Durham students who need academic help will be able to attend a tutoring center that Merck Manufacturing is underwriting. | Shutterstock
Durham students who need academic help will be able to attend a tutoring center that Merck Manufacturing is underwriting. | Shutterstock
Merck Manufacturing isn’t just about pharmaceuticals. The company is also working with Durham Public Schools to help students succeed.
One facet of that help is to create a satellite tutoring center and school resource store, where students can go for help with their studies or replenish supplies.
"They got some funding to be able to employ tutors for our students,” Durham Superintend Pascal Mubenga told WTVD. “When a student leaves the campus, and some of them their parents might still be at work ... so they can come to St. Joseph's and be able to get good quality tutoring.”
The tutoring center and school resource store will be housed at St. Joseph’s A.M.E. church, at 2521 Fayetteville St.
The company will be providing financial support, and some of its employees and their family members will volunteer at the site.
Merck employs about 800 workers at its Durham location.
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