At TMCC's continuing education campus, they have a catchy motto.
"Get in, get out, get a job. So many of our programs can be completed in two to four months,” says Kathy Berry, TMCC Workforce Development & Continuing Education.
The certificate classes are designed to increase skills that may lead to a new career or promotion.
"Such as in grant writing. Someone's working in non-profit management and they get that additional skill and then they can move up the ladder and maybe become an executive director at their association."
The school also offers an English as a Second Language class. This one targets immigrants who arrive to our country already well-educated.
"Some lawyers and doctors, successful in their own countries. And they come here and they need extra help with language to either function in their job setting here or maybe the language is still a barrier and they're not able to get the jobs they're suited for,” says Rain Donohue, Adult Basic Education Coordinator.
The workforce development team at TMCC works closely with local businesses to discover what skills employers are looking for right now.
"Put that program together and it takes off and then we help that employer find qualified people to hire,” says Berry.
There are recreational classes, too. The 'bald eagle expedition' is a weekend field trip to the California-Oregon border.
"The largest wintering population in the lower 48 states. Some years there can be a thousand or more of these eagles,” says instructor Allen Gubanich.
And a wide variety of other birds, as well. There's no certificate to earn here, but instructors say it's an unforgettable experience.
"And then you watch these flocks come rising up from the ground and i swear it looks like snow going in the wrong direction."
New classes are offered on an almost weekly basis and there's no college application process.
