The 12-week course trained students for the transition from the laboratory to the board room, providing them with the business and leadership skills necessary for success in Montgomery County's burgeoning biotechnology industry. The Federal Laboratory Consortium, Mid-Atlantic Region (FLC-MAR), Human Workflows, and Montgomery County Department of Economic Development (DED) each contributed to developing targeted and streamlined coursework for the course that would provide a pathway for a future CSO career and create new opportunities for local employers to view the CSO Development Certificate as a viable measure of success in the field.
Dr. Sanjay Rai, vice president and provost of Montgomery College's Germantown Campus, will provide welcoming remarks at the ceremony.
Montgomery College's Germantown Campus educates students for careers in biotechnology and the life sciences and will soon contribute to county job growth through its planned science and technology park.
Montgomery College is a public, open admissions community college with campuses in Germantown, Rockville, and Takoma Park/Silver Spring, plus workforce development/continuing education centers and off-site programs throughout Montgomery County, Md. The College serves nearly 60,000 students a year, through both credit and noncredit programs, in more than 100 areas of study.
