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Eastfield College opens new community campus
From Staff Reports
The dust has settled. No more construction vehicles will be coming and going at 802 S. Buckner Blvd. in Pleasant Grove. Instead, cars or buses or even people on foot will come to this site to register for classes at the new Eastfield College Pleasant Grove Campus.
After several long months of building n and much to the delight of the enthusiastic support of residents, businesses and area officials n the campus is now ready to welcome new students.
A grand opening ceremony for the new facility will be held on Monday from 2 to 7 p.m. Representatives from the city of Dallas, Southeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce and neighboring chambers, Dallas ISD and area school districts, along with local organizations and churches, have been invited to attend.
Entertainment throughout the afternoon will include the EFC Jazz Ensemble/EFC Children Guitarists, Soles Mariachi Band, The Way of Truth Church Choir, Kindergarten Folklorico Dancers, Guitar Ensembles with James Scherffler, St. Augustine Church Choir, AA Dancers, Pastoral Juvenil Band and Eastfield College Student Performers.
The Pleasant Grove Campus will provide a variety of education and training services such as workforce training programs, continuing education classes, ESL and ESOL classes, GED training, college readiness courses in reading, writing and math and freshman-level credit courses.
The new 45,000-square-foot facility will house both the Southeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce and the Southeast Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce offices. The Wilkinson Center, a non-profit organization that serves the working poor who live in east and southeast Dallas, also will provide adult education classes at the campus. These classes are Pre-General Educational Development, English as a Second Language - Beginning Literacy, CareerWorks and Introduction to Computers. The Wilkinson Center will offer comprehensive case management services that focus on overcoming barriers to continued education with the goal of helping students graduate with an associate degree.
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