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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Four significant grants awarded to Klamath Community College (KCC) during the month of September – totaling nearly $2.4 million – will support students, develop new programming, and complete fundraising for the campus’s newly constructed Apprenticeship Center.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Get out your mask and press your cape, the first Comic Con in the Klamath Basin in nearly three years is coming to Klamath Community College. Sparked by a desire to host a large-scale open house for the community, the college will host its first KCC Comic Con from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 13.
Read MoreIn the fourth week of fall term, Klamath Community College enrollment was up 10 percent from fall term 2016. Fall term began Sept. 25. Fourth-week reporting is significant because enrollment information for that week is reported from statewide public community colleges and four-year universities to the Higher Education Coordinating Committee.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS – Community members in Klamath Falls and surrounding areas are invited to attend a Klamath Community College open house next week to learn how to become a licensed teacher without leaving Klamath Falls.
The open house is Monday, Oct. 30, at 5 p.m. in the Work Skills Technology Center, room 819.
Representatives from KCC and Southern Oregon University will be at the event to talk about their partnership, which allows students registered at SOU to complete a bachelor’s of science in elementary education at KCC.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS – Klamath Community College will host its second Wildland Firefighter Round-up this month.
This open house is aimed at connecting local job seekers to seasonal wildland firefighting positions available in the Klamath Basin region. The event is at KCC Oct. 27, 2 to 5 p.m., in the Work Skills Technology Center, room 820.
Read MoreHECC is the single state entity responsible for ensuring pathways to higher educational success for Oregonians statewide and serves as a convener of the groups and institutions working across the public and private higher education arena.
Read MoreKlamath County, Ore. - $600 Million is contributed annually to the local economy from Klamath Basin Agriculture. The Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA) understands this well as do members of the Ag industry. However, many outside of this industry understand little about how Basin Agriculture operates and generates revenues into the economy.
To help bridge the gap, the KWUA organizes an annual harvest tour to show just what happens in education, fields, and processors. 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the Fall Harvest Tour.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS – Klamath Community College and Lake Health District have cemented another three-year partnership to support nursing education in rural Oregon.
The partners’ first agreement was signed in Oct. 2013 and established a path forward for the two entities to educate future nurses and to better serve rural communities in Klamath and Lake counties. The partnership set the foundation for the KCC nursing program, which began offering classes in 2015.
Read MoreHappening until 6:00 PM today is the Ag Career Fair at Klamath Community College (KCC). Keith Duran, Natural Resources Systems Department Chair at KCC, discusses the shortage of agriculture related jobs, businesses looking for employees and the current Agriculture program offered at KCC.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS – Community members interested in learning about how to gain employment in the local agriculture industry are invited to attend KCC’s first-ever Ag Career & Job Skills Fair.
The fair is 1 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 29. Booths and vendors can be found in and around Building 6 on the KCC campus in Klamath Falls. The event is free and open to the public.
“We are expecting about 25 ag businesses and agencies,” said Keith Duren, KCC ag program lead. “Our goal is for people to get an idea of the breadth of opportunity within the ag industry and hopefully find an aspect of it that matches their interest.”
Read MoreRendering of Work Skills Technology Center (KCC)
KLAMATH FALLS – Community members now have another method for getting ahead in the job market: co-enrolling in education programs at Klamath Community College.
Starting this fall, students enrolled in GED (general education development) courses can co-enroll at KCC to earn a college-level career pathway certificate in culinary, welding, or business/retail.
“These pathway certificates take a year or less to complete, and we hope will help students have a solid start in obtaining employment and educational gains,” said Raquel Poteet, Director of Education for Klamath Center for Education and Training (K-CET). “Our priority is to help adults seeking to change or improve their lives.”
The adult GED program is facilitated by K-CET, a partnership between KCC and Goodwill that was established in 2016. K-CET is located on the KCC campus in the new Work Skills Technology Center.
Adults 21 years and older are eligible to enroll in K-CET’s GED program, according to Poteet. She said GED students are required to attend a mandatory intake class and goal-setting meeting. K-CET offers classes in the morning, afternoon, evening, and online. Students must attend 10 hours per week.
K-CET and KCC instructors will closely advise students who are co-enrolled to ensure success, Poteet said. Students must enroll in six KCC credits to be eligible for scholarships.
“Earning a career pathway certificate can make a huge difference in someone’s life,” said Julie Murray-Jensen, KCC Vice President of Enrollment and External Affairs. “This opportunity is about training, getting people to work, and advancing their career aspirations.”
Poteet said students pursuing a GED can study at their own pace and can finish as quickly as they like. Once the GED program is complete, students have an option to apply successfully completed KCC certificate courses toward a two-year degree.
Press Release from Klamath Community College (KCC)
Klamath Falls, Ore. - Starting Monday students will use the new Work Skills Technology Center at Klamath Community College (KCC) for the first time in the schools history. Paul Breedlove, Director of Information Services provides Klamath Falls News with a behind the scenes tour of the new education center.
We take a look at the new classrooms, offices and computer labs available to faculty and students.
KLAMATH FALLS – Klamath Community College is thrilled to announce that generous community support has propelled the “Completing the Transformation” campaign past its fundraising goal.
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