2009

ECCC offers course discount ln an effort to assist dislocat–

Workforce Development staff and other College officials met with approximately 500 dislo– cated workers at a rapid response meeting Wednesday. Jan. 7 at the Choctaw Hospitality Institute in Choctaw. It was recently announced that nearly 600 workers lost jobs at the Golden Moon Resort and Casino locat– ed on the Pearl River Resort in Chocta\\o. To qualify for the 2009 Spnng Incentive Two-for-One program. students must first enroll in one or two courses offered either on the Decatur campus or any off-campus location, and then select an addli.JOnal free course from a "designated" list ofclasses. The mcenuve program applies to part-nme students only - tl1ose \\oho enroll in no more than 11 hours of semester credit. The "'designated" list of classes and class locations include Hospitality and Touri"m Industry, Food and Be\'eragc Control, Introduction to Cnrrunal Justice, American Hi-.tol) II. ~1us1c Appreciation, General Psychology and Introduction to Sociology. all offered at the Choctaw

Technician, Choctaw Fire Department; Principles of Economics, Personal and Community Health, College Study Skills and Readillg Comprehension I, Philadelphia-Neshoba County Career-Technical Center; English Compo ition I, Human Growth and Development, Trigonometry, The Real Number System and Public Speaking l, Winston/Louisville Vocational Complex; Intermediate English, English Composition I, Music Appreciation and General Psychology, Decatur campus; World Literature ll, American (U. S.) History I and Introduction to Sociology, Foresr/Scott County Career and Technology Center; and English Composition J, College AJgebra, Problem Solving with Real Numbers and Introduction to Sociology, Leake County Vocational Center. Cost for academic and tech– nical classes is $75 per academ– ic hour or $225 for each three– hour course. Additional fees may apply for some courses. ECCC continues to offer its "Fir;t Course Free" program, wh1ch appUes to students at See ECCC, page 6A

ed workers affected by a stnag– gling economy and to encour– age other prospective part-t1me srudents to enroll in college classes, East Central Community College in Decatur is offering a

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