CHESTER—York Technical College recently named Melanie Gallman as coordinator of its new Chester Workforce & Learning Success Center. Gallman, a graduate of Lewisville High School, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from Winthrop University as well as a Masters of Education degree in Divergent Learning from Columbia College. She is currently working in the doctoral program of Argosy University in Educational/Organizational Leadership.

Gallman worked previously with the South Carolina Employment Security Commission as a WIA case manager/trade coordinator. She also has experience as a site coordinator for the Learning Key Tutoring Program—a reading/math program designed to assist elementary students K5 through 5th grade—in Chester. Gallman has also served as a business education teacher at Lewisville High School.

The Chester Workforce and Learning Success Center, which is housed within the college's Saluda Street facility (127 Saluda St.), provides career assessment and essential work skills training for those who are currently unemployed as well as adult education students, high school students and current York Tech students.

The Center houses learning coaches to tailor individualized learning plans to help build the study skills, habits, and positive attitudes needed to succeed in school or work. Some other services that are provided are employability skills workshops; Soft Skills Workshops; lab-enhanced academic skills such as reading, math, and locating information, Career-Ready Workforce training, Study Sills Preparation, and a summer program for high school juniors and seniors (ages 16+).

The Center has been launched at a critical time for Chester County, which currently has an unemployment rate of more than 20 percent, third highest in the state.

For more information, contact Gallman at 803-581-0492 or mgallman@yorktech.com.

York Technical College . 452 S. Anderson Road . Rock Hill, SC 29730