REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY - Zane State College

ANSWERING NEED
In the movie “Field of Dreams,” a rural Iowa
farmer hears a voice whisper from the cornfield, “If you build it, they will
come.” Inspired to build a baseball field in the middle of his cornfield, the
farmer turns his dreams into reality. Like the man in this blockbuster film,
Don Myers worked with Zane State College leaders to turn their collective
vision into reality at Zane State College’s Willett-Pratt Training Center.
Don, who passed away last spring, worked through his position as the
Executive Director of Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association (OMEGA)
in Cambridge to provide needed funding to establish the Medical Assisting
Don Myers
Program at the Willett-Pratt Training Center.
The Medical Assisting Program leads to an associate of applied science
degree and prepares students for jobs in physicians’ offices, clinics,
hospitals, and out-patient or ambulatory settings. According to the Ohio
Department of Job and Family Services, medical assisting technicians
constitute one of the fastest growing fields at the state and national level.
The Medical Assisting Laboratory, which was dedicated during a ribboncutting
ceremony on September 4, is a tribute to the passionate public
servant Don Myers was to the people of Appalachian Ohio and his firm
conviction in the power of education to transform lives and turn dreams into
reality for generations to come.
Inside the
medical assistant
lab.
4
40
NUMBER OF YEARS WE HAVE BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY