Bowling Green, Ky. - At the request of the Logan Economic Alliance for Development and its Executive Director Jody Lassiter, and in response to educational needs expressed by existing businesses in Logan County, the Western Kentucky University Division of Extended Learning and Outreach (DELO) recently contracted with the Logan County Training Consortium to bring an associate and bachelor’s completion degree program to the Logan County Workforce.

These programs will equip students with the management skills needed to be successful as supervisors in an industrial, production-focused organization. Students who complete their sequenced program of study will earn an Associate of Arts degree in Business Technology with emphasis in manufacturing management or the Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Technology.  The Associate of Arts degree in Business Technology is offered through the Bowling Green Community College of Western Kentucky University.  The bachelor completion degree is designed for students who have already earned an Associates degree or have more than 40 hours of college credit.  Courses in the Applied Technology major will be taught by faculty in the WKU Architectural and Manufacturing Sciences department.

The degrees will be offered as a cohort program.  Cohort programs admit students in groups, or cohorts, who move through a planned sequence of courses together.  Cohort programs benefit students by providing an outlined pathway to degree attainment as well as support and motivation from each other. Additionally, students will not have to leave Logan County and drive to Bowling Green to receive basic student support services and instruction. Classes will be delivered face to face, online, or by interactive video service. The cohort program students receive guaranteed seating, textbook delivery service, and personal advisement and registration services each term.

For more information on the degree programs being offered in Logan County, contact Laura Ricke, Cohort Programs coordinator, at (270) 745-2481 or by email at laura.ricke@wku.edu. Additional information on the WKU Cohort Programs is available online at www.wku.edu/cohort/.  

The WKU Division of Extended Learning and Outreach (DELO) delivers quality credit and non-credit educational opportunities to individuals, organizations and the public using flexible and accessible formats. For more information on DELO, go to www.wku.edu/delo.  

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For information, contact Bill Oldham at (270) 745-1926.

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