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The Community Education department at Danville Area Community College is a program dedicated to enhancing and improving the quality of life of area residents. Community Education offers a variety of learning experiences for all ages, through courses, seminars, workshops, tours and other activities.

People from all walks of life and all ages participate both as instructors and students. The positive, non-competitive environment of the Community Education department promotes sharing of ideas, knowledge and attitudes.

General Studies Programs

General Studies courses provide continuing opportunity for trying new skills or brushing up on old ones. Danville Area Community College is committed to the educational enlightenment of all its citizens and provides an opportunity for day and evening courses at off-campus centers in co-operation with the secondary schools in the District. The credits earned in General Studies courses do not count toward the Associate Degree requirements.

The General Studies courses offered on the College campus and at off-campus centers are short unit courses varying from one to sixteen weeks in length. A high school diploma is not required to enroll in the courses.

Refund Policy

Refunds will be granted according to the following college policy: withdrawal with refund from classes which meet from four (4) to twelve (12) weeks must occur by the end of the first week the class meets.

Withdrawal with refund from classes meeting less than 4 weeks must occur before the first class meeting.

Refunds will be given after two (2) classes but before the third class for those meeting 16 weeks.

Please call the Department of Community Education, (217) 443-8778, for more information.

Community Education Programs and Courses

The courses are offered as a community service to the residents of our service area. As no state funding is received for these courses, they must be self-supporting from the fees charged to the participants.

Complete and current Community Education listings are included in the Fall and Spring Corporate and Community Education Program announcements and can be found at http://www.dacc.edu/cce/

There is a great deal of flexibility in the offerings in these courses. Some of the courses that are currently being offered include:

CREATIVE ARTS & CRAFTS

Market Basket
Create a beautiful flat bottom basket to carry pies, lunch, books or whatever!!! You’ll be using flat reed and oak hoops. The approximate size is 12”x10

Pottery, Hand Building or Wheel Throwing
Beginner, intermediate and advanced students all WELCOME! Throw functional pots, throw bowls, plates and cups. Clay and some glazes provided.

Weed Basket
Create a small pouch like basket to hang on the wall. You can put fresh/dry flowers in this beautiful basket. You will learn various decorative touches to add to the basket.

Everything Fleece
Make several projects out of soft and snuggly fleece, no sewing experience needed. Make fleece rugs, scarves, blankets and other projects. Instructor will provide supply list prior to first day of class.

Joy of Oil Painting
Come join the fun! Learn how to create your own master piece in just one day. You will have step by step instruction that will have you painting in no time. All skill levels are welcome--So if you are a beginner and just want to try it out or if you are an experienced artist, this class is for you. Each session will create a unique painting and be finished by the end of the day to take home and cherish forever.

Shaggy Rag Edged Quilts
(Minimum hand sewing experience required.) Make a soft raggy seamed lap quilt to snuggle with while reading or in front of the TV. Need to supply your own fabric that will ravel and fray well (flannels, jeans, or “homespun” fabrics best.) Can be made from old jeans, so save your jeans!

Stepping Stones
Students will create a stained glass stepping stone using an innovative mosaic method that requires no gluing or grouting.

FOOD

Food Service
This course is designed to prepare food service employees to meet the Illinois certification requirement. Topics include: foodborne disease, facilities, equipment, personal hygiene, and inspection techniques. Exam will be given at last class meeting. Attendance is a must!

Food Service Certification Renewal
Meets the State guideline effective for persons with a valid Food Service license--requires 5 hours of continuing education credit to renew licenses that expire October 01, 1999 and thereafter.

30 Minute Meals
Want to spend more time with the family and less time in the kitchen? The tips learned in this class will enable busy people to put dinner on the table effortlessly. Join us for an evening of delicious cooking, and apply these tips to your life as a busy spring and summer begins. We will be making Fajitas in this class.

Yeast Breads - Level 1
You will learn a little history as well as the science of yeast breads. Each student will be measuring, mixing and kneading their own classic loaf of white bread/rolls. The unfinished dough will be sent home with instructionson how to bake and enjoy.

FITNESS & RECREATION

Adult Golf
This a great opportunity for beginning and intermediate golfers who want to learn and improve several areas of their game. The class will include instruction on problem areas the golfer might have as well as the basics in: grip, stance, back swing, down swing, follow-through, and finish position. Each participant will have the opportunity to have his/her golf swing analyzed. Rules of the game and golf etiquette will also be covered.

AMERICAN SIGN & FOREIGN LANGUAGE

American Sign Language, Beginning (Part I)
An introduction to American Sign Language. Students will learn the basics: vocabulary, grammar, history, numbers, fingerspelling, mixed words, conceptual signs, and Deaf Culture. Active participation is essential! Come prepared for learning and fun!

Conversational German, Beginning
The German language will be introduced in this course which will emphasize conversation and culture. Students will acquire a working vocabulary and the ability to be understood in every day situations.

Hispanic American Culture
This course will help you develop the basic skills of understanding, speaking and reading as well as cultural awareness of the Hispanic world. This Spanish course includes a balanced treatment of grammatical and conversational practice in context. You will be involved in activities that enhance comprehension and communication such as dialogues, role playing, readings and group activities. You will learn about the Hispanic world and culture through the experiences with Hispanic activities such as foods, dances, games, music, celebrating holidays, visiting restaurants and stores.

Hola Amigos!
Welcome to “Hola Amigos”. This course entails an elementary introduction to Spanish grammar as well as to conversational Spanish. It employs a multifaceted approach to initiate development of the four essential skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing, with the heaviest emphasis being placed on the first two skills. Students should be able to both comprehend and speak the language at a basic functional level by the semester’s end. These goals can be achieved through the exclusive use of Spanish in the classroom, consistent attendance, daily preparation and active participation.

GARDENING & FLORAL DESIGN

A Tisket, A Tasket
Students will learn Basic Floral Design within a basket. Bring basic cutting tools and wire cutters. Class is limited to 15-20 students.

Floral Trio, Basic Floral Design
Using fresh flowers students will learn to design a floral arrangement using three basic flowers. Containers provided.

Home Landscaping
Outdoor living is easy when you create a beautiful yard that seems to care for itself. Design your planting for maximum effect at a minimum cost.

Annual Lawn and Garden Workshop
This years theme is “Creating Magical Spaces”, Keynote Speaker is Jane Taylor. Program is hosted by DACC’s Corporate& Community Education and the Master Gardeners of the U of I Extension Office in Danville, Illinois. Call in January to receive a full brochure.

The Living Wreath
Students will make a living wreath using various mediums. Bring basic cutting tools and wire cutters.

GRANT WRITING

This workshop addresses all aspects of successful grant seeking including: developing and assessing proposal ideas, designing and writing a complete grant proposal review process. Sources of grant support will also be identified.

HIV FAIR AND CONFERENCE

Panels of speakers on what the latest research and the issues involved around persons with HIV; student work on prevention themes and community resources will be highlighted in displays.

HOBBIES, OCCUPATIONAL & PRACTICAL SKILLS

Photography I "The Basics" This course of study introduces the student to: The use and handling of 35 mm as well as digital cameras; a working knowledge of film and digital imaging; the basic elements of a photograph; an understanding of lighting, both natural and artificial (flash); basic portrait lighting and posing; and the care, storage, and display of printed photographs as well as digital images.

Upholstery
This class will provide instruction, demonstrations, and help in repair for boats, campers, automotive, and home furnishings. Topics include: tying springs, cording, covering and upholstering for the beginner. Bring your own item to be covered.

SPECIAL INTERESTS

The eBay Way - Buying and Selling
Ebay is one of the top ways to buy and sell items without having to wait until you have accumulated enough to have a bargain sell at your home. Also, this allows you to reach virtually anywhere from your own home. Using ebay to buy and sell is easy and you will find some of the easy tricks to making your buying and selling successful. You will learn how to bid, buy and pay for items that you purchase as well as learn how to sell items for everyone else to bid on.

Real Colors
Relating to Yourself and Others-Ever wonder why you react the way you do to everyday things? Do you often question and ponder over multiple solutions before giving an answer? Are you ready for anything? Do you often need structure and find yourself making a daily schedule?

If you have often questioned some or all of these things, you are not alone. In this class, you will identify your own personality temperament along with the other 3 temperaments. You will explore ways to communicate and identify successfully all four temperaments. Whether you are looking to improve your work environment, deal with employees, indentify with your loved ones, or if you simply want to know what makes people tick, this class is for you. By identifying the “Real” you - you will become a more effective, stronger communicator, and you will be able to take your own personal relationships to a higher level.

Baby-sitters Training--(Ages 11-15)
This is the American Red Cross course created to provide students with information and skills necessary to provide safe and responsible care for children in the absence of parents or adult guardians. This training will help participants develop skills in five critical areas: leadership, safety and safe play, basic care, first aid, and professionalism.

Biblical History
This class will involve the movement of historical biblical events and the consequent reasons for the existent world conditions. This class is non-denominational.

Easy as 1, 2, 3 Home Repairs That You Can Do Yourself
This course is developed to help make home repairs as easy as 1, 2, 3. You will learn some of the basic projects that you can do yourself with little or no help from a outside contractor. Learn how to change out lamp switches, check for door and window air seepage and ways to fix them, and other easy projects that you could do yourself.

Dog Obedience, Beginners, 6 months & up
An obedient dog is a part of the family. Dog obedience training will consist of proper leash handling, heeling, sit, sit stay, down stay, recall, and stand for examination commands.

Puppy Session - 8 To 20 weeks
Puppies will cover socialization, leash handling, and some obedience to fit their attention spans. Please bring water and drinking dish and up to date shot records.

World Religion
This class will discuss many different world religions such as: Taoism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and American Indian.

COMPUTER WORKSHOPS

For Beginners Only
If you have little or no computer experience with the IBM or compatible computer, this is the course for you. Topics include: terminology, keyboard/mouse usage, components of a computer system, system commands, diskette usage, CD ROM basics, hard disk basics, and different software categories with hands-on demonstrations.

Word 2002
The course will give students a thorough understanding of the features of Microsoft Word. Students will be able to create, edit, format, and print Word documents that include outlines, tables, styles, and sections. Other essential topics including printing, saving, and retrieving files are also covered. Students will create a newsletter that uses columns, drawings, and object linking and embedding. Students will learn how to use the Workgroups features of Word, how to create Forms, Master Documents, and Macros.

Excel 2002
This course will give students a working knowledge of electronic spreadsheets, what they are and how to use them. Students will be able to create and format Excel spreadsheets that include charts and multiple worksheets. Students will be able to create and execute formulas and use the Excel functions. Data sorting and manipulation are also covered. Students will learn to work with the workgroup features of Excel. Students will learn to import data into an Excel spreadsheet and will work with the data using the data management functions of Excel.

Access 2002
This course will give students a working knowledge of databases, what they are and how to use them. Students will learn to view data in a database and change the view by sorting and filtering the data. Students will create a database and learn to define forms for inputs and reports for summarizing the data. Students will learn to create queries to view a subset of data in the database. Students will create charts to display data and a switchboard to manage their database application. Students will create relational databases and learn to create forms, queries, and reports that use relational databases. Students will learn to build macros in Access.

PowerPoint 2002
This class will give students a working knowledge of creating presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint. Students will learn to work with the various PowerPoint views to create and view their presentations. Students will learn to give slideshows using PowerPoint and use PowerPoint to create web-based presentations. Students will learn to incorporate Excel data, charts and animations into their presentations.

Internet/World Wide Web Basics
In this course you will learn about the opportunities available with the Internet. Topics include: connection to the Internet, Internet Explorer search tools, how to use the World Wide Web, and e-mail access.

Digital Media
This class is designed to teach you how to: Use a digital camera, scanner, zip drive and CD Burner. Transfer photos from a digital camera or scanner to floppy disk, zip disk or CD. Copy music CD’s or create your own music CD’s. Save documents or files to CD. If you have a digital camera and may or may not know how to operate it, bring it to class.

Photoshop Introduction
This class will introduce the new user to the basics of working with Photoshop for retouching images and drawing. Students will be able to use various techniques for selecting in order to edit and retouch images. Students will be able to prepare images for including in a website or for including in printed documents. Students will be able to edit images using the painting tools, clone stamp and drawing tools. Students will be able to create new images using the pen tool and the drawing and painting tools. Students will be able to create and edit images using layers.

Web Page Design/FrontPage
In this workshop, participants will learn basic computer knowledge and discover how easy it is to produce a web page. Participants learn how to set-up a website, make links to other pages and web sites, insert graphics, tables, backgrounds and e-mail links. This workshop is taught using FrontPage and students will learn the basics of Netscape Communicator.

Microsoft Publisher 2002
Microsoft Publisher allows you to design documents from calendars to business cards, newsletters to brochures. In this course we will learn to create documents using templates and learn to add and format text images. Students will learn design techniques as well as how to use publisher.

Continuing Center for Lifetime Learning

A series of noncompetitive courses, designed for, people 55 years of age and older. Courses are determined by community needs and interests.

(DACC Community Education is a proud member of the Elderhostel Institute Network and Provena United Samaritan’s Community Advisory Board on Aging.)

Computer Understanding I
If you have little or no computer experience, but want to learn, this is the class for you. It’s easy. In fact, it’s a lot of fun. Topics include: components and terminology of a microcomputer system, keyboard and mouse usage, care and handling of diskettes, and an overview of software applications.

Senior Internet...Surfin' The Net
Learn the opportunities available with the Internet. Topics include: connection to the Internet, Netscape, search tools, how to use the World Wide Web and E-mail access.

CRIS Senior Services Senior Health, Safety, & Wellness Fair

Co-sponsors: CRIS Senior Services & Community Education/Danville Area Community College.

Teaching Writing
Baffled by your students’ low writing scores? Need ideas for writing activities? Attend four two-hour sessions to learn numerous writing strategies. Includes management techniques to avoid paper overload with daily writing assignments. This class is designed for K-8th grade teachers. 4 weeks

Trips and Tours
Trip or tour packages are developed independently as well as in cooperation with area organizations. These exciting packages offer a moderately priced way to enjoy educational care-free travel.

College for Kids
College for Kids (CFK) puts a spark into what might otherwise be a dull summer. CFK is open to all students who have completed third through seventh grade. This program allows students to discover untapped talents or explore areas of special interest.

Recent classes offered are:

CCE On-Line Training

To view a complete list of courses and their detailed syllabuses. Visit our website at: http://dacc.continuetolearn.com.

Computers and Technology
Adobe: Acrobat, GoLive, Illustrator and Premiere
ASP.Net Using C#
ASP.Net Using Visual Basic.Net
Building Accessible Web Pages
C# Introduction & Advanced
C++ Introduction & Advanced
ColdFusion Introduction & Advanced
Cool Web Pages with CSS and Layers
Dreamweaver Introduction & Advanced
Fireworks
Flash, ActionScripting, Creating Cool Buttons
Freehand
Game Programming with Flash MX
Getting Started with Blogging
HTML: Jumpstart & HTML/XHTML
Java: Introduction & Advanced, Java Server Pages (JSP), JavaScript
Microsoft Access: Beginners, Comprehensive, Professional Users
Microsoft Excel: Beginners, Comprehensive, Professional Users, Financial Management
Microsoft FrontPage
Microsoft Office: Beginners, Professional Users
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Project: Beginners, Comprehensive, Professional Users
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Word: Beginners, Comprehensive, Professional Users
Microsoft Word: Long Document Tools
MySQL Introduction
PageMaker Introduction
PERL Scripting for the Web
Photoshop: Introduction, Intermediate, Jumpstart, Digital Scrapbooking, Text Effects
PHP Web Programming
Programming Introduction
RSS Basics
SQL Programming
VBA Programming
Visual Basic.Net Advanced
Visual Basic.Net Introduction
Web Development with Dreamweaver and ASP.Net
Web Development with Dreamweaver and ColdFusion
Web Development with Dreamweaver, PHP and MySQL
Web Graphics
XML Introduction

Professional Development
Basic Management Skills
Basic Occupation Skills
Becoming an Extraordinary Problem-Solver
Brain Boosters
Business and the Media: I & II
Business Writing for Busy Professionals – Part 1 amp; Part 2
Dealing Positively with Conflict
Editing and Proofreading for Business Writers – Part 1 amp; Part 2
Essentials of Managing Successful Meetings
Envisioning Your Desired Future
Fundamentals of Instructional Design
Fundamentals of Project Management
Improving What We Do: Process Improvement Fundamentals
Introduction to Project Management
Introduction to Six Sigma
Introduction to Successful Grant Writing
Leading Change
Learning Styles in the Classroom
Microsoft Access: Forms, Queries, Reports
Microsoft Excel: Charting, Data Management Features
Microsoft Outlook: Taming Your Inbox
Microsoft PowerPoint: Multimedia Presentations
Microsoft Word: Desktop Publishing, Proofing Tools
Moving a Course From the Classroom to Cyberspace
Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom
Overcoming Chaos
Personality Types Among Us
Planning to Succeed: Fundamentals of Strategic Planning
Preventive Stress Management
Principles of Management
QuickBooks Introduction
Teaching Online Successfully
Telephone Techniques for Excellent Customer Service
Thriving on Change
Understanding and Solving Performance Issues

Personal Development
An Expedition to Aztlán – the Treasures of Mexico
Basic Church Administration
GED: Math Review, Reading Review, GED Review, Science Review, Social Studies Review, Writing Review
History of Christianity
Intro to Genealogy - Building Your Family Tree
Old Testament Survey I & II
Online Research Using Search Engines and Directories
Positive Parenting
Tracing your Civil War Ancestors
Understanding Search Engines and Online Directories
User-Friendly Web Design
Who Are the Women of the Bible?
Women in Christian Leadership Today

For the Senior Learner
Microsoft Excel for Seniors
Microsoft Office for Seniors
Microsoft Outlook for Seniors
Microsoft PowerPoint for Seniors
Microsoft Word for Seniors
Photoshop Introduction for Seniors

Call Community Education at 217-443-8778 for schedules or more information.

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