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Appalachian State University

Higher Education is Burke County’s primary connection to departments offered to dually enrolled WPCC’s Partnership for Apprenticeship
Students have a lot of positive things higher education and job-skills training high school students and adults. and Career Exploration (PACE) Program
to say when sharing their reviews for approximately 5,500 students has grown substantially now with nine
of Western Piedmont Community annually enrolled. There are more than The Workforce and Continuing industry partners and 43 apprentices.
College, part of the North Carolina 100 degrees, diplomas, and certificates Education division offers general In addition to the initial occupations
Community College System. The college in programs of study across 40 education and adult high school registered, Industrial Maintenance
diploma programs, English as a and Electronic Industrial Controls,
Second language, personal enrichment, CNC Machining, Plumbing, Emergency
healthcare, emergency services, law Medical Tech, Paramedic, and PLC
enforcement, customized training, Technician have been added. Find out
and WPCC’s Small Business Center. more at wpcc.edu.
Classes are designed to accommodate
lifestyles and are offered in-person Nearby colleges and universities,
and online. It’s an efficient way including Appalachian State
for students/employees to access University, Western Carolina
necessary training and skills, or even to University, Lenoir Rhyne University,
invest in a new hobby. and Lees-McRae College offer
undergraduate and graduate programs,
Western Piedmont Community College’s and provide a continuous source of
new Skilled Trades Solution Center lifelong learning for business leaders in
opened Fall 2023 and focuses on skills every industry.
in the construction industry: carpentry,
masonry, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, Burke County is also home to
and heavy equipment operation. several other educational institutions,
Students will have new opportunities from top-rated early learning centers
to build their skills with a diverse to high school equivalency programs,
expansion of the plumbing, electrical, Christian schools, and classical
and HVAC labs. education academies.

Happy 60th Anniversary (2023)
Western Piedmont Community College!

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