{"id":220,"date":"2019-12-04T15:37:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T15:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/?page_id=220"},"modified":"2020-08-31T19:55:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T19:55:57","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome from the Department Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/LinneaFletchers.png?resize=132%2C156&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Linnea\" width=\"132\" height=\"156\" \/>Welcome from the Austin Community College Biotechnology Program! We are excited to be offering a course of study that trains students in the area Life Science industry.<\/p>\n<p>Our program accommodates high school students (dual credit courses), students seeking an Associate\u2019s degree that leads to a job, career changers, and students with 4-year degrees in the Life Sciences needing advanced training in Biotechnology.\u00a0Once students finish their internship, they are ready to enter a new career in the biotechnology workforce and advance up the technician career ladder regardless of their degree (4 year or 2 year).<\/p>\n<p>The Biotechnology Program has been placing students in industry for over fifteen years and continues to grow with the advent of the wet-lab industry incubator space at the new Highland Campus and its cutting edge technology that will facilitate direct partnerships with our students and local biotech companies!<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to you joining the program and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, any faculty member in the program, or our administrative assistant, <a href=\"mailto:sspulock@austincc.edu\">Steve Spurlock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With Warmest Regards,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:linneaf@austincc.edu\">Dr. Linnea Fletcher<\/a><br \/>\nDepartment Chair of Biotechnology, Austin Community College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome from the Austin Community College Biotechnology Program! We are excited to be offering a course of study that trains students in the area Life Science industry. Our program accommodates high school students (dual credit courses), students seeking an Associate\u2019s degree that leads to a job, career changers, and students with 4-year degrees in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sidebar-right.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}