COMMUNITY+OUTREACH

We are committed to providing quality educational programs and services to prepare people for enhanced employment and educational opportunities in high tech career fields.

To this end, we depend on the guidance and input of community partners within our region. Through strong partnerships, we are able to move toward or create conditions that allow us to respond to trends, overcome challenges,take advantage of opportunities and address emerging needs and conditions to improve the economic well-being of our region.


 * COMMUNITY OUTREACH**


 * Speakers**
 * Speakers Bureau: A representative can arrange to speak to your group about our programs, about career options, or about general college information (i.e., registration and financial aid). We have conducted small and large group presentations in classrooms, to church youth groups, and to professional associations.


 * Career & Information Fairs**
 * Career Fair: We can host a booth at your career fair, whether you are located at a high school, a public library or elsewhere.
 * Information Fair: We can host a booth or conduct a presentation at your conference or trade show.


 * Literature, Promotional Products, and Posters**
 * Need display items or promotional products to distribute to your students, association members or customers (i.e., real estate agents love to distribute or products to their clients), let us know and we can work with you to determine the appropriate product mix.


 * PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Speakers**
 * Power Series Speaker: Offered approximately every other month during each semester, these one-hour presentations are conducted by Executives, sports figures, business owners and others of influence who have demonstrated success in their chosen career field. Speakers generally discuss personal traits, experiences, academic and career choices, and opportunities that they have encountered during their own career journey. Presentations are cross-curriculum and are designed to be beneficial to students of any age range.


 * Student Club or Organization Speaker: Many of our faculty serve as advisors for a variety of student clubs and organizations, including areas as diverse as Accounting, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Engineering, Geomatics, and History. Some faculty also serve as advisors in such non-academic organizations as the 2nd Amendment Academy, the Student Veterans, the Entrepreneurship Club, and others. Dependent upon the needs of the organization, presentations may be academic, industry-specific, leadership-oriented, or of general interest.
 * Classroom Speaker: Providing students the opportunity to learn about real-world application of academic subject matter increases the quality of our programming therefore many faculty welcome representatives from business and industry into their classrooms as guest speakers. Presentations are generally informal and should include time for a question and answer session.


 * Advisors**
 * Advisors: As a provider of workforce education, feedback from professionals ensures that we offer quality programming that is designed ot meet the needs of the region's business community. Members of the community wjp serve on advisory boards provide input into curriculum development and serve as program advocates.


 * Workbased Learning**
 * Internships and Co-Ops: Real-world learning opportunities are an important capstone for our students as it allows them to expand on the knowledge and skills they have obtained in the classroom. Internships and co-ops maybe paid or unpaid, and may be conducted independent of course enrollment or as a required component of an academic program. A faculty member will work with a decision-maker (i.e., supervisor) at the place of business to determine policies and procedures specific to each students' internship or co-op.


 * Job Shadowing and Tours: Guided tours and short-term job shadowing provide students and educators to explore the skills required for specific jobs and to watch the implementation of those skills in the actual work environment. Being on the job site increases the students' understanding of how a specific job, task, piece of equipment or activity works holistically with other components within the industry. This activity also gives students the opportunity to ask questions or identify concerns or issues that they may have about the profession that would not otherwise arise if their knowledge were limited to academic study. The Division will work with facilities to identify the paramaters and goals for job shadowing and tours.


 * Career and Information Fairs**
 * Career and Information Fairs; From the High Tech Conference and Career Fair to Healthier U, the college provides exhibitor opportunities throughout the year for employers and interested stake-holders. Business participate in these activities to find employees, to promote their brand, to support the college's efforts at provideing career exploration opportunities for students, and to support the community.


 * If you are interested in partnering with the college and have another great idea for how we can work together, let us know!**