{"id":1706,"date":"2022-11-16T12:23:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2023-06-23T12:41:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T16:41:00","slug":"college-of-business-rolls-out-new-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/college-of-business-rolls-out-new-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"College of Business Rolls Out New Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St. Petersburg College\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/future-students\/degrees-training\/business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">College of Business <\/a>recently announced a new batch of face-to-face course offerings that will begin during the Spring Term. SPC will add around 67 new on-campus business classes, which will be held at various college sites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A need for variety<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emmanuel Hernandez-Agosto, Dean of SPC\u2019s College of Business, said that though online courses are often a preference among students due to their convenience, the need for different modalities in course offerings is still there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExpanding our on-campus offerings provides an opportunity for audiences we haven\u2019t intentionally targeted before,\u201d Hernandez-Agosto said. \u201cThese are international students, students receiving VA assistance, and students aged 21\u201328.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">International students and student veterans are often required to take on-campus courses because of visa or financial aid requirements, and surveyed students who are in their 20s indicated an interest in simulating a traditional environment, especially after a previous couple of years of virtual education. But any student can benefit from the added in-person classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome students find that they get a better experience and content understanding in an in-person setting,\u201d he said. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mixing it up<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hernandez-Agosto said that when the sections are available, the College of Business will offer networking events for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to plan some social mixers,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re starting a new Young Professionals Group sponsored by the Treasure Island &amp; Madeira Beach Chamber of Commerce, as well as some new student organizations and other initiatives that will add value to our students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hernandez-Agosto wants to connect students not only with each other but also with potential employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to create gig-economy accelerator programming, where we use digital platforms to connect our students with customers who want them to provide short-term services,\u201d he said. \u201cThat will allow our students to expand their gigs into new sources of income while they\u2019re in school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration for Spring Term classes is underway. Register now at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.spcollege.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPC will be adding around 67 new on-campus business classes, which will be held at various college sites. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":743,"featured_media":1708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1712,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions\/1712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}