Professional Development and Enrichment Programs
The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education's Professional Development and Enrichment Programs brings University resources to the community to enhance the lives of our state’s citizens. Professional Development and Enrichment Programs offers noncredit seminars and workshops for professional education, and a stimulating selection of enrichment courses taught by outstanding UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff, alumni, and community experts. The listed current programs are held at the Friday Center unless otherwise specified.
Current Programs
Paralegal Certificate Program
Program: August 18–December 19, 2009
Get on the fast track to becoming a paralegal. Market demand for paralegals has grown significantly in the last thirty years and is expected to continue growing in the future. While demand is rising, so is competition for the best jobs in the field. Through UNC-Chapel Hill’s Paralegal Certificate Program, you’ll be competitively positioned to step into the fast-growing paralegal job market with a certificate from one of the nation’s top public universities.
BRIDGES 2009: The Personal and Professional Journey of Transformational Leadership
September 11–November 14, 2009
Application Deadline May 1, 2009
BRIDGES is an intensive professional development program for women in higher education who seek to gain or strengthen their academic leadership capabilities. It is designed to help women identify, understand, and move into leadership roles in the academy.
Community Classroom Series
Classes begin October 5, 2009
The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, described since its early days as the “citizen’s classroom,” offers the public a variety of short courses—the Community Classroom Series. Each course costs $50 and meets weekly for two-hour sessions at the Friday Center, UNC-Chapel Hill's premier facility for continuing education. The Friday Center offers free parking, easy access, and comfortable classrooms. Class sizes are limited, so register early.
What's the Big Idea?: Global Climate Change: Challenges and Options in North Carolina and Beyond
Lecture Series begins October 8, 2009
Join us for four evenings of lectures by eminent UNC-Chapel Hill scholars who will address global climate change and its impact closer to home. The University is actively engaged in many facets of this topic and many researchers are contributing to options and solutions to the challenges we face.
Infection Control in Long-term Care Facilities
November 2–4, 2009
This two and a half day program is designed to provide participants with current and practical information for the recognition and management of common infection control problems in non-acute care facilities. This course has been approved as meeting the requirements of the North Carolina Infection Control law 10A NCAC 41A.0206 (formerly 15A NCAC 19A.0206).