November 3, 2021
Three students enrolled in the Somerset Community College (SCC) Lineman Training program received $2,000 scholarships from Kentucky's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives. The scholarships may be used for tuition, supplies, fees, and other expenses related to the program.
Western Kentucky University (WKU) and the University Center of Southern Kentucky (UCSK) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to offer a 2+2 Elementary Education degree completion in Somerset and the Lake Cumberland Region.
The annual Wanda Bolzé Memorial Scholarship book sale at Somerset Community College (SCC) will be held Wednesday & Thursday, December 1 & 2 on the SCC Somerset North Campus, located at 808 Monticello Street in Somerset. The sale will be set up in the Citizens National Bank Community Room of the Harold Rogers Student Commons from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Some students in Somerset Community College's (SCC) Electrical Technology program may be wanted by the FBI. As part of a search by the bureau, sessions and interviews were recently conducted on SCC's Laurel and Somerset campuses.
Staff across the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) have selected Somerset Community College (SCC), Kimberly Greene, to serve a three-year term as the General Education Staff representative to the KCTCS Board of Regents.
Six Diesel Technology students on the Somerset Community College Laurel Campus received scholarships funded by Randall and Victoria Weddle. The Weddle's support five males and five females per semester with a $2,500 scholarship.
Toyotetsu America, Inc. (TTAI) has established the TTAI Community Workforce Development Scholarship at Somerset Community College (SCC). Beginning in the Fall of 2022, four students will be chosen to receive this scholarship, including students from each of the four local high schools in Pulaski County; Pulaski County High School, Somerset Christian School, Somerset High School, and Southwestern High School.
This November, SCC will begin a Utility Technician Apprenticeship Program (UTAP). The program has been established to fast-track utility technicians in a field that greatly needs workers. "The telecommunications and utilities industries are looking at something like a 30,000-worker shortage in the next 10 years," says Eric Harris, apprenticeship project coordinator with SCC's Workforce Solutions.
Somerset Community College's (SCC) footprint in the industrial community expanded today, positioning its workforce development programs for growth and providing much-needed support to local employers.