HED: BCCC adds electronic cigarettes to tobacco-free policy

The Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees earlier this month expanded its tobacco-free policy to include electronic cigarettes and other electronic delivery systems in its campus-wide tobacco ban.

“Beaufort County Community College is committed to providing its employees and students with a safe and healthful environment,” said BCCC President Barbara Tansey. “The new policy, added to the existing smoking and tobacco free campus policy recognizes the use of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes on campus grounds is detrimental to the health and safety of students.”

The prohibition on electronic cigarettes and similar devices is effective immediately and applies not only to BCCC students and employees but also visitors to the campus.

In 2010, the BCCC Board of Trustees enacted a campus-wide ban on smoking and the use of other tobacco products following a study of on campus smoking and tobacco use.

Under the policy, the use of electronic cigarettes and all tobacco products is prohibited in all campus buildings and vehicles on campus grounds, and property owned by the college, and at all events held on the college campus.

It stipulates that visitors who repeatedly violate the policy will be asked to leave the campus and calls for various sanctions against students, staff, and faculty members who violate the policy.

Signs designating BCCC as a tobacco-free campus are placed at all campus entrances.

For more information about the policy, contact Vice President of Student Services Rick Anderson at 252-940-6417 or by email at ricka@beaufortccc.edu.

 

HED: Small engine repair class offered

Learn how to get those mowers, chain saws, tillers and trimmers in good working condition and keep them that way for years to come.

The Division of Continuing Education at Beaufort County Community College is offering a course in small engine repair this fall. The class will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Room 100 of Building 8A beginning Nov. 4and ending Dec. 18.

Instructor Thomas Rogers will give students hands-on training to repair four-cycle and two-cycle engines. Instruction will be given in theory and explanation, engine systems, functions, system failures and trouble-shooting.

The registration fee is $110.25, including student insurance. The newly renovated shop now features new hand tool sets, an air compressor, air powered tools, a parts washer, and other amenities. Students are encouraged to bring their own small equipment pieces to tune-up and repair.

For more information about this class or BCCC’s Personal Enrichment Program, contact Director of Personal Enrichment Programs Clay Carter at 940-6357 or by email at clayc@beaufortccc.edu.

Students may register by calling 252-940-6375 or in person in Room 802 of Building 8 on the BCCC campus. BCCC accepts Visa, MasterCard and Discover. Checks payable to Beaufort County Community College may be mailed to the attention of Eva Peartree, 5337 U.S. Highway 264 East, Washington, NC 27889.

For more information about other Continuing Education classes, visit BCCC’s Website at www.beaufortccc.edu/coned/contin.htm.

 

HED: BCCC to offer safe driving class

The Division of Continuing Education will offer the American Automobile Association-approved “Arrive Alive” class 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 8, in Room 822 of Building 8 on the BCCC campus. The registration fee is $50 and is non-refundable once the class begins.

In this six-hour course, AAA-certified Instructor Doris Daniel will cover practical strategies that will help students learn to drive defensively.

The class is designed for those who have received speeding tickets, need a refresher course in safe driving, need a training course for their work or want to improve their driving skills.

BCCC can customize this class for any business or non-profit agency that would like to host training for their drivers or employees.

Students may register by calling 252-940-6375 or in person in room 802 of Building 8 on the BCCC campus. BCCC accepts Visa, MasterCard and Discover. Checks payable to Beaufort County Community College may be mailed to the attention of Eva Peartree, 5337 U.S. Highway 264 East, Washington, NC 27889.

For more information about BCCC’s Personal Enrichment Program, contact Director of Personal Enrichment Initiatives Clay Carter at 940-6357 or by email at clayc@beaufortccc.edu.

For more information about other Continuing Education classes, visit BCCC’s website at www.beaufortccc.edu/coned/contin.htm.

 

HED: Understand and work with different ages and generations

The Small Business Center at Beaufort County Community College will offer a workshop to help current and prospective business owners understand and work with different age groups and generations.

The workshop will be offered 2 to 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30, in Room 828 of Building 8 on the BCCC campus. The seminar is free of charge but pre-registration is encouraged so that the college can adequately prepare materials. Each age group and generation has its own characteristics. Not knowing what they are can affect worker relationships, customer service, employee morale, productivity and profit. This seminar will teach participants how to understand and work with each group more effectively.

The instructor for the course is Emily Ballance, a licensed professional counselor and a member of the National Speakers Association and the American Association for Therapeutic Humor.

The seminar is also sponsored by the Washington/Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce.

To register for the workshop, contact BCCC’s Business and Industry Services at 940-6375 or email Eva Peartree atevap@beaufortccc.edu or Lentz Stowe, director of BCCC’s Business and Industry Services at 252-940-6306 or by email at lentzs@beaufortccc.edu.

For more information about other services offered by BCCC’s Business and Industry Services’ Small Business Center, including targeted seminars for business owners, visit BCCC’s Website at www.beaufortccc.edu/coned/Small Business/workshops.htm or contact Stowe or Lauren Dudley, customized training coordinator, at 252-940-6311 or by email at laurens@beaufortccc.edu.