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Thursday, December 18, 2008

CNM To Offer Courses in Edgewood

By Lee Ross
Mountain View Telegraph
          Central New Mexico Community College is coming to Edgewood.
        Starting Feb. 2, there will be five evening classes, all at Edgewood Middle School, all of them for three credit hours. The offerings include algebra problem solving, a college preparatory class, intermediate algebra, introduction to psychology, public speaking and college writing.
        The five classes were chosen to appeal to residents of the East Mountains, said Jane Bradley, executive director of communications for the college.
        Using students' ZIP codes, the college created a list of the most popular classes for students from the East Mountains and Estancia Valley, she said. The classes being offered, with the exception of the preparatory course, can all be used to fulfill general education requirements, she said.
        "We're hoping to attract high school students as well, because they can take the classes for dual credit," she said. "Also home-schoolers and the community at large."
        It's actually part of the college's mission, she said, to reach out to people in the area.
        "Moriarty, Edgewood and Estancia fall within CNM's purview," she said, "we're happy to be there."
        The college is responsible for certain geographical areas of the state, as defined by the state's Higher Education Department, she said. This isn't the first time CNM has offered classes in the East Mountains, but Bradley said she hopes things will be different this time.
        "We just didn't do a very good job of really letting the community know about it (last time)," she said. "This year we're doing a real, coordinated approach."
        That includes a campaign of fliers, banners at the school and a registration event, probably on a Saturday, but the date for that has not been set, she said. Bradley said the danger is, if there isn't enough interest, that classes will be canceled.
        "It's discouraging to the students that are in the class," she said. "We're doing out very best to see that these classes are a go."
        Bradley said, if these classes are successful, there will likely be more courses to come.
        "I think these classes will go and we can continue to build and build in your area," she said.