Arkansas Community Colleges Host Community College Work$ Week Events

Arkansas’ 22 community colleges, and a number of branch campuses, will hold events this week to highlight the role college plays, whether it be education, technical training or workforce development, in the region.

Across the state, community leaders will take part in public events on campuses as part of Community College Work$ Week, which was proclaimed this week by Gov. Mike Beebe.

“Providing the best local education and training possible to the citizens of Arkansas is vital to the process of enhancing the economic security of our state and its communities,” Beebe said in a statement. “Arkansas’ community colleges have long been leaders in providing our citizens with education and training to meet local workforce needs.”

Pulaski Technical College will hold an event at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Campus Center on its main campus in North Little Rock.

Below is a list of those scheduled events:

Monday

•7:30 a.m. — ASU-Mountain Home

•8 a.m.-ASU-Newport

-North Arkansas College

-Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas

•8:30 a.m. — College of the Ouachitas

•9 a.m. 

-ASU-Beebe

-East Arkansas Community College

-Rich Mountain Community College

-Southeast Arkansas College

•9:30 a.m.

-Black River Technical College

-Ozarka College

-University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville

•11 a.m. — ASU-Newport at Marked Tree

•12 p.m. — Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas-Stuttgart

•1:30 p.m. — University of Arkansas Community College at Hope

•2 p.m.  

-ASU-Beebe at Searcy

-South Arkansas Community College

•4 p.m. — Arkansas Northeastern College

•5:30 p.m. — Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas-DeWitt

Tuesday

•8:30 a.m. — National Park Community College

•9 a.m. 

-ASU-Beebe at Heber Springs

-NorthWest Arkansas Community College, Washington County Center Springdale

-Pulaski Technical College

•9:30 a.m. 

-Ozarka College at Ash Flat

-University of Arkansas-Cossatot

•1:30 p.m. — University of Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana

Wednesday

•9:30 a.m. 

-Black River Technical College at Paragould

-Ozarka College at Mountain View

-University of Arkansas-Cossatot at Ashdown

•11:30 a.m. — NorthWest Arkansas Community College

Thursday

•9:30 a.m. 

-Ozarka College at Mammoth Spring

-University of Arkansas-Cossatot at Nashville

•10:30 a.m. —ASU-Newport at Jonesboro

Friday

•7:30 a.m. — University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton