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North Central College Announces Fall Community Education Offerings

North Central College offers a variety of noncredit Community Education courses for adults and children.

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Registration is underway for fall 2012 Community Education courses.

North Central College offers a variety of noncredit Community Education courses for adults and children. Options include professional development, languages and culture, health and fitness, fine arts and more.

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“We’re expanding our Community Education program this fall with a variety of new course offerings,” says Deanna Taylor, the College’s community education program director. “We appeal to a wide range of ages and interests with the addition of such courses as Cinematography, How to Publish a Book, What’s for Dinner, Intro to PCs, Bridge Basics, Interpersonal Communication Skills Certificate and new writing, acting and dance courses for youths.”

Language courses include instruction in Spanish, Japanese and Russian. Health and fitness offerings include classes on plant-based nutrition, meditation and water aerobics. Professional and business development options cover such topics as conflict resolution, entrepreneurship and leadership. Fine arts classes include photography, creative writing, and lessons in piano and voice.

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Classes and workshops are offered during daytime, evening and weekend hours. Courses range in duration and starting dates and are offered from September through December. Registration is available until the day before classes begin. To view the fall 2012 Community Education catalog and for details about the various courses offered, visit northcentralcollege.edu/communityed, emailcommed@noctrl.edu or call the Community Education Office at 630-637-5560. A copy of the complete catalog is available to download from the College’s website.

Founded in 1861, North Central College is an independent, comprehensive college of the liberal arts and sciences that offers more than 55 undergraduate majors and graduate programming in six areas. Located in the Historic District of Naperville, Illinois—rated by Money magazine as among the nation’s “Best Places to Live”—North Central College is just 30 minutes from Chicago’s Loop. With more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students, North Central College is committed to academic excellence, a climate that emphasizes leadership, ethics, values and service, a curriculum that balances job-related knowledge with a liberal arts foundation and a caring environment with small classes.

Visit northcentralcollege.edu to learn more.


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