Concord's Community College Opens New Department For Career Education

CONCORD, NH — NHTI, Concord's Community College, is introducing a new department with classes aimed at increasing career opportunities and empowering community members looking to expand their knowledge about the workforce.

Previously known as the Business Training Center, the new Workforce Education department aims to further encourage career and personal exploration with NHTI, the school said.

"The new Workforce Education brand communicates more clearly how NHTI delivers on its mission to foster economic and community development in the Greater Concord region," NHTI's president, Dr. Patrick Tompkins, said in a news release Tuesday. "With low unemployment in the Granite State and worker shortages in critical areas like healthcare, education, public safety, manufacturing, and trades, NHTI’s role is to provide the education that recent high school graduates and career switchers need to enter those fields with essential skills."

The state of New Hampshire provided $2 million to fund the delivery of new workforce education programs and support for students enrolled in these programs, the school said.

NHTI also recently received seed funding to develop a new education certificate program and expand health programs in medical assisting, licensed nursing assisting, and phlebotomy.

"The new Workforce Education brand illustrates NHTI’s commitment to fully integrate workforce education and programs with all educational programming at NHTI," Kathy Taylor, NHTI’s Director of Workforce Development and Community Education, said in Tuesday's news release.

A member of the Community College System of New Hampshire since 1969, NHTI offers more than 80 academic programs to more than 4,600 students annually.