Stop, Drop, and Enroll - Public Service Education Opportunities

Public service industries, including police and fire departments, have an express need for completing educational benchmarks allowing for promotions and pay increases. Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) excels at partnering with area industry to meet expressed needs. Through industry discussion several educational models were developed to advance those working in our public service industries. We will present established models developed for the Department of Corrections, Police, Fire and Paramedic departments in the BCTC service area. Speaker(s): Dr. Melanie Williamson, Academic Dean, Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) Holly Clifford, Assistant Dean for the Communications, History, Languages, and Social Sciences Division, Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) Dr. Valdis J. Zeps, Academic Dean, Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC)