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<br /> <br />Durham Technical Community College / Orange County Campus <br />525 College Park Road / Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />919-536-7238 / 919-536-7297 fax durhamtech.edu/orange <br /> <br />Durham Tech Promise <br />Durham Tech Promise is our commitment to Orange County public high school <br />graduates. Currently, Durham Tech Promise (previously known as ConnectFunds) provides <br />up to $1,000 per year for two years. To be eligible, in-state students must enroll in at least <br />six credit hours in a semester immediately after high school. Graduates of any public high <br />school in Chapel Hill/Carrboro and the Orange County Schools are eligible. No application is <br />necessary. All curriculum programs are eligible. Graduates classified as out-of-state should <br />contact the Financial Aid Office for additional eligibility information. Disbursements are <br />made in $500 payments per semester. This financial assistance has afforded the <br />opportunity for HS graduates to continue their post-secondary education without accruing <br />student debt. <br />Based on the need of some career paths that only require short-term training for <br />employment, we would like to include non-credit short-term training options in this <br />initiative as well. Our public school liaisons report numerous graduates at each high school <br />are interested in this option but lack of finances prohibit them from enrolling. The following <br />is a list of courses we are proposing be included: <br /> <br /> BioWork Plus  Carpentry  Central Sterile Processing  Certified Nursing Assistant Certified Medical Admin. Assistant Culinary  Dialysis Technician  EKG  Electrical Line Technician  Emergency Medical Services <br /> Esthetician Technology  FESTO Advanced Manufacturing 4.0 <br /> Fire Services Extension  HVAC  Massage Therapy  Paramedic  Phlebotomy  START Careers in Hospitality <br /> Welding Technology <br />If approved, beginning in the academic year 2019-20 Durham Tech would add these non- <br />credit short term training programs in the Durham Tech Promise commitment: The <br />maximum award per student would be $1,000 per year. Students may request approval for <br />a second course, upon successful completion of a first course, as long as the total maximum <br />award per student does not exceed the $2,000 currently allocated for curriculum. <br />This is not a request to increase our current Durham Tech Promise funding of <br />$200,000 for the 2019-20 academic year but upon approval provides consent to <br />allow for reallocation of funds to include additional short-term training.