September 2016 - College of Professional Education

From Paralegal to Cyber Security

Before she was inspired to go into information security, Annette Reed was a paralegal for 10 years. After researching the profession for months, she knew she wanted to make it her career. She proceeded to hire a career coach who told her about the Information Systems Security Profesional program. This new knowledge further led her...

September 29, 2016

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careers, information security, students, technology

Grad Finds Career in Medical Coding

At the end of 2014, Deana Jones was employed with a corporate company when it went through reorganization. Her department was eliminated, but being laid off gave her the opportunity to rediscover her interest in the medical field. She began to research the field and discovered the work a medical coder performed fit her personality and...

September 26, 2016

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careers, health, medical billing and coding, students

Culinary Instructor Spotlight: Frazer Breckenridge

Chef instructor Frazer Breckenridge has been instrumental in building our Culinary Apprenticeship program into one of the best in the state. We are excited to announce that he is reprising his role as our lead instructor for the program beginning this fall. We were able to catch up with him to learn more about...

September 22, 2016

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culinary, instructors

Corporate FP&A Professional Grad Q&A

Do you like money? So do the students in our Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis Professional program. Two of them — Karen Smith and Justin Stephens — shed some light on their experience in the course and how it has enhanced their careers. Karen works in a non-financial management role. However, she enrolled in the program...

September 19, 2016

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business, finance, management, students

Welcome to New Web Design & Development Instructor

ASP, HTML/CSS, Java and jQuery – learn all of this and more from Chandeka Ork, our newest Web Design & Development instructor. She joins John Pettibone in educating future website experts in our professional certificate program. “This is my first time instructing a course, but I have been excited to teach web design and...

September 13, 2016

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instructors, technology, web design

Making a Difference

Scholarships can change lives. Just ask Dick Harp, our OLLI director. He shares some personal experiences of witnessing lives being empowered and reinvented — and their success is contagious. It’s Never Too Late A few months ago, I had two pleasant experiences within a few days of each other. The first was a graduation for...

September 7, 2016

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Monthly Archives: September 2016

From Paralegal to Cyber Security

Grad Finds Career in Medical Coding

Culinary Instructor Spotlight: Frazer Breckenridge

Corporate FP&A Professional Grad Q&A

Welcome to New Web Design & Development Instructor

Making a Difference

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