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Located in the Office of the Governor, the North Carolina Business Committee for Education (NCBCE) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit comprised of North Carolina's corporate leaders.  NCBCE seeks to ensure that every student in North Carolina graduates from high school ready for life and work in a global society.



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NCBCE Members Serve

SBE: Essential Conversation: Public Education for the Common Good
Where we've been...Where we are...Where we want to be
Doug Warf, Carolina Hurricanes
Tom Williams, Strategic Educational Allliances
André Peek, IBM
Ken Eudy, Capstrat

Global Schools Network Advisory Board
Dale Whitworth, Golden Corral
André Peek, IBM

School Leadership Focus Group
Dale Whitworth, Golden Corral
Albert Eckel, Corning/Eckel&Vaughan
André Peek, IBM
Kyra Sinclair, Kelly Services
Steve Brechbiel, Quintiles
Kirsten Weeks, Cisco
Ros Guerrie, BB&T
Andy Fox, Kimley-Horn
Tom Williams, Strategic Educational Alliances
Shirley Prince, NC Principals & Asst. Principals Assn.
Neil Kimrey, Dept. of Public Instruction
Principals Included: Muriel Summers and Matt Wight, Wake County; Dawn Ramseur, Hoke County; Budd Dingwall and LaChawn Smith, New Hanover County

Envisioning A 21st Century System for Students Focus Group
Dale Whitworth, Golden Corral
Adam Garry, Dell
Curry Gaskins, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice
Liz Riley, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice
Tom Williams, Strategic Educational Alliances
Doug Warf, Carolina Hurricanes
Ann McColl, SBE Legislative Director

Graduation Achievement Awards
Kirsten Weeks, Cisco (Business Leader Speaker)

Global Education Task Force of the SBE Focus Group
*IBM- André Peek, Vice President, Communications Sector, Global Technology Services
*RED HAT- Gary Jordan, Senior Program Director Operations, Global Change Management
*NOVARTIS- Joe Lingle, Head, Global Program Integration

Conversation With State Board of Education Chair
Lisa Prather, Fifth Third Bank
David Young, VIF International Education
Andrew Crawford, Kelly Services
Mark Thompson, Xerox
Michele Miller, Xerox

NC School of Science and Math Focus Group
Helen Leupold, BD
André Peek, IBM
Pam Townsend, AECOM
Sam Morris, Lenovo
Jeanene Martin, WakeMed
Erik Legg, Syngenta
Kenneth Zeitler, Rex Healthcare
Andrew Krieman, Allscripts
Albert Eckel, Eckel & Vaughan

Governor's School Focus Group
Melanie Chernoff, Red Hat
Liz Riley, Womble Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice
Jayne Tipton, Wells Fargo
Harris Vaughan, Eckel & Vaughan

Governor's Education Transformation Commission
Pam Townsend, AECOM

Governor Job Tour Roundtable
Albert Eckel, Eckel and Vaughan
Tom Looney, Lenovo
Jim Pridgen, Firestone
Ed Paradise, Cisco
Brendan Moylan, Sports Endeavors
Thomas Vaidhyan, Aten
Jonathan Fussell, Duplin Winery
Esther Alegria, Biogen Idec

Governors Office Focus Group
Woody Dicus, Progress Energy
Mary Linda Andrews, GlaxoSmithKline
André Peek, IBM
Kirsten Weeks, Cisco
Jeanene Martin, WakeMed

NC Virtual Public School Advisory Board
Melanie Chernoff, Red Hat

Compliance Commission
Steve Goldsmith, Syngenta

DPI New Accountability Model Business Focus Group
Adam Garry, Dell
Bo Sommers, Duke Energy
Johnny Jacobs, Nucor
Blount Williams, Alfred Williams
Albert Eckel, Eckel and Vaughan/Corning
Michael Doyle, Manpower
Steve Goldsmith, Syngenta
Scott McLean, The Biltmore Company
Linda Haskins, Dominion Power

IEI Business Committee for Creativity
Pamela Townsend, AECOM
Thomas Vaidhyan, Aten, Inc.
Jennifer Kline, State Farm
Ben Kinney, Business North Carolina Magazine

Economic Development Board
Joel Butler, Vidant Health

IEI Education Advisory Issue Council
Tricia Willoughby, NCBCE

Comprehensive Arts Education Task Force
Laura Hamre, Fidelity Investments

Council For Women
Jane Martin, Qué Pasa

Teachers Matter Initiative
Thomas Vaidhyan, Aten, Inc.
Diego Aisenberg, Qué Pasa Media Network

NC Principals Association Distinguished Leaders Program
WakeMed
RBC Bank
BB&T
GlaxoSmithKline
Progress Energy

Council on Educational Services for Exceptional Children
Steve Brechbiel, Quintiles

Healthy Schools Cabinet
Charlotte Motor Speedway

Appointment to JOBS Commission
Pam Townsend, AECOM

2010 College Application Planning Committee
Joanne Burden, Sports Endeavors

Competitive Students Committee of the State Board of Education
Joel Butler, Vident Health

Blue Ribbon Accountability Commission
André Peek, IBM

Southern Association of Colleges & Schools State Council
Pam Townsend, AECOM

Arts Curriculum Feedback
Qué Pasa Media Network
Topics Education
Capstrat
Aten, Inc
Red Hat
RBC Bank
Eckel and Vaughan
Truliant Federal Credit Union
Samet Corporation

2010 North Carolina Summit on US/China Education
NCBCE corporations participated in this international event

Ad Hoc Committee on School Leadership
Joe Freddoso, MCNC
André Peek, IBM
Bill Shore, GlaxoSmithKline

NC Science, Math, Technology Center Board
Susan Jackson, WakeMed

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
Anjana Bhuta Wills, Nandhini Viswonathan, Barbara Guidos, BD

NC Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service
Woody Dicus, Progress Energy

NC Financial Literacy Council
Verna Gessaman, RBC Bank
Leigh Brady, SECU

Confucius Classrooms in NC
Karen Ondrick, Lenovo

Teacher Working Conditions Survey Sponsors
AT&T
BB&T
Duke Energy-Carolinas
Golden Corral

Webinar Series
NCBCE Corporate Members
Local NC Chambers
Education Stakeholders

Jobs For The Future Conference
Various NCBCE Companies

Joint Boards Meeting to Unveil Governor's Education Agenda
All NCBCE Member Companies Invited to Attend

World View: An International Program for Educators
André Peek, IBM
Tricia Willoughby, NCBCE

Emerging Issues Forum
Various NCBCE Companies

North Carolina Science Festival at the Morehead Planetarium
Thomas Vaidhyan, Aten

School districts turning to Lenovo’s new “ruggedized” education laptop

Orders surpass 20,000 in North Carolina

 

As North Carolina school districts prepare for a digital learning environment, school leaders are choosing products that can withstand the classroom environment and stretch the value of their investment. Lenovo actively engages with teachers, administrators, students and tech directors to deliver products that serve the unique challenges of the education market.

 In response to feedback from educators, Lenovo launched a new “ruggedized” laptop in December specifically for the K-12 education market. Designed to be handled by students, the ThinkPad X130e has a reinforced and extra durable top cover, keyboard and hinges. Made specifically for the school market, this PC’s popularity has resulted in over 20,000 orders in North Carolina.

“At LenovoThinkTank 2011 we brought hundreds of distinguished educators together, and the resounding feature CIOs told us that ranks highest on their list of features important for PC purchases is ‘ruggedness’,” said Dilip Bhatia, vice president, ThinkPad Business Unit, Lenovo. “While we’ve built tough products for years that pass many military-grade tests, we’ve made specific improvements required for a laptop to be successful in an education environment with the ThinkPad X130e.”

Throughout the course of a typical school day, students’ laptops are often subject to extreme wear and tear. To help school-proof them, the X130e has several heavy-duty features including:

A top cover rubber bumper to absorb impacts to the side of the laptop
33 percent stronger corner to reduce the chance of damage when dropped at an angle
Stronger hinges to outlast even the most frequent PC user at up to 30,000 cycles
Reinforced and recessed ports to decrease the effects of student “wear and tear”
Stronger Bezel with 1.2mm thick plastic to protect the LED panel
 











































































































































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