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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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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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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.

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Your Student Success Specialists

Student Success Specialist at East - Jazmin Jackson Bernard
Jazmin — East
Student Success Specialist at East - Hillary Leonard
Hillary - East
Student Success Specialist at Metro - Verita Bell
Verita — Metro
Student Success Specialist at Metro - Untaya Miller
Untaya — Metro
Student Success Specialist at West Zachary Sours
Zachary - West
Student Success Specialist at West Angie Csepi
Angie - West
Student Success Specialist at Westshore Katie
Katie - Westshore

What we do.

  • Student Success Specialists are an invaluable resource to help you succeed that are located at each campus. They can answer your questions, be an advocate, and help you find needed services on campus and in the community.

How can we connect you.

  • Connect you with Financial Aid: Navigating the financial aid process to address financial need.
  • Connect you with Student Accessibility Services (SAS): Supports students with academic disability accomodations.
  • Connect you with Career Center: Career guidance, resume building, and interview skills.
  • Connect you to Counseling: Academic advising, personal advising, and crisis intervention.

How we can help.

  • Maintain contact with students in order to enhance academic success and increase retention/graduation rates.
  • Meet with students in requested one-on-one sessions in order to increase motivation, encourage achievement, monitor academic success and assess student’s ability to persist to the next semester/academic year.
  • Browse for courses to build schedule and other Cuyahoga Community College processes.
  • Provide immediate (24-48 hour) follow-up on all early alert referrals, directly allowing students to the appropriate resources available to help ensure their success.
  • Referral to community resources as needed.

Commonly Utilized Virtual Student Resources:

  • Connect to Webex from your computer: Handout about connecting to a Webex to join a virtual lecture or class meeting from your computer.
  • Connect to Webex from your mobile device: Handout about connecting to a Webex to join a virtual lecture or class meeting from your smartphone or mobile device.

For additional resources, including 24/7 Pear Deck Tutoring, Degree Works, Blackboard and much more, log in to my Tri-C space and navigate to the Student tab, located on the left side of the page. As always, please feel free to contact a Student Success Specialist for additional support.

How to reach us

Eastern Campus
Jazmin Jackson-Bernard
216-987-2638
jazmin.jackson-bernard@tri-c.edu
ESS 1101

Hillary Leonard
216-987-2298
hillary.leonard@tri-c.edu
ESS 1101

Metropolitan Campus
Verita Bell
216-987-4008
verita.bell@tri-c.edu
MSS G15

Untaya Miller
216-987-2016
untaya.miller@tri-c.edu
MSS G15

Western Campus
Zachary Sours
216-987-5675
zachary.sours@tri-c.edu
WSS G100

Angie Csepi
216-987-5147
angie.csepi@tri-c.edu
WSS G100B

Westshore Campus
Katie Ponsart
216-987-3261
katie.ponsart@tri-c.edu
SHCS 141 O

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