Helping your business grow in 2012!

Winter class registration is going on now.  Returning students may  register online with your SID # & PIN # (6-digit birthdate) or visit the Peninsula College website for more options.  New students should call 360.417.6340 to register.  For more information about classes, help with tuition, online class options, or other educational opportunities that may be available, contact Director of Business and Community Education Linty Hopie at lhopie@pencol.edu.  Some class days and dates have changed.  Check below for revised dates.  Click the ”Continue Reading” link to see the list of Winter classes.  

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Youth Challenge Winners! From left, Elle McGlocklin, Heavyn Olea, Chantell Schultz

We are pleased to announce the 2011 Entrepreneur Youth Challenge top award winners.  Elle McGlockin representing her business Over-Joyed and the Mermaid Tears team of Heavyn Olea and Chantell Schultz were the winners of two $1,500 top prizes for this year’s event.  Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe was the lead sponsor making these cash awards possible.

Elle McGlockin’s business plan for Over-Joyed focused on establishing a bakery and café that would be located in the Seattle-area and would provide quality and tasteful beverages and pastries, as well as baking/cooking classes taught by individuals well educated in food industry.  Over-Joyed would offer quality products, a welcoming environment and top-notch customer service. 

Mermaid Tears is a business developed by Heavyn Olea and Chantell Schultz.  This business would produce custom jewelry made from completely natural sea glass.  The name of this business is derived from the notion that sea glass is said to be the tears of a mermaid. Wearing this jewelry is meant to provoke the feeling that customer is wearing a part of the ocean.  The artists will utilize naturally shaped and unpolished glass in their creations to preserve the uniqueness.  Continue reading »

 Employee to Entrepreneur: The Journey Worth Taking has just been released by Heart and Soul Works. This publication is a guidebook and companion for the course Cath Mich teaches through the Peninsula College Entrepreneur Institute. Her class, Employee to Entrepreneur, begins on October 5, 2010 5:30 pm at the Lincoln Center, Room 208 and deals with the transitions needed to  switch  from the employee to the entrepreneur. To contact the author, click the link: www.fromEmployeetoEntrepreneur.net or you can contact Cath directly at 360-582-1081. To view additional classes being offered this fall, scroll down or contact Sharon Wallace @ 360-565-2078 or Linty Hopie @ 360-417-6504.