. CMH Flooring is a past recipient of a Centralina WDB Incumbent Worker Grant.