MUCH MORE THAN GRILLED CHEESE. WE’LL CHECK IT OUT WHEN YOU JOIN US TOMORROW AT 10 A.M. THACI.
CRAFTING A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR A
REWARDING CAREER CAN BE EXCITING
AND AT THE SAME TIME CHALLENGING
IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN
OUR SPONSOR, SCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE
CAN HELP YOU EXPLORE YOUR
OPTIONS. WE ARE JOINED BY STACEY
WHIDDEN, THE CHIEF ACADEMIC
OFFICER. THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME. IS IT? SCHOOLCRAFT
COLLEGE IS A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
WERE LOCATED IN LIVONIA,
MICHIGAN. RIGHT OFF OF I 2 75,
AND WE ARE AN OPEN DOOR COLLEGE,
MEANING THAT WE ACCEPT ANY
STUDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME
AND BE PART OF OUR COLLEGE
COMMUNITY. AND WE HAVE 130
PROGRAMS AND OVER 600 DIFFERENT
COURSES. RIGHT THAT’S AMAZING.
SO THERE’S A LOT OF VARIETY FOR
THE STUDENTS, AND YOU CAN’T MISS
IT. WHEN YOU’RE DRIVING ON THE
HIGHWAY. YOU CANNOT. WE ARE
RIGHT THERE FOR SURE.
ABSOLUTELY, WHEN KIDS ARE OR
ADULTS OR WHOMEVER IS THINKING
ABOUT KIND OF EXPANDING THEIR
CAREER. THERE’S SO MANY
QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE. SO
WHAT ARE LIBERAL ARTS AND
SCIENCES CLASSES? AND WHY ARE
THOSE ARE GOOD WAY TO EXPLORE
DIFFERENT AREAS OF INTEREST?
ABSOLUTELY WELL. WE HAVE A HUGE
VARIETY OF COURSES AT SCHOOL
CRAFT OVER 600 COURSES AND OVER
130 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BUT IN
THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE COURSES IN
ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATIONS.
NATURAL SCIENCES, SOCIAL
SCIENCES, ARTS AND MATH AND
STUDENTS CAN COME TO CAMPUS AND
TAKE THOSE IN A TRADITIONAL
SETTING ON CAMPUS, OR WE HAVE A
LOT OF THEM OFFERED ONLINE AS
WELL SO STUDENTS CAN MIX AND
MATCH WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM,
AND ALL OF THOSE CREDITS CAN BE
USED TOWARDS A SCHOOLCRAFT
CREDENTIAL OR DEGREE OR THEY CAN
BE TRANSFERRED TO A FOUR YEAR
UNIVERSITY AS WELL BECAUSE
THAT’S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE
ALWAYS THINK ABOUT AS WELL.
CREDITS GOING TO TRANSFER
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE KNOW THAT’S
VERY IMPORTANT AND SO WE MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE
AGREEMENTS WITH THE UNIVERSITIES
AS WELL. AWESOME SO, SPEAKING OF
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENCES,
WHAT KIND OF COURSES DO YOU
OFFER IN THOSE AREAS? SURE IN
THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, WE HAVE
KIND OF YOUR TRADITIONAL CLASSES
AT A COLLEGE THAT WOULD BE
THINGS LIKE PSYCHOLOGY AND WE
HAVE A MODEL OF A BRAIN HERE
WITH US TODAY WE OFFER POLITICAL
SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS. HERE’S AN
EXAMPLE OF WHAT MIGHT BE IN A
PSYCHOLOGY CLASSROOM, A LITTLE
MODEL OF A BRAIN. UM AND, UH AND
THEN ALSO WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW
COURSES AROUND. UM HOW DO WE
WORK TOGETHER? AS IN COLLABORATE
, UM, IN A DIVERSE COMMUNITY,
AND SO WE HAVE THINGS LIKE
SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND DIVERSITY
AND STEREOTYPES AND THEN ALSO,
WE KNOW OUR SCIENCES ARE REALLY
VITAL AS WE LOOK AT HOW DO
BETTER MANAGE OUR RESOURCES. AND
HOW DO WE MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR
HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY? SO IN THAT
AREA, WE HAVE PHYSICS AND WE
HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. WE
HAVE BIOLOGY. WE HAVE PHYSICS
AND CHEMISTRY. EXCUSE ME, AND
THEN WE JUST BUILT A BRAND NEW
HOUSE SCIENCE CENTER AND TO
SUPPORT THAT WE BUILT ANOTHER
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LAB,
OKAY? NOW WE’VE GOT EVERYTHING
COVERED FOR THIS SCIENCE MINDED
PEOPLE. NOW WHAT ABOUT YOUR
MUSIC PROGRAM? TELL ME ABOUT THE
LUTELY. YES SO WE HAVE BROUGHT
WITH US SOME OF OUR ARTS. UM UH,
PROGRAMS AND SOME ART WORK HERE
, AND WE DO HAVE FINE ARTS SO
STUDENTS CAN COME AND TAKE
CLASSES AND PAINTING AND DRAWING
AND CERAMICS. UM THEY CAN ALSO
TAKE CLASSES IN MUSIC
PERFORMANCE AND BE PART OF AN
ENSEMBLE. SO WE HAVE AN AWARD
WINNING SYNTHESIZER ON SAMBAL.
WE HAVE A JAZZ AND WIND AND
CORAL, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE,
UM, THEATER CLASSES AND YOU CAN
SEE SOME OF THE PRODUCTIONS
WE’VE DONE OVER THE YEARS SO YOU
CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF
EVERYTHING. ABSOLUTELY YOU CAN
END WITH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT
OPPORTUNITIES AND DIFFERENT
FORMATS. WE REALLY ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO COME AND EXPLORE. THEY
CAN KEEP THE CREDITS WITH US AND
GET DEGREES. THEY CAN TRANSFER
THEM. AND EVEN IF YOU WANT TO,
MAJOR IN ONE OF THE THINGS I’VE
TALKED ABOUT TODAY, YOU CAN
CERTAINLY START AT SCHOOLCRAFT
AND WILL HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR
FUTURE. THERE YOU GO. IT’S THE
HELP THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS. WHICH
IS AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US AND GIVING US ALL
THIS GREAT INFORMATION.
ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME PLEASURE. OUR
PLEASURE. ALRIGHT EVERYONE TO
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PROGRAMS SCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE
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