Adult learners can connect with Lenoir Community College for better skills. better jobs
By Dr. Rusty Hunt and MC Belk Pilon
After two years of unprecedented challenges, we know that many North Carolinians are looking for new opportunities and a fresh start. Lenoir Community College is a great place for them to begin their journey.
In just a matter of months on our campuses, adult learners can acquire the skills, credentials, and degrees they need for a better job, a bigger paycheck, and an even brighter future for themselves and their families.
Everyone knows the vast majority of higher-wage jobs today require more than a high school diploma, but unfortunately less than half of North Carolinians, between the ages 25-44, have the education and training needed to fill these jobs. Meanwhile, employers across the region are frantically looking for the skilled talent needed to fill current jobs.
That is why Lenoir Community College, the John M. Belk Endowment, myFutureNC, and several other state and local partners are working together to launch a special Better Skills. Better Jobs. outreach campaign this summer and fall to attract even more adult learners back to college.
The goal is to connect and inform as many adults as possible about the variety of fast, flexible, and affordable education and job training programs that Lenoir Community College has to offer.
Lenoir Community College is a comprehensive community college that has been providing accessible educational, cultural, and social opportunities across Lenoir, Greene, and Jones counties, and beyond, since 1958. The comprehensive two-year public institution offers associate degrees, diplomas, or certificates through a variety of programs and career pathways designed to fit each student’s needs.
From public safety to nursing and health care, to business administration and welding, to automotive repair and technologies, and many more, these courses offer a direct pipeline to many of the region’s top employers.
We are pleased to be partnering on this important new initiative. We are dedicated to ensuring that 2 million North Carolinians, especially those between the ages of 25-44, have a high-quality credential or a postsecondary degree by the year 2030.
This summer’s Better Skills. Better Jobs. outreach campaign includes direct outreach to adults who previously earned some college credits, but left without a degree or certification; special community events and earned media promotions; digital marketing and advertising, and customized materials designed to quickly help more adult learners reconnect and re-enroll.
Please join us in sharing this information with your family members, colleagues, employees, friends, and neighbors.
Remind them that better skills can lead to better jobs - to greater personal and career opportunities - and an even stronger and more economically vibrant North Carolina for all of us.
Visit lenoircc.edu today quickly connect with Lenoir Community College to explore your potential new career path and discover the opportunity of a lifetime.
Dr. Rusty Hunt is the President of Lenoir Community College.
MC Belk Pilon is President and Board Chair of the John M. Belk Endowment, a private family foundation committed to transforming postsecondary educational opportunities to meet North Carolina’s evolving workforce needs.
