{"id":31,"date":"2019-05-30T18:25:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T18:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/inside-fc-message-from-the-president\/"},"modified":"2019-07-05T22:07:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T22:07:55","slug":"presidential-ponderings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/presidential-ponderings\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Ponderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-family: Oswald;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/President-Coleman-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/President-Coleman-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/President-Coleman-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/President-Coleman-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/President-Coleman.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans';\">Today\u2019s job market is substantially different than it was 30 years ago, even 10 years ago.\u00a0 All newly created jobs since 2008 require education after high school.\u00a0 Bay College works with area business &amp; industry and closely follows national employment demands, creating new certificates and degrees, and updating current programs to meet the ever-changing marketplace.\u00a0 Additionally, Bay College has implemented new support services for students, for example co-advising, giving students added support as needed.\u00a0 Faculty have changed the delivery of coursework including high quality on-line courses with digital lectures and in some programs, open lab time for students such as with Mechatronics and Robotics so shift workers can complete degrees outside of working hours.\u00a0 Water technology is also expanding its online presence. \u00a0With these degrees you can start a new career making $45,000+ immediately as employers are waiting in line to hire you.\u00a0 Business, cybersecurity, nursing and many other degree programs also have employers in line to hire Bay College graduates.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Look inside and check out the Bay College web site: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baycollege.edu\/\">www.baycollege.edu<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.\u00a0 You can explore career pathways and programs you are interested in, including information about salaries and demand for your career choice. Whether you are just getting started in a career or looking to reinvent yourself, invest in yourself. Bay College will be with you all the way as you advance your skills, better your pay and create your future. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Droid Sans';\"><span style=\"color: #b00000;\">See you on campus!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Droid Sans';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104\" src=\"http:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Laura-Coleman-Signature-300x58.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Laura-Coleman-Signature-300x58.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Laura-Coleman-Signature-768x150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Laura-Coleman-Signature.jpg 985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans';\">Laura Coleman, PhD<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans';\">Bay College President<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Apply, call, stop in or schedule a visit. You will be amazed on what Bay College has to offer YOU.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s job market is substantially different than it was 30 years ago, even 10 years ago.\u00a0 All newly created jobs since 2008 require education after high school.\u00a0 Bay College works with area business &amp; industry and closely follows national employment demands, creating new certificates and degrees, and updating current programs to meet the ever-changing marketplace.\u00a0&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/presidential-ponderings\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"article_type":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycollege.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2019-volume-3-issue-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}