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The Crawford Success Center will welcome its first students for Fall Semester, which begins August 24th, 2015.
As construction nears completion, there will be an information session about programs available, class schedules, financial aid, and steps to enroll for college classes in Bucyrus.
CSC Information Sessions
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Session 1: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Session 2: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Hosted at the Crawford County Partnership for Education & Economic Development office at 117 East Mansfield Street in Bucyrus.
Classes available this Fall at the Crawford Success Center:
Algebra for Probability and Statisics
STAT-0086-03
Tuesday and Thursday 9:00am-9:50am
American Culture & History From 1877
HIST-1030-30
Tuesday & Thursday 7:00pm-8:15pm
Animal Science Management
AGRI-1050-18
Monday & Wednesday 5:30pm-7:10pm
Basic Mathematics
MATH-0070-02
Monday & Wednesday 9:00am-11:40am
Basic Writing
WRIT-0090-03
Monday & Wednesday 2:15pm-3:30pm
College Reading
READ-0080-04
Monday & Wednesday 3:45pm-5:00pm
Combined MATH-0070/0010
MATH-9910-02
Monday & Wednesday 8:00am-11:40am
Combined WRIT-0090/0010
WRIT-9910-03
Monday & Wednesday 1:00pm-3:30pm
English Composition I
ENGL-1010-900
Wednesday 9pm-10:15pm Ethics
PHIL-1110-03
Monday & Wednesday 3:45pm-5:00pm
Introduction to Health Professions
HLTH1-1030-18
Wednesday 6:00pm-8:00pm
Introduction to Psychology
PSYC-1010-07
Tuesday & Thursday 3:30pm-4:45pm
Navigating College
FYEX-0060-02
Monday & Wednesday 12:00pm-12:50pm
Nutrition
BIOL-1101-18
Wednesday 11:30am-1:30pm
Pre-Algebra
MATH-0072-02
Monday & Wednesday 9:00am-10:45am
Probability and Statistics
STAT-1010-03
Tuesday & Thursday 10:00am-11:15am
Speech
COMM-1010-31
Wednesday 6:20pm-8:40pm
SUCCESS!
FYEX-0050-06
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 1:00pm-5:40pm
Learning Communities available this Fall
A Business Management Cohort group will begin studying this fall toward a Business Management degree. In this program, the entire class moves through the program together. Classes are of varying lengths and meet just one night each week. This highly-successful model improves student performance and success, while offering flexibility to busy students, many of whom are already employed full-time. More information on the business management Cohort is available at 419-755-4854
TRiO, a grant-funded program which offers personal, dedicated support to hundreds of NC State students, will begin a TRiO Learning Community which couples their services to the availability of block scheduling of classes at consistent, convenient times, and learning together as a group. Interested students should call the TRiO office at 419-755-9015 for more information and to see if they qualify for the program.
Background
For more than two years, a leadership team with members from Crawford County and North Central State College has been developing plans for a satellite location of NC State which has been named the Crawford Success Center. The Center will be located in downtown Bucyrus to serve the education needs of the residents and businesses of Crawford County and the surrounding areas.
Community engagement welcomes NC State collaboration
Crawford: 20/20 Vision, the community’s strategic plan to make the county a better place to live, work and do business, identified the need to “assess workforce needs and work collaboratively to create appropriate coursework at the secondary and career technical center and community college levels.” In 2011, a group of Crawford leaders reached out to North Central State College to strategize how best to achieve this goal.
Nearly 500 NC State College students are currently enrolled at the college, but need to travel from Crawford County to the main campus or satellite facilities in order to attend classes. Establishing a center in downtown Bucyrus will lessen that barrier and open up opportunities for residents who, otherwise, would not be able to attend classes at all. In addition, this collaborative effort will provide a more engaging environment for local PSEO and GED students as well as a place to engage area youth in programs such as robotics and STEM camps.
The community is excited about the possibilities this center can offer. Curriculum development focus groups targeting various Crawford employment sectors (including Manufacturing, Health Care, Retail, Government, Finance and Small Business) and local media coverage reveal that residents are looking forward to bridging the skills gap, filling jobs, exploring opportunities and improving their quality of life through higher learning and continuing education.