The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton will offer several non-credit courses over the next few weeks — including Employment 101, Medical Terminology, and Child Care Orientation Training — beginning with an eight-week Introduction to Welding Basics course starting Jan. 23. All courses are sponsored by the Office of Workforce and Community Education. Note: These courses follow the UACCM Community Education Day on Jan. 21. Four courses will be offered to the public during this event, which you can read about here . Jan. 23 – March 17: The Introduction to Welding Basics course, which meets Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., comprises over 135 hours of hands-on classroom instruction in welding, craft skills, OSHA safety certification, soft skills, and resume writing, along with the possibility of up to six hours of prior learning credit. Registration for the course is $450, though some participants may qualify for grant funding. Jan. 23 – Feb. 20: Ta...

The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton, through its Office of Workforce & Community Education, will host a Community Education Day on Jan. 21 at 8 a.m. in the Library Complex. Designed to help community members start off 2017 with some self-improvement, the event will feature courses on personal budgeting, crocheting, genealogy, and improving placement scores for college. The program for Community Education Day is as follows:  8 a.m. – 3 p.m.: “Cracking the ACT” is a one-day workshop to help individuals learn how to avoid common mistakes on the ACT and other placement exams. Participants will gain valuable skills to improve their scores and increase scholarship potential by practicing testing areas such as English, Math, Reading and Science. Registration is $40, which does not include the cost of the “Cracking the ACT” booklet available for rent or purchase from the UACCM Bookstore. 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.: “Crochet a Scarf” involves bringing one skein ...

The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton is proud to announce the Chancellor's  List and Academic Honors List of students for the fall 2016 semester. The Chancellor's List is made up of full-time students who completed at least 12 college-level credit hours with a 4.00 grade point average. Students named as Chancellor's Scholars follow (in alphabetical order by city):  Atkins – Danielle Blackwell, Madison Cook, Marisa Rodgers Bigelow – Cassity Gipson Conway – Aaron Ansel, Ashley Beck, Lancelot Belgrave, Carson Bramlett, Jefferson Caraig, Jacob Christiansen, Holly Cummings, Jana Davenport, Jesse Davenport, Keri Diemer, William Fields, Thomas Gault, Joshua Guidry, Laura Heifner, Christian Hopkins, Cassandra Hulbert, Anthony Jackson, Sawyer Lagasse, Dalton Lewis, Ruiz Paola Lozano, Lacey Martin, Morgan McPeake, Rachel McQuade, Melodie Moore, Robert Moore, Mercedes Most, Patrick Paladino, Mattie Pham, Layne Pitman, Ashton Rainey, Maggie Schichtl...