PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
                                                   August 8, 2003

Contact:
Terry Hapney, Director of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3112; FAX: (740) 351-3179; Cell: (740) 352-5566
E-mail: thapney@shawnee.edu    

            Shawnee State University (SSU) will offer the field technician certificate program at the Pike County Career and Technical Center in Piketon to train new and displaced workers. The certificate complies with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Accelerated Retraining Curriculum for Environmental Management developed by the Community College Network (C2NET) for the U.S. Department of Energy. Participants should have taken recent classes in either high school or college basic algebra, chemistry, and physics.

The first class will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 7:20 p.m. beginning Sept. 8 through Nov. 22.  Classes will continue two evenings per week for the winter and spring quarters. The deadline to register is Aug. 28.

For more information, call (740) 351-3370 or (866) 672-8778 ext. 3770.

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