Austins Beauty College
Austin's Beauty College, at 585A S. Riverside Drive, trains students in all phases of cosmetology — hair cutting, permanent waving, hair coloring, facials/ makeup, skin care, manicures and pedicures, and in esthetics. Classes are offered in instructor training. Advanced classes are offered in licensed hair styling. Austin's is the only Pivot- Point International member school in the area, said Education Director Maria Garcia. Full-, part-time and night classes are available. Call 647-6543.
Bethel College
Bethel College is a private school awarding bachelor's degrees in Management and Organizational Development. The main campus is in McKenzie, Tenn., and the school maintains a Clarksville campus at 130 Corporate Drive and at 2489-B Fort Campbell Blvd., where students can begin or complete an accelerated degree program.Bethel College is designed for working adults at a minimum age of 23. A rolling calendar is offered, providing students new classes starting every six weeks.
Students with no or little college credit can enroll in the College Start program, an accelerated degree program designed for those who need core college credits. Students with previous college experience can enroll in the school's College Success program, an accelerated program designed to help students complete their degree. All classes meet one day or night per week.
The school is fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and maintains articulation agreements with Miller-Motte and Draughons Junior College. Call 551-9640 or go to www.bethelsuccess.net.
Draughons Junior College
Draughons, 1860 Wilma Rudolph Blvd., offers courses on a four-quarter calendar year. The Clarksville facility is a branch of Draughons Junior College in Nashville.
Draughons offers programs in accounting, business management, criminal justice, computer information technology, dental assisting, e-commerce engineering, legal assisting (paralegal), and medical assisting, pharmacy technology and health information technology, among others. Call 552-7600.
Hopkinsville Community College
HCC provides two-year transfer programs, technical and semi-professional programs of two years or less, developmental and continuing education, and customized training services to local businesses and industries to improve the knowledge and skills of citizens and workers in the service area.The school maintains an articulation agreement with Austin Peay State University, and many other four-year colleges, for students who wish to further pursue higher education by enrolling in a four-year degree-granting institution. The college maintains an extended campus at Fort Campbell's English Army Education Center, as well as in Princeton, Ky., Cadiz, Ky., and Elkton, Ky.
HCC serves more than 3,000 credit-seeking students each year and provides instruction to more than 6,000 employees who annually participate in customized business and industry training, and serves more than 1,000 individuals each year through community-based, noncredit continuing education classes.
Example program areas include agriculture, business administration, computer-aided drafting, criminal justice, education, electronics, industrial and engineering technology, industrial maintenance, information technology, machine tool, nursing and office systems.
A pre-professional program offers key prerequisite courses required for admissions into professional fields of study such as medicine, pharmacy, veterinary sciences and other fields related to biology and chemistry. The college is expanding its programs in the allied health field to meet demand and to create new career opportunities for area residents.
In-state tuition is available to residents of Montgomery, Robertson and Stewart counties in Tennessee. For more information, call the college at (270) 707-3700. HCC is a part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
The Hopkinsville campus is at 720 North Drive. Call (270) 707-3700, or go online to www.hopkinsville.kctcs.edu.
Miller-Motte Technical College
The Clarksville campus of Miller-Motte Technical College, 1820 Business Park Drive, has been open since 1987. Miller-Motte offers programs leading to the Associate of Applied Science degree, diploma and certificate.Miller-Motte offers at its Clarksville campus programs in sterile processing, medical assisting, medical office assisting, health care technology (phlebotomy and ECG tech), surgical technology, massage therapy, paralegal, cosmetology and esthetics, network administration, management and accounting.
Miller-Motte is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, a nationally recognized accrediting agency. The Medical Assisting and Surgical Technology programs are also accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
Miller-Motte holds memberships with the National Association of Legal Assistants, American Association of Medical Assistants, the American Massage Therapy Association, and the Better Business Bureau, among others. Call 553-0071.
Nashville State Community College
Nashville State Community College is on a 100-acre campus in West Nashville, but also offers courses at Austin Peay State University. Governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents, Nashville State offers 49 degree programs and 12 certificate programs. Nashville State also offers continuing education courses ranging from technical skills to management training and programs providing training in such areas as computer-aided drafting and office technology.Call (615) 353-3259; (615) 353-3461; or (800) 272-7363, ext. 3461, or go to www.nscc.edu.
North Central Institute
North Central is in a 30,000-square-foot complex at 168 Jack Miller Blvd. NCI is a postsecondary educational institution specializing in airframe and power plant licensing and the Associate of Applied Science degree in aviation technology. It was established in 1988 and is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Council on Occupational Education (COE).Certificate programs are available for aviation maintenance technology and Federal Communications Commission.
The objective of the Aviation Maintenance Technician Program is to equip graduates with the knowledge and skills needed to become FAA certified aircraft technicians. NCI offers an Escrow Program to high school students in grades 9-12 the opportunity to pursue an FAA certified Airframe and Powerplant License. The Part 147 program is designed to teach theory, knowledge, and skills needed as an aviation maintenance technician. The Part 65 Program is designed to prepare students for the FAA Mechanic Certificate written, oral, and practical exams. FCC Course is designed to prepare for the FCC Elements 1, 3, and 8 licensing exams. (931) 431-9700, Fax: (931) 431-9771 or online at www.nci.edu.
Queen City College
Queen City College (Barber/Beauty School), 1594 Fort Campbell Blvd., offers several programs, including cosmetology and barbering, cosmetology instructor and barber instructor training, barber technician, nail technician, esthetician (skin care), shampoo technician, natural hair styling, cosmetology to barber crossover and barber to cosmetology crossover. Call 645-2361.SSG Glenn English Jr. Army Education Ctr.
The Education Center is a state-of-the-art facility at Fort Campbell with professional educators to assist military personnel and civilians.Professional Education Counselors are available to discuss Montgomery GI Bill Education benefits, tuition assistance and other issues related to career and education options for soldiers.
There are 60 computer and general-purpose classrooms, along with science, food service, automotive, electronics and engineering technology labs.
Also offered at the center are a Computer Resource Center with multimedia resources and a testing office for college credit, evaluation and placement as well as military-related testing.
English as a Second Language classes and General Education Development classes are offered at the center in coordination with the Montgomery County Adult Education Program.
College courses are open to anyone who gains admission to Austin Peay State University, Hopkinsville Community College, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Murray State University and City Colleges of Chicago. For information, stop by the Army Education Center at 202 Bastogne on Fort Campbell or call (270) 798-5886.
Tennessee Technology Center
The Tennessee Technology Center at Dickson-Clarksville Campus, 3789 Guthrie Highway, is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution. The goal of the TTCs is to provide: Competency-based training to qualify individuals for employment and advancement. Training and retraining of employed workers. Training that is economical and accessible to residents of Tennessee, thereby contributing to economic and community development.The center provides four types of programs: full preparatory training, part-time preparatory training, supplementary training and special industrial and public service programs. Training programs at the Clarksville campus include automotive technology; business systems technology; computer operations technology; business systems technology; computer operations technology; heating, ventilation, air conditioning/refrigeration, industrial maintenance, machine tool technology, practical nursing and technology foundations.
Special industry classes can be customized for local businesses, industries and manufacturers.
Most any Tennessee citizen 18 or older who wants to attend the Tennessee Technology Center at Dickson- Clarksville Campus is eligible for up to $2,000 from the Wilder-Naifeh Technical Skills grant funded by the new Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship program. Unlike the HOPE scholarships for high school graduates, the Wilder-Naifeh grants do not require a high school diploma, a minimum grade point average, or taking the ACT or SAT college entrance tests. And the awards are not based on a person's income.
Call 572-1694 or visit www.dickson.tec.tn.us/clarksv.htm.
Troy University
Troy University is a public institution comprised of a network of campuses throughout Alabama and worldwide.It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Schools and maintains articulation agreements with Hopkinsville Community College and Nashville State Community College. The Clarksville campus, located at 399 Tiny Town Road, offers a variety of associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees that can be completed by attending flexible night, weekend or online classes.
For more information visit http://clarksville.troy.edu or call 431-9828.
Trevecca Nazarene University
Trevecca Nazarene University offers an accelerated bachelor's degree-completion program in Clarksville. The new satellite location will be housed at North Central Institute, at 168 Jack Miller Blvd. Trevecca's Management & Human Relations program, designed to accommodate the schedules of working adults, meets one night a week and will begin its first cohort group in Clarksville on Sept. 25, 2007. Students interested in completing their bachelor's degree through the program can contact Annetta Sykes at 431-2667 or asykes@trevecca.edu. Trevecca's main campus is located in Nashville. Founded in 1901, Trevecca Nazarene University is committed to providing students with Christian higher education.For more information, go to www.trevecca.edu/mhr.