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Edison DCC to
participate in workforce education
GREENVILLE – “We are aggressively pursuing Workforce Development
training as part of diversifying our offerings to the community,” said
Rhonda Rich, Edison Darke County Campus Coordinator and Success
Advisor. “At the same time we’ll continue to serve the needs of
traditional and CCP (College Credit Plus) students,” she added, noting
this will allow the college to serve the overall community better.
Rich said a new campus director, Chad Beanblossom, has been hired to,
among his other duties, spearhead this diversification. Beanblossom,
formerly at IU East, is a Darke County native and Mississinawa Valley
graduate. A Greenville resident, he is also a former Edison Community
College student. He started his new position Feb. 27.
The approach is to give local business and industry “what they want.”
Rich said this could be industrial management, supply chain management,
manufacturing and a variety of other options as needed. “Traditional
courses have to be set up early, especially for CCP students,” Rich
added. “Others (in the Workforce Development field) we can turn on a
dime if the business community tells us there’s a need.” One option is
to offer more alternative programs, such as web-flex models that meet
one night a week with comparable online work required outside of class.
Rich said one of Beanblossom’s plans is to start an advisory board to
determine current and anticipated needs...
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