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Dr. Ann D. Bieber
President’s
Desk
March 2021
LCCC and Amazon Launch Training Partnership
LCCC and Amazon have established a training partnership to prepare apprentices in advanced manufacturing,
one of four such Amazon programs nationwide. This training is part of Amazon’s Mechatronics and Robotics
Apprenticeship program and provides a pathway to careers in industrial automation for people working in Amazon’s
next generation of distribution and fulfillment centers. The apprentices,who provide maintenance at an Amazon
facility, will be trained for a career in mechatronics and robotics.
The college began its second cohort of 76 apprentices in early December. The original class of 25 completed the
program in September, bringing the total trained to date to 101. An additional class began on Jan. 4, with additional
classes planned throughout 2021.
Apprentices represent states from coast to coast. They complete the 12-week program with a variety of courses
that will prepare them for a career in industrial automation. After they have successfully passed four national exams,
these graduates will return to their facilities for the on-the-job learning portion of the program. This program is a U.S.
Department of Labor-registered apprenticeship.
“We are honored to provide this training in partnership with Amazon, which is a major employer in the area. This
type of program is truly the way of the future to be able to meet the needs of a changing and demanding workplace,”
says LCCC president Dr. Ann D. Bieber. “Students will complete a comprehensive curriculum and are now ready to
take their skills into the Amazon facilities. We look forward to welcoming future classes to our campus and further
developing programs that impact employment readiness.”
Apprentices utilize Amatrol e-learning, lecture and equipment in the new 2,000-square-foot lab located in the
Technology Center on LCCC’s Schnecksville campus.
Apprentices attend classes five days per week,
combining online and instructor facilitated
classroom work with hands-on skill assessment.
The program articulates to credit programming
at LCCC in the related fields, so if students want
to continue their education, it is a seamless path
to an associate degree.
LCCC Offers Registration for LCCC Presents: Race,
Summer and Fall Sessions Identity and Community
Students interested in taking classes in the fall
Conversation
semester at LCCC can register for courses beginning
March 15. Classes start August 21. Veterans and LCCC Allentown is hosting a series of conversations
members of the military receive preferential registration, on systemic racism. Our second conversation on
which begins March 12. Payment for fall classes is due “Race, Identity and Community” drew from our first
by July 7 or at the time of registration. conversation “The Ism of Race”. This conversation,
which took place on Monday, Feb. 22, at 6 p.m.,
Registration for the summer session is available now walked the audience through an interaction between
for five- and 10-week sessions that begin May 17, and an two community members.
additional five-week session that begins July 6. Tuition
for summer classes is due April 28 or at the time of
registration.
LCCC offers classes online and at campuses in
Schnecksville, Allentown and Tamaqua. Flight training
classes are held at the Lehigh Valley International
Airport.
New students can apply for admission online at www.
lccc.edu.
Those seeking a degree must complete a placement
test, or meet requirements for exemption, and meet
with an advisor before registering for classes. In
addition, a payment plan is available with payments due
July 7, Aug. 4, Sept. 1 and Oct. 6. Students can pay online
Editorial Supports
or in person at the Business Office in Schnecksville, as Community College Funding
well as sites in Tamaqua and Allentown.
Dr. Ann Bieber, LCCC president, and Dr. Mark
Erickson, president of Northampton Community
For more information, please contact LCCC’s
College, co-wrote an editorial supporting funding for
Admissions Office at 610-799-1575. For a complete list
community colleges, in light of Gov. Wolf’s budget
of credit classes and to register, visit LCCC’s website at
announcement. The editorial appeared in the Express-
www.lccc.edu.
Times.
LCCC Hosts Opioid Awareness
Forum on Feb. 19
LCCC partnered with the Center for Humanistic
Change in Allentown to offer a half-day Opioid
Addiction Education Forum on Friday, Feb. 19, via zoom.
The forum focused on educating the campus and local
community about opioid addiction and new resources
for ending the epidemic.
The forum also offered three continuing education
credits to social workers, as well as PCB credits. The
forum was funded through the Department of Drug and
Alcohol Programs, which gave $1 million statewide in
federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
LCCC to Offer Job Skills
Administration grants to prevent and reduce the use of Training for Trades Careers
opioids by college students.
for Spring 2021
The isolation and stress caused by COVID-19 to the LCCC, an approved provider of PA DEP Continuing
recovery community has been dramatic and severe; the Education credits, will provide current, quality skills
Centers for Disease Control estimates that overdoses training in the following areas for individuals wanting
have increased by as much as 19 percent. However, the to learn a trade. These noncredit classes are offered
region offers resources that are effective in reducing on a rotational schedule during a semester and may be
the death toll. held at an off-campus location, as noted.
In the forum, participants learned about opioid For people interested in classes in Water Treatment
use disorders and the use of Narcan to rescue people Continuing Education, such as Water Distribution,
from overdoses. Also, Lisa Wolff from the Center for Water Treatment Plant Operator Level I and Small
Humanistic Change presented naloxone training. In Water System Operations, call Joe Salla at 570-690-
addition, participants were able to join a search for 2130.
drugs hidden in a typical teen bedroom through an
interactive virtual version of the Mock Teen Bedroom. Welding I teaches basic skills in Shielded Metal
Arch Welding (Stick) on steel. LCCC will hold classes on
Paige Roth, program coordinator for Addiction
Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Welder
Recovery Services at Lehigh Valley Health Network,
Training and Testing Institute in Allentown. Class will
shared her personal story and explained some of the
be held from April 20 through June 3. Cost is $649.
new programs designed to connect struggling people
Students are required to wear proper attire, which
with treatment in the wake of an overdose. Emily
includes work boots, straight-leg jeans, long-sleeve
Leonardo, a Certified Recovery Specialist, discussed her
shirt, safety glasses, welding gloves, jacket and helmet.
work conducting outreach to addicted individuals.
Equipment can be purchased at WTTI; call 610-437-
9720 for pricing.
Pumps and Pumping covers different types of pumps
and their application, as well as the fundamentals of
pumping, pressure and flows associated with pumping,
including the horsepower and electrical requirements
of a pump. Class will be held at LCCC’s main campus on
Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 4 through June 8, from 6
to 9 p.m. Fee is $701.
For more course information, call 610-799-1942. To
register, visit www.lccc.edu, call 610-799-1197 or email
ncregistrar@mymail.lccc.edu.
Lehigh Carbon Community College President
Dr. Ann D. Bieber
Lehigh Carbon LCCC Foundation
Important Dates for
Community College
Board of Trustees
Board of Directors March 2021
Officers
Ellen Millard-Kern March 5 Spring Late Start seven-week classes begin
Ann L. Thompson, Chair Chairperson
East Penn SD Chief of Staff March 8-13 Spring Break – No daytime, evening or Saturday
Senator Pat Browne’s Office classes
David Krause, Vice Chair March 12 Fall 2021 Priority Registration for Veteran
Lehighton Area SD Bernard “Buddy” Lesavoy, Esq.
Vice Chairperson students begins
Samuel P. DeFrank, Treasurer Lesavoy, Butz and Seitz, LLC March 15 Fall 2021 Semester Online Registration begins for
Salisbury Township SD Robin Flores all students
Secretary
Dr. Barbara C. Kistler, Secretary
Northwestern Lehigh SD Richard Kern
Joseph A. Alban
Treasurer
Truist
LCCC Hosts Virtual Open
Whitehall-Coplay SD
Annabelle B. Creveling
Christopher Jordan
Compliance Officer 2019-20 Houses April 5-8
Allentown SD ChildWay Pediatric Services
LCCC will host a series of virtual open house sessions
Mathias J. Green, Jr.
Northern Lehigh SD
Members from April 5-8.
Kim Capers
Heritage Insurance Group During each session, students can learn how to get a
David M. Kennedy
Parkland SD Annabelle B. Creveling fresh start in their career or education.
LCCC Board of Trustees
College Trustees Appointee Students can sign up for one or more sessions that
Matthew T. Korp
Catasauqua Area SD Richard Forgay II parallels their interest to learn more about attending LCCC.
Audrey L. Larvey
Business Leadership Mastery, LLC A live Q&A will follow the presentations.
Palmerton Area SD Cindy Haney
Vice President for Enrollment
Students will learn how to apply, where to find
Paul McArdle, Jr. Management information on scholarships, how to register for classes,
Panther Valley SD LCCC Presidential Appointee
what degree programs are offered, what are the services
Michael Hawkins
William Miracle Netizen Corporation to support their success and more.
Trustee at Large
Jill Palazzo Hewes They will have a chance to ask questions and hear from
Kenneth H. Mohr, Jr.
Southern Lehigh SD
MKSD Architects our panel, including LCCC admission and financial aid
Carla Hickey representatives, academic advisors, faculty and academic
Scott R. Pompa Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania
Jim Thorpe Area SD program coordinators, to name a few. More information is
Murtaza Jaffer
EBC Printing available at www.LCCC.edu/openhouse.
Jerome B. Frank, Esq.
Solicitor David Jones
New Vision Church
Dave Lobach A New Online Learning Student
Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley
Alumni Association Kelly Trahan, Dean of Online Learning, received a very
Denise Maiatico
Board of Directors MJ Hotels special visitor at the office recently. No word yet on their
Michele Mullikin ’00, Secretary/Treasurer
Timothy Mulligan anticipated major but it was clear that they were fawning
Communities In Schools of the
Megan Billowitch ’94 Lehigh Valley over LCCC.
Heather Mullen ’06
Shannon Semmel-Ciamacco ’96 Kent C. Newhart
Cheryl Fisher ‘82 ATA Financial Group
Jane Wilchak, LCCC
Velia Rothrock
Community Member
Heidi Stahl
RestoreCore
Rocco Zegalia
TWG Security
Ex officio:
Dr. Ann Bieber
President, LCCC
Silvia Vargas
Executive Director, LCCC Foundation
Lehigh Carbon Community College
4525 Education Park Drive, Schnecksville, Pa. 18078
LCCC.edu
610-799-2121
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