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WATERVILLE — Thomas College will offer professional development courses in Augusta in addition to its courses at Thomas College beginning this spring.
The three Augusta classes will be offered at the Buker Community Center, 22 Armory St., and include training in leadership skills, effective teamwork and grant writing.
“We’re extremely excited to be able to expand the number of businesses and employees we can reach now that we are offering courses out of both Waterville and Augusta,” said Mike Duguay, Thomas’s Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation executive director. “These are incredibly important skills that both employers and employees know are crucial to have in this current economy. As a result, we’re making them as accessible as possible.”
Thomas College’s Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation launched its professional development offerings in August 2017. The highly topical professional development subjects are structured in three- and six-week sessions. Participants receive expert instruction taught by Thomas College faculty.
One of the objectives of the institute is to assist businesses in Central Maine to develop their workforce by helping them advance their employees’ professional skills. Retaining a skilled workforce has become a large challenge for most businesses.
The Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation’s spring 2019 Professional Development Series is now open for enrollment. Registration is available at www.thomas.edu/training. Courses begin in March. For more information, contact Josh Devou at devouj@thomas.edu or 207-859-1159.
