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Edison DCC Dean outlines future for the campus

GREENVILLE – “There are tons of opportunities with businesses expanding in Darke County,” said Edison Darke County Campus Dean Chad Beanblossom. While Workforce training and development is just one area of focus of the campus, Beanblossom anticipates it will likely provide the major growth opportunity in the next decade.

Beanblossom talked to members and guests at the Sept. 9 meeting of Kiwanis of Greenville about his vision for the future as the recently appointed Dean of the campus. He was hired eight months earlier as its Executive Director, however his recent appointment as Dean means he works directly with the new President of Edison Community College, Dr. Doreen Larson. Larson has expressed interest in focusing more on the local campus.

“We will continue to serve credit and degree-seeking students as we have in the past,” he said. “Workforce training and development has not been a focus before but will be now.” He noted these typically won’t be degree programs; their goal will be more for training than credit. Anticipated fields of interest in Darke County would be manufacturing, health care and agriculture.

In another area, high school student enrollment has more than doubled, jumping to 400 students with 2,456 credits thanks to the new state-mandated College Credit Plus program. This is compared to 181 students for 1,464 credits under the previous PSEOP program. CCP also expands the grade levels for participation. PSEOP students were typically juniors and seniors...

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