Three news stories from Arapahoe Community College follow:

1. This Winter ACC's Non-credit Program Introduces Nine New Offerings

2.Sam S. Bloom Foundation Funds Low-Income Childcare at ACC

3. Students Who Start ACC's Pharmacy Tech Program on January 14 Will Graduate Before the Summer Solstice

This Winter ACC's Non-credit Program Introduces Nine New Offerings

Arapahoe Community College's Non-credit Program is introducing nine new courses to its many offerings this Winter. All courses will be taught at ACC, 5900 South Santa Fe Drive in Littleton unless otherwise noted.

Write With Confidence

Explore and practice the general principals and techniques of quality writing. Documents covered include correspondence, proposals, progress reports, feasibility reports and research reports. Starting February 20, this class will be taught over four consecutive Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Building an e-Bay Business: e-Commerce Basics

Explore the marketing, advertising, promotion, technology and software requirements of creating an e-Bay business from start to finish. Starting February 20, this class will be taught over ten consecutive Wednesdays from 6:00 to 8:45 p.m.

Bed and Breakfast Ownership: Can Inn Keeping Work For You?

Discover what is involved in buying a Bed and Breakfast and whether it is the right choice for you. Find out what properties are available and how to obtain financing. This class meets on February 27 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Project Management

Explore how to manage large scale projects. Learn to create a project plan file that contains tasks, resources and resource assignments. This class meets on January 28 and January 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the University Center at Chaparral, 15653 Brookstone Drive in Parker.

Herbal Gifts for Your Valentine

Learn to make easy, romantic, and pampering gifts for all the valentines in your life including bath oils, pillow sprays, romantic liquid candles, body paints, foot scrubs, body butters, massage oils and bath bombs. This class will meet on Saturday February 2 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Basic Math Refresher for Adults

Review basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) for practical life applications. This refresher will be taught through individual and small group activities so participants can get assistance for their individual needs in a supportive, non-threatening learning environment. Starting January 28, this class will meet Mondays from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Increase Vocabulary: The Vocabulary Experience

Participants will learn how to crack open the meanings of complex words without using a dictionary, and gain an understanding of linguistics that will significantly increase their verbal I.Q. This class will meet on January 29 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Embracing Change: Navigating Through Life's Transitions

Participants will gain a better understanding about life transitions, how to deal with feelings of loss and discovering some tools to move their life forward. This class will meet on January 29 from 6:15 to 8:45 p.m.

Time Shares: Get the Biggest Bang for Your Buck with a Current or Future Time Share

Participants will explore the "ins and outs" of utilizing a unit, exchanging for another vacation, maximizing their opportunities, buying another week, selling a week or losing a week and other Time Share tips and tricks. The class will meet on February 5 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.

To receive the Winter Schedule for ACC's Non-credit Program with complete class descriptions, many more learning opportunities and instructions on how to enroll in classes direct your Internet browser to http://www.arapahoe.edu/communityed/graphics/winter-schedule-08.pdf or call 303.797.5722.

Sam S. Bloom Foundation Funds Low-Income Childcare at ACC

The Arapahoe Community College Foundation has received a $2,500 grant from the Centennial-based Sam S. Bloom Foundation to help fund tuition stipends for children from low income households to attend to ACC's Child Development Center (CDC). Childcare stipends enable students with low incomes, who are also parents, to have their child attend ACC's CDC free-of-charge so they may pursue studies at the College.

The Sam S. Bloom Foundation supports charitable organizations that serve the financially disadvantaged residents of Colorado. The Foundation offers grants for programs that provide an array of services aimed at bringing self-sufficiency to members of highly motivated at-risk populations. It particularly supports programs providing a variety of services to family units with infants and young children.

"High-quality early learning programs like that of ACC's Child Development Center can help overcome the effects of poverty with a continuity of care that contributes to the long-term educational success of children at risk," explains ACC Foundation Executive Director Courtney Snowberger. "Our student families are extremely grateful for and dependent on the funding from this foundation as well as the past grants we have received from other donors including: The Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation, Hope for Generations Fund, The McKenzie Foundation, the Kenneth King Foundation, All Coast Forest Products and Post-News Charities."

Students Who Start ACC's Pharmacy Tech Programon January 14 Will Graduate Before the Summer Solstice

Some careers require training for years and years. At Arapahoe Community College, students who start their Pharmacy Technician program on January 14 can be finished with their entire program and ready to take the national certification exam before June 21 (in just 23 weeks).

ACC's fast-track program mixes online study with real-world laboratory experience in the College's simulated pharmacy. Following classroom training, students complete required internships in local hospital or retail pharmacies. Pharmacy Technicians have many responsibilities at hospital, chain, and neighborhood drug stores. These include: accepting and processing prescriptions; counting, pouring, and compounding medications; stocking and pricing inventory; billing and collecting payments; preparing and compounding sterile injectables including IV medications; distributing medicines to hospital stations; and preparing unit dosage packaging.

ACC's Pharmacy Technician program is better than others because their faculty predominately consists of practicing pharmacists. According to Samrawit Ghezae, a pharmacist that teaches in ACC's program, "The flexibility, hands on training and way the program has students complete both hospital and retail rotations makes it one of the best." Slots are still available for the class that starts January 14. Fo r more information on the program, contact Allen at 303-797-5944.