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Student
Activities
The Student
Activities Office, located in the Student Center, is responsible for
all student clubs, organizations, the Student Government Association (SGA)
and activities at York Technical College.
Career
Center
The York Technical College Career Center
is located in the Student Services Building in the Admissions Department.
Counseling
Services/Admissions
Admissions
Counselors provide counseling to help students achieve their
goals. Trained professional counselors are available for vocational
and educational counseling. Counselors also assist students in
personal and social concerns and make referrals to appropriate community
agencies when necessary.
Financial
Aid
The Financial
Aid Department seeks to provide assistance to students enrolled in
eligible programs who demonstrate financial need and have a desire to
attend college. The types of aid available include grants,
scholarships, part-time employment, and a limited non-federal loan
program. Financial aid counselors are available to advise and assist
students in applying for financial aid. All students are encouraged
to apply at least eight weeks prior to the term they plan to enter.
START
Center
In an effort to assist students in making a smooth transition into college
life, the
START Center provides first-time freshmen students with a centralized
location for general orientation, information about college resources and
departmental orientations, and first semester advising and
registration. In order to foster student success during the
semester, follow-up contacts will be made with the students served by the
START Center.
Academic
Records Office
The
Academic
Records Office provides the following services for students:
course registration, grade-reports, official transcripts, enrollment
verifications, student loan deferments, applications for graduation, and maintenance of student records.
The office also provides
services for transcript
evaluations, evaluation of military credit, evaluation of AP or CLEP
credit, processing of course substitutions, academic progress monitoring
and notification, verification of graduation requirements, graduation
ceremony preparations, preparation of degrees, diplomas, and certificates,
and determination of honor graduates.
Workforce
Development Center
The
Workforce
Development Center is the official name for York Technical College's
One-Stop Satellite Center. This center is a partner, in the One-Stop
system with the Employment Security Commission offices in York, Lancaster,
and Chester counties which address the need to have one central location
for the public to receive information and services from different agencies
in the community. "Intensive services" are offered here to
dislocated workers and individuals who are not self-sufficient or
underemployed.
Job Placement
The
Job Placement Office, in conjunction with the academic division,
assists student and graduates in securing positions in their chosen
fields.
Visions
Visions is an
Educational Talent Search Program
sponsored by York Technical College designed to help tri-county residents
identify an area of career interest as well as understand available
secondary and postsecondary educational opportunities. Services
include career planning, course advisement, college transfer information,
college admission fee waivers, college success workshops, and scholarship
information.
Volunteer
Program
The Volunteer
Office provides necessary and diverse services to students and
personnel in the College. Persons interested in obtaining more
information should contact the Volunteer Services Office at 981-7052.
Special
Resources Offices - Disability Services
The Special Resources
Office (SRP) in Student Services coordinates services and accommodations
for students with documented disabilities including but not limited to
physical, learning, and psychological disabilities. These services
provide equal educational opportunities to students by minimizing the
impact of functional limitations upon their academic lives.
Students seeking services must register through the SRO, provide
appropriate documentation of their disability, and specify accommodation
needs and requests. Reasonable academic accommodations are
determined based on a review of the documentation and in interview with
the student.
Special Resources Offices - Special Needs Scholarship Programs
The Adults-in-Transition (AIT)
program is to assist unemployed or underemployed dislocated workers,
displaced homemakers, low-income students, and single parents in their
transition to new employment through the education and training provided
by York Technical College. Financial support may include assistance with tuition or
childcare or transportation expense. Additional support services may
include academic and career counseling, life skills training, and
referrals
Challenge is a program designed
for students who choose majors not traditionally associated with their
gender (i.e., females in Industrial and Engineering Technologies and males
in Health and Human Services). The program offers its participants advising and academic
support services, as well as a limited number of academic scholarship
awards.
The
goal of Project
Impact is to provide monetary scholarship
assistance necessary for qualified minority students to pursue an
appropriate education to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to
obtain gainful employment and/or transfer to a senior college or
university.
Student Support
Services Trio Program
The Student Support Services Trio
Program provides services to students who have special academic
needs. Services include course advisement, college transfer
information, career planning, financial aid assistance and college success
workshops. Free individual tutoring is available in a variety of
subject areas. Mentoring, academic advising, and transfer assistance
is also provided to participants in the College Transfer program.
Tutoring Center
Free drop-in
tutoring is available in a variety of subjects to York Technical
College students. Individualized one-to-one tutoring is available to
Student Support Services Program students.
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