EVANSVILLE, Ind. – On Friday evening, Ivy Tech Community College will celebrate a record number of high school students who are graduating from college, before they have finished their senior year in high school.
The Perry County community will come together on May 19 at 6 p.m. at the Ivy Tech Tell City Career & Technology Center, to celebrate the accomplishments of 67 high school seniors from Tell City, Perry Central and Cannelton High Schools. These seniors took Ivy Tech dual credit courses while in high school – earning both college credits from Ivy Tech and high school credits from their school – at no cost to the student. The students learned employable skill sets and/or transferrable blocks of classes.
Students will be awarded a combined total of 77 certificates and technical certificates and have earned a total of 1,665 college credits, said Katie King, director of Ivy Tech Tell City, “That’s over $249,000 in saved tuition costs. Students have earned an employable skill set or a block of credits that can be transferred.â€
Forty-seven seniors will be awarded the Indiana College Core, a block of 30 credit hours of general education, college-level coursework which can be transferred to Indiana public colleges and universities and some private colleges. This saves most full-time students a whole year of coursework allowing them to complete a bachelor’s degree in 3 years, King added.
Those earning employable skills and 30 certificates, did so in the following fields of study – making them ready for entry-level positions in Pre-Nursing Studies, Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair, Certified Nurse Assistant, Dementia Care and Structural Welding.
