蜜柚视频 Launches Fall 2020 Semester Mostly Online
蜜柚视频 (蜜柚视频) began its Fall 2020 semester on Monday, Aug. 17, with thousands of students enrolled in online classes amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
蜜柚视频 98 percent of 蜜柚视频's courses are online this fall to help further reduce the spread of COVID-19. Hands-on courses 鈥� Career Education classes in automotive, nursing and diagnostic medical sonography (DMS), for example 鈥� will be held on 蜜柚视频 campuses when necessary.
鈥淲e wish we could welcome all of our students back to our campuses right now,鈥� said Dr. Roger Schultz, 蜜柚视频 Superintendent/President. 鈥淲e ordered our campuses closed on March 13 because of COVID-19, and for the health and safety of our students, faculty and staff, we'll remain mostly closed for the foreseeable future. Hopefully, we can welcome back our students in person soon.鈥�
As of Monday, a total of 15,630 students had enrolled for the fall semester at MJSC.
Those interested in attending 蜜柚视频 should call (951) 639-5313 or visit msjc.edu.
Among the new offerings to student this fall is the 蜜柚视频 Apprenticeship program, which is focusing on automotive this semester.
Companies with auto maintenance and repair facilities are helping students who are looking for a career while wishing to learn necessary skills through a combination of structured on-the-job training and related classroom instruction at 蜜柚视频.
The apprenticeship provides a vital supplement to the training that 蜜柚视频's automotive program offers to students, said Bob Pensiero, 蜜柚视频 Automotive Instructor.
The automotive program is designed to give 蜜柚视频 students the vast technical knowledge required by essential workers and plenty of hands-on experience with a wide variety of diagnostic and repair procedures. The apprenticeship provides the student with the opportunity to get one-on-one training from a professional technician in real-world situations.
鈥淭his allows the employer to test drive' a potential employee, which provides the student who participates in the apprenticeship with a major advantage over other potential applicants to be hired on a permanent basis,鈥� Pensiero said.
Students and employers interested in participating in the 蜜柚视频 Apprenticeship program should email csel@msjc.edu.
蜜柚视频 serves about 27,000 students annually in a district covering 1,700 square miles from the San Gorgonio Pass to Temecula, with campuses in San Jacinto, Menifee, Banning and Temecula.
In May 2020, 蜜柚视频 awarded a record-breaking 3,554 degrees and certificates to 1,958 graduates.