College announces new local grant funds
By From staff reports
Published in News on November 11, 2014 1:46 PM
Wayne Community College Continuing Education has grant money available to assist students who have been adversely impacted by changes in the tobacco industry.
The college's Project Skill-UP program provides career assessments, Career Readiness Certification preparation, courses to upgrade or learn new job skills, and financial assistance including tuition and fee waivers for students who are unemployed and underemployed and affected by the decline of the tobacco industry.
Contact Skill-UP Project Coordinator Maxine Cooper at 919-739-6938 or mcooper@waynecc.edu for more information on the program and qualified courses.
Project Skill-UP was piloted in 2006 with a N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund (NCTTF) grant to the N.C. Community College System. The NCTTF has continued to fund the training initiative and Wayne Community College has received a portion of those funds each year, including $15,000 for the past funding cycle.