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Classes as diverse as belly dancing and basic watercolor will be offered over the next several months as the Office of Community and Professional Education begins its winter\/spring season of credit-free course offerings.<\/p>\n
Registration begins Wednesday, Jan. 18 for the more than 140 course offerings.<\/p>\n
Courses are designed for professional development and personal growth, to find new hobbies and expand social and recreational opportunities. They span a wide range of activities, from fiction writing and foreign languages to wine tasting and personal finance.<\/p>\n
For a complete list of credit-free courses scheduled, go to www.hvcc.edu\/communityed\/spring<\/a> or call x7339 to request a free brochure.<\/p>\n Some of the varied new classes this winter include \u201cMarket Basket Workshop,\u201d \u201cIntermediate Sewing,\u201d \u201cIntroduction to the Digital Camera and Photoshop,\u201d \u201cThe Basics of Screenwriting,\u201d \u201cIntroduction to Camp Counseling,\u201d and a series of beginner computer software courses that cover PowerPoint, Access, Excel and building web sites.<\/p>\n Programs in cooking, flower arranging, paper crafts, photography, financial planning, business development, gardening, physical fitness and motorcycle rider training are just a few of the other popular courses also being offered this year.<\/p>\n The college also will be offering more than 50 classes, day trips, tours and activities through its popular Center for Creative Retirement. Registration for those courses, which are aimed at active seniors, begins on Feb. 1. More information about Center for Creative Retirement activities may be found at www.hvcc.edu\/communityed\/spring<\/a>.<\/p>\n Programs for kids are also on tap at the college during the next few months. The \u201cMice on Ice,\u201d beginner skating lessons start Jan. 22; \u201cZumbatonic,\u201d for children ages six to 11, begins April 14; and \u201cKids Karate,\u201d will be offered from Feb. 18 through March 17. The college\u2019s popular Youth Theater Workshop will be held over the February vacation break, Feb. 20 through Feb. 24, at The Egg in Albany\u2019s Empire State Plaza.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:35:34 +0000 by\u00a0e.bryant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Classes as diverse as belly dancing and basic watercolor will be offered over the next several months as the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}