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Good morning, good morning, good
morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome

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in time now for our community connection
right here on K one, the one

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you trust from Tray County Tech.
Ain't doing there, Rand, We are

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doing awesome. Just getting ready for
uh, you know, school ending,

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so that wrapping up that, but
also doing a whole lot of prep work

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for what's coming up in August.
So what's the big prep plan. So

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we got actually before then, we've
got an EMT class that starts in a

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few weeks, right, so we're
gearing up there. That had interviews with

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some of those students last week and
it was an awesome time. And then

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now just gearing up. We got
our full time programs are full, but

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we still got openings on all of
our flex programs, which are those evenings

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a couple of nights a week.
In most cases, those certifications are done

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in ten months and ready to go. So we've got a whole list of

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those our COMPTA certifications. So if
you're interested in it or working in the

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computer field, networking, cybersecurity,
that's the thing for you, that's what

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you want to look at. We've
got medical office specialist in that program.

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You can do online hybrid, you
can do a little bit online, a

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little bit in person, or you
can choose to do an in person.

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So whatever fits you best. We've
got openings there. We've got construction Technology

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which is a great program, heating
and air plumbing, electrical carpentry, so

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whole slew of things and get those
all. You get six national certifications through

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that program in ten months. This
is wonderful. What's the deadline here,

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so hey, just soup. We'll
look at try to close the applications three

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weeks before class starts. So I
think August twenty first is our first to

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class, so we'll be looking at
three weeks, so right at the beginning

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of August we'll close that application.
But well, let's fill them now,

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let's get you going. Yeah,
I tell you they close quick, because

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they do. They are very popular. Now, these are certification classes.

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This is great because a lot of
times folks thought that, well, in

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order to do anything, I'd have
to get a four year degree and maybe

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something extra just to get into the
field. That's not exactly the case in

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these situations. These days, we
have taken an ear to what the employers

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need and what educators can provide,
and with that collaboration Look what Tri County

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Tech has a complay absolutely all of
our programs. We you know, we

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have advisory boards that work with local
businesses in our area that help bring um,

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bring us insight to us or what
are we seeing an industry? So

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our instructors are able to give instruction
to our students so they're ready to go

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to work right when they leave.
Oh so it's a great deal. Well

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this is super. Now, if
we want to go online, we just

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go to Tri County Tech dot edu. That is correct one in a road

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today. Yeah, try County Tech
dot eedu and it's all online. That

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application processes all online in most cases, depending on the program you choose.

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There's a few things that will need
material wise from you, but most cases

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we need. We'll have you come
in and take an accuplacer. So it's

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a i'm an assessment, basic greeting
and math assessment right at the beginning.

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You'll take it there in our assessment
center. And then any transcript, high

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school, college, g D whatever
you've got. Um, we don't need

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all of those. We need one
of them though, So get you going

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and get you get your plugged in
and get you going through the admissions process.

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Well, this is wonderful. And
of course if you want to take

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a little look at the campus that
doesn't heard, just call ahead, right,

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yeah, call ahead, or you
can you can book an appointment with

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me online. So there's you can
book an appointment with me online and we'll

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give you a tour answer questions for
you. Um but yeah, come on,

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it's a it's a busy time of
the year, but it's a good

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time, so we're ready for you. This is really great. And the

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one thing that I really love,
and I think everybody really loves about Tri

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County Tech is that by the time
you graduate, you're not gonna be you

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know, mountains of dollars in dat. Yeah that's right, man. Our

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our foundation works really hard gathering those
funds to help our students. About ninety

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percent of our adult students qualify for
financial assistance through our foundation. Um but

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I mean, like me, our
adult students graduated our programs owing zero money.

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Wo. That is irregredible. Yeah, it's awesome for sure. And

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of course with these flex programs,
these work around you. Yeah, you

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can have a you know, a
lot of there's it's built for working adults.

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That schedule is built for students or
students who are working, you know,

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working and needing to wanting to further
their education. Come on, we'll

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help you out with it. Wow. Raydael Jones is our guest here and

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inside talking to us about Tricounty Tech
and getting ready for the big classes to

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start, and of course we do
have some openings and a wide variety of

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classes. Just go to the website
tri County Tech dot du no hyphens know

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nothing and take a look around.
You might be surprised at the opportunities for

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education that you can find there.
Absolutely and even those if you're already in

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a career and you're needing some continued
education. We have some full online option

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links that over four hundred courses forget
some CEU credits if you need that for

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your employment, go check that out
too. So definitely around you know of

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certification starting at twenty nine dollars and
packages and bundles and that range cover a

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whole lot of subjects, so check
us out for that as well. This

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is this is absolutely inspiring for folks
who may have been holding on to a

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job thinking that well, that's all
the better it's going to get. And

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you know that perhaps way back deep
inside and your heart and your mind,

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your body, and so you probably
could do better. Well, this is

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a way to kind of put that
on your radar, absolutely and maybe take

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a plan of action. Absolutely absolutely, We're not we're not saying pooh poo

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to anybody's employer by We're just saying, if you feel like you can maybe

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grow, yeah, this is where
we go to grow. Yeah, a

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lot of professional development opportunities. So
I mean, if just to grow yourself

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as an individual, So come and
check us out. We'd love to have

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you. And maybe even if you're
still really like where you're working, but

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you think you can do better,
this is a great way to check out

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some certification. Yeah, absolutely,
yeah, for sure, for sure.

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Now these things kind of came about
what the last several years, right,

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yeah, ducation program. Yeah,
so we just the last couple of years

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started looking at ways that we can
offer online learning for our students in that

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continued education and so um we've launched
that and that's going really well. And

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um, you know, the the
the flexibility for the working adult to advance

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themselves either in a current career or
to take a different career path. Um,

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we've got the we've got the programs
for you. This is really cool

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because there are a lot of folks
who are in their thirties and forties and

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they're thinking, well, you know, I got I got a lot to

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offer. I've got a lot of
life to go. I got a lot

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of working life to go. Let's
just see if there are some options out

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there, right, and you're not
alone. You've got to find like minded

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people who you know, it happens. I'm saying thirty eight and forty five,

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that's when most folks say, and
that could be a really good ideas.

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That's now Trake County Tech is not
just for non traditional students. We

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have traditional absolutely, we have programs
for that as well. UM, so

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those are full come in into the
August. I think we do have some

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openings in our precision Machining, which
would be more of a traditional setting.

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UM, so you could come in
and take that program from you know,

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be Monday through Friday, mull a
full school day with us. But again

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that certification has done any year,
so UM that's an option as well.

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But we've got UM in that full
time programs. We've got all We've got

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nursing, cosmetology, UM that you
can come in and check out and be

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a part of um But are are
the ones that we've got coming up for

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August are going to be in that
flexible evening, So that's a great go

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check out those programs from welding,
construction, our computer networking, medical office

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specialists, accounting, So definitely come
and check us out. We'd love to

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love to get you going. I'll
tell you what this, this education you're

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you're looking at, folks, is
really worth your time and investment. I'll

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tell you a little story. I
could have used Tri County Tech when I

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was for sure. I'm not I'm
not great. You think I'm doing what

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I'm meant to do. But one
point in my time, I was just

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working the radio on the weekends,
but I was working a factory during the

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day, and they introduced me to
precision machining and dool and die and all

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that stuff. You know, a
few classes could have gone a long way.

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We're sure. Waste a lot of
material training, We're sure. And

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then we get our instructor out there
does a great job in getting our students

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industry radio so they're ready to get
a job. We've even had students that

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are able to go ahead and got
start work before you know when, before

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they even finished their certification and get
some work study hours and get paid for

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that. And so there's lots of
opportunities for that, for sure. You

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get to know the how though,
why though, where the how and instead

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of just because they told you to
do it that way. Yeah, so

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it works a lot better when you
go get the educator. Absolutely once again,

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how can they find you online?
So just jump on our website tri

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County Tech dot edu. All one
word, all lowercase snow hyphens or anything

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like that. So Tri County Tech
dot edu and look up Randall Jones and

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he will take care of you.
Yeah, we'll get you tink. Hey,

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thank you, brother, I appreciate
it when I always love being here

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man, mister optimism here, that's
for sure. Alrighty, We've got a

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little bit more coming up here for
you and just a little bit stay tuned.

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