ACTC presents student plays and art show
Ashland Community and Technical College will present the New Play Festival at 7 p.m. April 7 and 8, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 9, in the J.B. Sowards Theater at the College Drive Campus.
The 12 scenes, monologues, short plays and one-act productions were written by ACTC students in a playwriting class taught last fall by assistant English professor Jonathan Joy, the festival founder and an area playwright.
“I am very excited to see this year’s crop of plays up in front of an audience,” Joy said. “The student playwrights, actors and directors are all so creative and talented, and they’re working so hard to bring this all together. We have quite a few wonderful folks from the community contributing on stage and behind the scenes, too.”
Actors include more than 30 local students and community members. General admission tickets are $5 and will be available at the door before each performance
The festival coordinator is Sarah Diamond Burroway, director of external relations at Ohio University Southern. For more information, contact Joy at jonathan.joy@kctcs.edu or Burroway at burroway@ohio.edu.
Artwork by ACTC students in spring drawing and painting classes taught by Professor Wendy Fosterwelsh will be exhibited April 7 to 9 in the Theatre Lobby at College Drive Campus.
“We are holding the show in conjunction with the new Play Festival, because Professor Jonathan Joy and I thought this would be a nice way to showcase the arts we have here at ACTC,” said Art Professor Wendy Fosterwelsh. “People can see both the visual and performing arts in one night.”
Apply Now for ACTC Pharmacy Program
May 1 is the deadline to apply for admission to the Pharmacy Technology Program at Ashland Community and Technical College.
Pharmacy Technology offers a quick path into health care employment and can sometimes be the first step in becoming a pharmacist. Pharmacy Technicians are employed in community and hospital pharmacies. According to the KY Occupational Outlook, jobs for Pharmacy Technicians in Kentucky are expected to grow 22 percent from 2012 to 2022, and the average annual wage in 2015 was $27,726.
Under the direction of a pharmacist, a Pharmacy Technologist transcribes physician’s medication orders, fills prescriptions and pharmacy orders, prepares admixtures of intravenous solutions, replenishes drugs, maintains patient profiles and prepares bulk formulations.
At ACTC, Pharmacy Technology is a one-year diploma program, and Community Pharmacy Assistant, Pharmacy Technician Assistant and Retail Pharmacy Technician certificates are also available. The diploma and certificate credits may be applied toward an Associate of Applied Science Degree in General Occupational/ Technical Studies.
The program includes lecture and laboratory classes in anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, medical terminology, microbiology, dosage calculations, pharmacy mathematics, pharmacy practice, pharmacology, drug classifications and IV admixtures.
Students also learn how to communicate the correct medical abbreviations and medical terminologies with patients, customers and the pharmacists they are assisting.
An externship with area pharmacies give students experience on the job. “During their clinical hours as ‘externs’ in area pharmacies, students learn skills that would be needed as employees, and this can give them an edge when applying for a job,” said Nikki Bryant, ACTC associate professor and coordinator of the Pharmacy Technology Program.
Pharmacy Technology is a selective admissions program, and the application deadline is May 1. New students will need to submit both ACTC and Pharmacy Technology applications, which are available on line at: ashland.kctcs.edu.
For more information on Pharmacy Technology, contact Bryant at 606-326-2261 or email nikki.bryant@kctcs.edu.
ACTC Offers Grant Writing Class
Ashland Community and Technical College is offering a grant writing class, Friday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at ACTC’s Roberts Drive Campus. Participants will learn how to seek funding opportunities from foundations and public sources. The requirements of a proposal will be highlighted, including identifying a problem or need, researching and selecting project solutions and developing a project budget.
Instructor Angie Whitley is the social work facilitator for Morehead State University’s social work program on the Ashland campus. She has experience as a contracted grant writer for Kanawha County Schools, Boone County Schools, Charleston Family and Community Development Corporation, Sarah’s Place and several Head Start programs in West Virginia.
The cost is $45 per person, and United Way funded partners may apply for a scholarship through United Way of Northeastern Kentucky. To register, contact Workforce Solutions at 606-326-2072 or by email at as_workforce@kctcs.edu.
