Registration for GED Classes for Spring 2018 coming in January


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

What is the Educational Opportunity Center?

Image
The  Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) is a federally funded educational outreach TRIO program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to promote postsecondary education to underrepresented populations. The EOC motivates and assists low-income, first-generation adults who want to begin, resume, or continue their education beyond the high school level. The mission of the program is to expand awareness about educational opportunities and postsecondary education options to low-income first generation individuals throughout the Tri-county area. The goal of the project is to increase the number of Tri-county adults who enroll in postsecondary (college) education institutions. The EOC program assists adults who are interested in continuing their education to the postsecondary (college) level. Each year, EOC serves approximately 2,000 adults from the Tri-county community. You are eligible to participate in the program if you are: 18 years of age and older A resident of Charles...
Read more

Women's History Month and African Americans in Times of War: The Susie King Taylor Story on March 20th

Image
Guest speakers Ramona La Roche, Ph. D., and Hermina Glass Hill will presenting about the first African American nurse, Susie King Taylor, for Women’s History Month on March 20, 2018 in the downtown Palmer Amphitheater. Dr. La Roache will come dressed as Susie King Taylor and will share her extensive knowledge in the voice of her character. Susie King Taylor, formerly enslaved, was the first African American to teach openly in a school for former slaves in Georgia. She also became the first African American nurse during the Civil War. As the author of Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops Late 1 st S.C. Volunteers , she was the only African American women to publish a memoir of her wartime experiences. Ramona La Roche, Ph.D. is a Cultural Heritage Information Scientist.  A recent Institute of Library and Museum Services (ILMS): Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership (CHIL) Fellow, she received her doctorate from the University of SC’s College...
Read more