Valerie Handley, a second-year student at Cedar Valley, wants to repair and service air conditioners on the rental properties she owns.
“After you write enough checks for someone else to work on them, you start to think ‘maybe I can do this myself,'” said Handley, who works as a 911 operator.
Thinking about studying Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology? Find out what other DCCCD students are saying about the program.
In USA Today’s recent Jobs You Can Get with 2015’s Most In-Demand Degrees article, they listed the year’s most in-demand bachelor’s degrees. Guess what? Nine out of the top ten can be started at a college of DCCCD!
You could be one of four million college drop-outs annually. But you don’t have to be. Find out how DCCCD can help.
For Ronald Stafford, going back to school to improve his information technology skills was a no-brainer.
Thinking about studying Computer Information Technology? Find out what other DCCCD students are saying about the program.
The demand for electronic access to information has made computers indispensable in offices, schools and homes. With that demand has come a need for skilled technicians to design, develop, carry out, keep up and support software and hardware systems.
Treddie Johnson is not your typical welder.
First of all, Treddie is a woman, which immediately sets her apart from 95 percent of welders in the U.S.
Second, Treddie has cataracts, which limit her vision when working with hot flames.
Lastly, Treddie has 20 years of experience as a home health nurse.
Do you like to tinker with things? Maybe dismantle them, fix them (at least some of the time), and then put them back together again? Have you ever considered doing it for a living? You can. At the Dallas County Community College District, you can become an automotive service technician in two years or less with our Automotive Technology degree, certificate and specialty program options.
Recent DCCCD graduate Soufiane Abbadi has taken major steps towards solving a numerical problem which has puzzled the most brilliant mathematicians for centuries: the nth prime.
