Students in Central Carolina Community College's Computer Integrated Machining (CIM)/Tool, Die and Mold Making program recently presented Lee County Board of Commissioners Chair Linda Shook (center) with a desk nameplate. It was milled in aluminum by the students using a computer numeric controlled milling machine, one of the high-tech machines used by students in the program. Pictured at the June 26 presentation are (from left) Glenn Shearin, Machining Tool & Die instructor; student Jonathan Jackson, of Lee County; Shook; Walter Harrison, of Chatham County; Dr. Stephen Athans, dean of Vocational and Technical Programs; and student Brad Merz, of Harnett County. CIM is one of the college's high tech workforce development programs. Shook said that workforce development is critical to economic development.