HCC OFFERS FREE WORKSHOPS ON BIOTECHNOLOGY
BRIDGEPORT - Housatonic Community College is offering a series
of free introductory workshop on the rapidly changing field of biotechnology.
“The courses are geared toward people who are interested in science
and want to enter this dynamic and rapidly changing field,” said
HCC Biotechnology Professor Craig Fenn, who will be conducting the workshops.
“They will introduce participants to the science behind biotechnology
and demonstrate laboratory techniques common to the field, which will
be performed with opportunities for visitor participation.”
Biotechnology, he explained, is based on harnessing the power of DNA
and using that to benefit mankind. It has applications in areas such
as biological and medical research, environmental science, agricultural
science and forensic science.
HCC’s biotechnology program will prepare students for careers
as laboratory technicians, as well as for transfer to a four-year institution.
More details about the career and educational opportunities will be
provided at the workshops.
The workshops will be held Nov. 8, Nov. 22 and Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. in Room C206 at the college. The public is invited to attend
any of the workshops.
Current HCC and high school students interested in science are encouraged
to attend, Fenn said.
For more information about biotechnology in general or the workshops
in particular, contact Fenn at 203-332-5159 or cfenn@hcc.commnet.edu.
With its five-year-old campus in the heart of Connecticut's largest
city, Housatonic is one of the country's fastest-growing public community
colleges. According to the most recent statistics released by the Washington
D.C.-based American Association of Community Colleges, HCC ranks as
the second fastest-growing community in the New England.
In response to increased enrollments and changing workplace needs both
regionally and nationally, HCC has increased the number of programs
offered from 43 to 66 since moving to the new campus.
