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Tri-C's Workforce Training provides both non-credit and credit training for individuals and businesses to assist individuals with skills leading to employment. Tri-C's Corporate College provides professional development and corporate training opportunities.

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Whether you want to earn a degree, improve your skills, get certified, train for a new career, or explore a new hobby, you can choose from many programs and courses.

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What type of student are you? New Student Returning Transfer Visiting International College Credit Plus Non-Credit All Student Types

Classes & Programs

Explore your interests and find a program that puts you on the path to a bright future. Tri-C offers both credit and non-credit courses as well as certificate programs in most career fields.

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Degree Programs & Certificates

More than 1,000 credit courses are offered each semester in more than 200 career and technical programs. Tri-C also grants short-term certificates, certificates of proficiency and post-degree professional certificates.

View A-Z Program List

Workforce Training & Professional Development

Tri-C's Workforce Training provides both non-credit and credit training for individuals and businesses to assist individuals with skills leading to employment. Tri-C's Corporate College provides professional development and corporate training opportunities.

Learn more

Community Programming for Adults & Youth

Tri-C offers a variety of affordable and convenient community programs for both adults and youth. These programs are designed to promote individual development.

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Faculty Development

Tri-C is committed to helping faculty grow and develop at every stage of their career. The Office of Academic Professional Development (also known as Faculty Development) collaborates with several collegewide and campus based departments to support ongoing training and development needs for all full-time and adjunct faculty. 

Mission

Our mission is to provide quality and timely college-wide professional learning opportunities and resources that create space for engagement, reflection, collaboration, innovation, assessment, and continuous learning for all faculty and academic stakeholders.

Vision

Our vision is to foster a collaborative culture in which our faculty and academic stakeholders enthusiastically embrace and practice innovative, evidence-based, and inclusive teaching and learning strategies to inspire career-long professional excellence and student success.

Our partners include:

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  • JFSC and AAUP
  • Faculty Development (Academic Professional Development)
  • Online Learning and Academic Technology (OLAT)
  • Instructional Design and Learning Excellence Team (ID&LE)
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  • Curriculum and Assessment
  • Articulation, Transfer and Prior Learning

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Faculty Development Contacts

Delia (Dee Dee) PfisterCollegewide
Delia (Dee Dee) Pfister
Associate Vice President
Academic Professional Development, Online Learning, Transfer and Articulation

Kara DePaulCollegewide
Kara DePaul
Director
Academic Professional Development
kara.depaul@tri-c.edu

Jennifer FilipiakCollegewide
Jennifer Filipiak
Specialist
Academic Professional Development
jennifer.filipiak@tri-c.edu

Stacey SoutherCollegewide Coordinator
Stacey S. Souther
Professor
Psychology
stacey.souther@tri-c.edu

Samantha PoseyEastern Campus
Co - Coordinator
Samantha (Sam) Posey
Assistant Professor/Counselor
samantha.posey@tri-c.edu

Matt CrowleyEastern Campus
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Matt Crowley
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
matthew.crowley@tri-c.edu

Meagan FowlerMetropolitan Campus
Coordinator
Meagan M. Fowler
Associate Professor/Librarian
meagan.fowler@tri-c.edu

Mardy ChaplinWestern Campus
Coordinator
Mardy Chaplin
Assistant Professor
Paralegal Studies
mardy.chaplin@tri-c.edu

Sara FullerWestshore Campus
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Sara Fuller
Assistant Professor
English
sara.fuller@tri-c.edu

David PaulikWestshore Campus
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David Paulik
Assistant Professor
Psychology
david.paulik@tri-c.edu

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