| Looking for productive career training? | | | | Flash, use client-side and server-side |
| Virginia College, which boasts 11 campuses in | | | | scripting languages, create dynamic and |
| Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and San Diego | | | | interactive Web pages, develop interactive |
| (including one home-study program), provides | | | | Web applications, Web marketing, e-commerce, |
| education and training in a variety of | | | | perform project management, and much more. |
| vocational programs in business management, | | | | Web developers, commonly cross-referenced as |
| cosmetology, criminal justice, culinary arts, | | | | computer scientists and database |
| golf management, health and medical, | | | | administrators (per the U.S. Department of |
| information technology, media arts and | | | | Labor Statistics), can expect lucrative |
| design, interior design, office management, | | | | incomes ranging from $36,000 to over $78,000 |
| paralegal studies, even online degree | | | | annually (depending on education and |
| programs. | | | | experience). |
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| If salon management interests you, Virginia | | | | Through its career placement services, |
| College provides licensed cosmetologists the | | | | Virginia College assists students to secure |
| opportunity to earn an associate degree in | | | | employment in respective fields of study. |
| this exciting career field. (*Program | | | | Among services available: resume review, |
| availability varies by campus.) Curriculum | | | | interviewing techniques, career counseling, |
| involved in the salon management course is | | | | job-market research, personal marketing, and |
| career exploration and planning, fundamentals | | | | job leads generation. While there are many |
| of cosmetology, cosmetology I, II and III, | | | | educational programs from which to choose, |
| communications, mathematics, and other | | | | Virginia College provides its student with |
| related electives. Graduates of the salon | | | | diversified, career-training opportunities. |
| management program can anticipate respectable | | | | The ultimate reward: Not only a welcome |
| earnings. According to the U.S. Bureau of | | | | challenge, but personal, professional, and |
| Labor Statistics, salaried hairdressers, | | | | financial rewards as well. |
| hairstylists, and cosmetologists can earn | | | | |
| more than $35,000 a year. | | | | Students who qualify can gain financial aid |
| | | | assistance through one of Virginia College's |
| At Virginia College, students can earn an | | | | financial aid programs, including |
| associate of applied science degree in | | | | scholarships, PELL grants, student loans, and |
| medical assisting and office administration. | | | | veteran's benefits. |
| (Check program availability.) Students | | | | |
| participating in this fast-growing, health | | | | recognizes Virginia College and applauds its |
| care-associated field will gain skills and | | | | standards of excellence in providing |
| knowledge in keyboarding, professional career | | | | professional career training. |
| management, anatomy and physiology, medical | | | | |
| terminology, microcomputer fundamentals, OSAH | | | | If you would like more information about this |
| compliance in health care, medical insurance | | | | diverse career college, please visit Virginia |
| procedures, word processing, medical law and | | | | College today. |
| ethics, medical office procedures, | | | | |
| mathematics, medical coding, pharmacology and | | | | Featured School of the Week: Virginia College |
| drug administration, and other related | | | | |
| subject matter. According to the U.S. Bureau | | | | ©Copyright 2007 |
| of Labor Statistics, the highest 10 percent | | | | |
| of those in the medical assisting field | | | | The CollegeBound Network |
| earned more than $41,760. | | | | |
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| Virginia College's comprehensive course in | | | | charge to relevant websites, as long as |
| Web design and development. (Check program | | | | Copyright and Author Resource Box are |
| availability.) In this course of study, | | | | included; and ALL Hyperlinks REMAIN intact |
| students learn how to design Web pages using | | | | and active. |
| HTML, develop graphics with Photoshop and | | | | |