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Transitions to hold more info sessions
The Advocate
The Transitions program at MHCC offers students a chance to learn about various career opportunities in a tight knit, group setting.
Transitions graduate Adriana Chavez said that before she went into the program, she wasn’t really sure what she wanted to do with her life. She said Transitions has helped her learn who she is on the inside, as a person.
“It’s more than just a regular class. You really feel the support from each and every other student. It’s always a close bunch,” she said.
Tucked away in the first level of the College Center, Transitions is a program open to anyone, although assistant and receptionist Jenny Ruelas said that strangely they have never had a male go through the program. “We serve single parents, displaced homemakers and immigrant women” boasts the small pamphlet on the front desk.
In order to join the Transitions program, among other things, you must first attend an information session. Information sessions for the winter term are sporadic and only take place during the winter months, with four meetings through Dec. 15. The next one will be Dec. 2.
During these two-hour sessions, anyone is welcome and Counselor/Coordinator Cynthia Dettman will tell explain how to apply for financial aid, how to get started on the college placement test, how to get enrolled at MHCC and how to get started in the process of enrolling for the Transitions program.
Other items required in order to be considered for the course are written documentation that you have taken the college placement test and a written application, obtainable through the Transitions office or on the college website.
Transitions is worth seven credits, and the number of applicants has been unusually high lately.
“We have noticed that since the recession started, the number of people applying for the program and showing up for information sessions has really risen. We had such a high number of applicants during the summer term that we offered two courses instead of one” Ruelas said.
Transiciones, the sister program to Transitions, is offered once a year, is two terms in length and has a total of 30 open spots.
This program is specifically geared towards Latina women and is taught in Spanish, but has all assignments in English.
“It is essentially the same as the original Transitions program, but in Spanish,” said Ruelas. “You have to have a certain level of English before you can get into that.”
The Transitions course offers Kaiser insurance to those enrolled and their immediate family
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