Residents of eastern Wake County, local officials, and future students will get their first look at Wake Tech's newest location, in Wendell. Wake Tech East will officially open on Thursday night with food, fanfare and fun. The 106-acre site is located off Rolesville Road at 1-87. Wake Tech East will be Wake Tech's ninth location in Wake County. Although it has not yet received official "campus" designation, it has all the features of a future campus - academic programs, smart classrooms and labs, an auditorium, admissions, financial aid office, library, tutoring center, and student gathering spaces. Wake Tech president Scott Rawls joined Jeff Hamlin on the WPTF Afternoon News to discuss the new campus.