Amador County – An Amador County extension of Sacramento’s Consumes River College, or CRC, is gearing up for fall semester, and school officials are hoping for another successful turnout. That turnout will help determine the viability of a community college campus in Amador County says Amador Community College Foundation Vice-President Richard P. Vinson. He says that Amador County is only one of two or three counties in California not aligned with a Community College. Efforts to erase that statistic include an offer by Sacramento County’s Cosumnes River College, or CRC, to allocate 40 percent of its marketing budget towards advertising and promoting the newly established Amador Learning Center. Vinson called this “quite a generous offer”, considering that Amador County currently has approximately 1 percent of the student population of CRC. That’s roughly 140 students compared to 140,000. Stephen McGloughlin of CRC, speaking at an Amador County Board of Supervisors meeting last December, said “140 students may not seem like an awful lot, but from zero it’s quite an increase.” At that same meeting, Supervisor Richard Forster thanked Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer for stepping up with the initial grants to develop a local college, saying “we hadn’t gotten any help or leverage before them.” County Grant Writer and Learning Center Co-developer Renee Chapman said that one of the first questions asked by businesses looking to develop a local presence is whether the County has a community college. Officially established last year, the “learning center will establish a formal community college presence in Amador County”, according to the Amador County website. CRC’s fall curriculum offers courses in Computer Information Science, Curriculum and Interactions in Early Childhood Education, Emergency Medical Technician Services, College Composition and Emergency Digital Technologies. Courses take place at the Amador Learning Center at Independence High School, 525 Independence Drive in Sutter Creek. Registration for the fall semester, which begins Aug. 22, is open until Aug. 21. The semester runs until Dec. 17. Efforts to establish an official college in Amador County are ongoing. Story by Alex Lane This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Amador County – An Amador County extension of Sacramento’s Consumes River College, or CRC, is gearing up for fall semester, and school officials are hoping for another successful turnout. That turnout will help determine the viability of a community college campus in Amador County says Amador Community College Foundation Vice-President Richard P. Vinson. He says that Amador County is only one of two or three counties in California not aligned with a Community College. Efforts to erase that statistic include an offer by Sacramento County’s Cosumnes River College, or CRC, to allocate 40 percent of its marketing budget towards advertising and promoting the newly established Amador Learning Center. Vinson called this “quite a generous offer”, considering that Amador County currently has approximately 1 percent of the student population of CRC. That’s roughly 140 students compared to 140,000. Stephen McGloughlin of CRC, speaking at an Amador County Board of Supervisors meeting last December, said “140 students may not seem like an awful lot, but from zero it’s quite an increase.” At that same meeting, Supervisor Richard Forster thanked Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer for stepping up with the initial grants to develop a local college, saying “we hadn’t gotten any help or leverage before them.” County Grant Writer and Learning Center Co-developer Renee Chapman said that one of the first questions asked by businesses looking to develop a local presence is whether the County has a community college. Officially established last year, the “learning center will establish a formal community college presence in Amador County”, according to the Amador County website. CRC’s fall curriculum offers courses in Computer Information Science, Curriculum and Interactions in Early Childhood Education, Emergency Medical Technician Services, College Composition and Emergency Digital Technologies. Courses take place at the Amador Learning Center at Independence High School, 525 Independence Drive in Sutter Creek. Registration for the fall semester, which begins Aug. 22, is open until Aug. 21. The semester runs until Dec. 17. Efforts to establish an official college in Amador County are ongoing. Story by Alex Lane This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
