2004-2005 COLLEGE CATALOG - Luzerne County Community ...

CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM/
CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS
Continuing Education programs are designed to provide maximum opportunity
for individuals to take advantage of non-traditional alternatives for participation
in higher education programming. For those interested in increasing specific
content area knowledge or in developing new skills, flexible alternative training is
offered in contrast to traditional, daytime programming. Training packages can be
designed to meet the needs of groups and organizations.
I. CREDIT-FREE PROGRAMMING
Continuing Education provides a wide range of credit-free programs covering
the areas of personal development/enrichment, skill-enhancement training/upgrading,
and professional seminars, workshops, and symposiums. Offerings cover
a variety of training areas including the arts, avocational pursuits, business-applications,
personal computer applications and training, physical development activities,
and the like.
Each semester and/or session, over a hundred seminars and workshops are
offered in the personal development/enrichment, category, in the professional continuing
education category, and in the skill enhancement short-term vocational training
category. The seminars are usually scheduled during the evening and weekend
hours. Activities can be (and are) designed to address specific needs of clients. It
should be noted that any seminar or workshop can also be scheduled during daytime
hours, on and off campus, and special arrangements can be made through
Continuing Education to custom design training to meet the needs of any individual
and/or organization.
II. CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS
Conferences, seminars, workshops, symposiums, training sessions, etc. are also
included as part of Continuing Education programming possibilities. These are
means of presenting important information within short, concentrated periods of
time. Continuing Education can design any program or training activity, such as
those for professionals who must keep abreast of research trends, new strategies,
and/or new techniques in their fields.
Conferences, seminars, or workshops can be organized upon request utilizing
the facilities and resources of the College’s Educational Conference Center and the
Advanced Technology Center. Classrooms, auditoriums, appropriate support equipment,
satellite dish and teleconferencing equipment are just some of the resources
available for use to accomplish training activities. The Conference Center also includes
the availability of a complete food service to support any training package.
The Continuing Education staff is prepared to design, develop, and implement
complete training programs in cooperation with any interested sponsoring group
or organization and/or any selected training resource specialists. Conferences may
vary in length from just a few hours to a full week and beyond, and they can be
repeated annually, quarterly, monthly or weekly. Examples of training topics include
industrial management, purchasing, communications, industrial safety, office
management, supervision of personnel, hotel/restaurant functions, nursing
review/ refreshers, child care and health care practices.
Continuing Education is also prepared to develop technical, short-term training
packages to meet the needs of industrial and business firms, professional groups
and other civic and community groups. Training can also be arranged through the
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