By FULLER ROYAL

On the heels of the ground breaking for the new Cartrette Technology Center, officials at Southeastern Community College announced plans last Wednesday for its 14th building on the campus.

In a special press conference attended by Congressman Mike McIntyre, Sen. R.C. Soles and Rep. Dewey Hill, SCC President Kathy Matlock revealed plans for SCC’s new health and human services building.

The $3.2 million structure, to be built next to the Allied Health Building on the old tennis courts, will fill its 18,000 square feet with classrooms and laboratories for the college’s health and human services programs including the emergency medical and fire training programs, basic law enforcement, nursing assistant and bioworks, which will be the continuing education version of the school’s new biotechnology.

About 100 people were present during the brief presentation, which included remarks by McIntyre, Soles, Hill and Doris Dees, vice chairman of the SCC Board of Trustees.

Beverlee Nance, the vice president of continuing education and economic development, also spoke. The building will house primarily programs in her charge.

Nance said it will be an asset to have so many programs finally located in a single facility.

Matlock said that an architect will be hired later this month. There are no blueprints yet. She wants the users of the building to work with the architect to design an optimal facility.

The new facility is scheduled to open in August 2008. The funding was secured by McIntyre, Soles and Hill.