澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态 breaks ground on 温斯顿县 社区 Learning Center

阿拉巴马州的阿利. — 澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态 社区 College held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday afternoon marking the official beginning of the new 温斯顿县 社区 Learning Center to be located in Arley next to Meek Baptist Church.

“What a beautiful day to come to Arley, Alabama to talk about something that’s good for all of us and especially good for 温斯顿县, Alabama,” said WSCC President Dr. Vicki Karolewics as she greeted the dozens in attendance.

The Learning Center will allow 澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态 to expand its programs and services in 温斯顿县. The goal is to have the center open for the Fall 2022 semester.

“This building will house 澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态’s 成人教育 program (GED, high school diploma), our 成人教育-guided Career Pathways (CDL, Phlebotomy, etc.),劳动力 Training program and the Alabama 社区 College System Innovation Center programs,” Karolewics补充道. It will also provide limited enrollment services for credit students and the four classrooms can be used by the community, as well as 澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态 students.

Karolewics expressed her appreciation to state legislators who helped secure funding for the modular building that will house the center and the Arley Town Council for 提供4.2-acre property on which it will be placed for lease at $1 a year.

“We are incredibly grateful for this collaboration to make this center a reality and to better serve the citizens of 温斯顿县,” Karolewics said. “这个伙伴关系 will contribute to a better quality of life for Winston Countians through instant access to education and training for good-paying 工作.”

“I’ve been waiting on this day for several years,” said 代表. 蒂姆•沃兹沃思. “我们有 worked hard to bring a facility here that will help 温斯顿县, not just students, 把工作机会带来.

“The purpose of this facility is to educate our youth and also allow dual enrollment,” 沃兹沃思说. “Having people get well trained, get their high school degree will always allow them to have a higher paying job and this center will also grow our community.”

“This will really be a game-changer for your high school students, for your adult education students and it will be a game-changer for your local elected leaders,” ACCS董事会的马特·伍兹说^th 国会选区. “When they go out and recruit business and industry, they have a tool now that they can point to that says we’re open for business in Winston County, that we know what we need to provide for you, and that’s a well-trained and 高素质的员工队伍. So, the opportunities that will come from this learning center are far greater reaching than anything we might can even see today.”

“Knowing that 澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态 社区 College and Dr. Karolewics对卓越的承诺， and everything that they do, it gives me great confidence that the good people of 温斯顿县 will have a top-notch opportunity through the academic and career technical programs that 澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态 will offer right here at this facility,”

休斯顿·布莱克伍德，人力资源总监 ACCS创新中心 explained how they will be providing curriculum and supplies for the Learning Center 教授各种科目.

“The Innovation is a support system through the community college system for the community 布莱克伍德说. “What we do is design curriculum including the content, the materials, the instructors and source all of the information and hand it over to the college so they can roll out those programs wherever they need them.”

The curriculum is also industry approved, he added, and cover a variety of subjects for short-term training and credentials that could help students obtain high-paying 工作.

As an example, Blackwood noted the curriculum for Fiber Optics Technician training, 这可能导致每小时20美元的工作.

“Talk about changing the family tree, quickly,” he said. “那种薪水和 those kind of benefits at a young age or even an older age can really make a difference.”

Suzanne Harbin, WSCC Vice President for Advancement and Innovation announced the creation of an endowed scholarship through the Arley Women’s Club and the WSCC Foundation. In a year or so, the fund will be able to provide its first scholarship to a Meek 高中生.

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