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New summer weekend college offered

April 27, 2008

PERRYSBURG -- Area residents will soon have the opportunity to continue their college education during the late spring and summer months on the weekends at Owens Community College as the academic institution is expanding its offerings to include a new summer weekend college on the Perrysburg and Findlay campuses. Summer weekend college classes will run May 30-July 27.

The eight-week academic course options available to students on the campuses will include introductory to financial accounting, anatomy and physiology, business professionalism, contemporary business, principles of management, introduction to CAD, production drawing, composition, foundations for college and introduction to the humanities.

Summer weekend course offering also include fundamentals of computing, computer concepts and applications, spreadsheet applications-Excel, marketing, developmental algebra, college algebra, beginning keyboarding, general psychology, life span psychology, sociology, multicultural diversity in the United States and public speaking.

In addition to new summer weekend academic course offerings, last year Owens made available its first-ever weekend associate degree programs, which allow students to begin and end their college education entirely on the weekend. Academic programs offered through the weekend college curriculum include the associate of arts general concentration, associate of science general concentration, associate of technical studies and the associate of applied business in business management.

Owens currently offers more than 160 classes as part of its weekend college academic curriculum. For more information, call 567-661-7777, 567-429-3509 or 800-GO-OWENS, ext. 3509 or 7777.