Cimmaron Morris, Industrial Maintenance Technology Instructor, training a student on one of the college’s Haas Mini Mill computer numerical control (CNC) vertical milling machines.

HOPE, AR – May 26, 2020

The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Secondary Career & Technical Education Center offers FREE college credit to several area high schools. If you will be entering 11th or 12th-grade next school year at one of the following high schools, or have a student who will be, sign up now for UAHT Secondary Career Center classes. The application deadline has been extended to Wednesday, July 1, 2020. To apply visit, www.uaht.edu/secondary-career-center.

Participating schools include:

•Arkansas High

•Ashdown

•Blevins

•Fouke

•Genoa Central

•Hope

•Lafayette County

•Nevada

•Prescott

•Spring Hill

The UAHT Secondary Career & Technical Education Center is an area secondary career center located on U of A Texarkana Campus, Arkansas High School Campus in Texarkana, and the U of A Hope campus. The Center provides area high school juniors and seniors with the unique opportunity to earn college credit while still in high school at no charge. The Center’s curriculum serves as an extension of the high school curriculum offerings by providing students with hands-on experiences in a variety of career fields taught by UAHT Faculty.

Certificates of Proficiency are offered in the following areas:

•Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (UA Hope campus only)

•Industrial Maintenance Technology

•Information Technology: Coding (UA Hope campus only)

•General Health (Prerequisite for CNA and EMT)

•Certified Nursing Assistant

•Emergency Medical Technician

•Welding – Basic

•Welding – Construction (UA Hope campus only)

To schedule an Accuplacer exam, visit www.uaht.edu/testing or call 870-722-8247 or 870-722-8174.

For more information visit www.uaht.edu/secondary-career-center, or contact Mikki Curtis, Director, at 870-722-8133 or [email protected].