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The Many Things The Workforce Center Can Provide
-by Dwight �Pops� Garner
Need a JOB? Need a CAREER? Need TUTORING? Just in need of DIRECTION? Then you need to visit the Copper Mountain College (CMC) Workforce Development Center. That�s right; the Workforce Development Center, the lab that is located around the corner at the south side of the CMC Greenleaf Library. This center provides more for the students and the Morongo Basin than the majority of the students who attend CMC are aware of.
CMC Workforce Development Center Director, Sue Tsuda, has been with the center since May 1999. When asked what satisfaction she gets out of working at the center she replied, �Helping students and the public.� If a person could read a face, Tsuda�s face displayed an aura of excitement and pleasure when answering that question.
Students will not be left to fend for themselves. There are professional personnel available to assist students in every aspect of the center. The center has Employment Service Specialists who will assist anyone with a job search. Private and county employers provide job opportunity listings to the center. Job searchers who would like their searches to go further than the local community, the Workforce Development Center will assist with resume submissions.
The most known feature of the center is the academic assistance that it provides. Located within the workforce center is the Academic Skills Center (ASC). This section of the center provides computerized aid to students and is designed to support regular classroom instruction. For students who are preparing to transfer to California State or the University of California, the ASC has the university�s catalogue available.
Books are always an issue for students. Many students try to save money by purchasing the required text on-line. Well, the center has a book loan program for students who are focusing on vocational majors or certificates and tuition fee waiver eligible.
According to Tsuda, �The workforce center began under the CalWORKs Program, designed to assist those students of low income families with education, in order to help them find employment with sustainable income. The center now functions as is with the assistance of a few grants to purchase materials, and primarily with funds from the Copper Mountain College general fund.�
The workforce center will help the students and the communities with more than most are aware of. This place is the nucleus for those to obtain good employment, a career opportunity, and of course help in education.
Some prerequisites may apply, so visit the center for more information, or call Sue Tsuda (760) 366-3791 ext. 4280.
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