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FIRST-LINE MANAGEMENT Course cuts through behavioral jargon and theoretical discussions Concentrates on the practical skill supervisors need to IV. SAVING FOR RETIREMENT You can't afford to wait; begin early Retirement planning Budgeting, savings goals, and investment strategies handle their complicated roles. Index CEU: .2 Date: A GRAMMAR REVIEW TO ENHANCE WRITING Includes parts of speech and punctuation Sentence structure and paragraph development Emphasizes individual and small group instruction Class size limited to 18. Text required. Index C212 CEU: 4.0 Fee: $150 Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-8 p.m.

(10 wks) September 12-November 16 Instructor: Margaret Motter Hinnebuch C244 Fee: $20 Tuesday, 7-9 p.m. October 3 i exi requireu. Index CEU: 1.8 Date: C398 Fee: $125 Mondays, 6-9 p.m. (6 wks) September 1 1 -October 23 (No class October 9) Jeffrey Kreutzer, consultant POSITIONING YOUR SAVINGS FOR RISING INCOME Protecting your income from falling interest rates Keeping up with inflation Growing your nest egg and your income Instructor: Index CEU: .2 Date: C247 Fee: $20 Tuesday, 7-9 p.m. October 10 COMMUNICATION SKILLS Course takes the guesswork out of effective communication.

Whether you're writing a report, talking with a colleague or running a meeting, learn to express yourself clearly. Write letters, memos, reports, and proposals and get results 5 SINESS MARKETING Speak with confidence and poise to groups of any size $15 text fee. C216 Index CEU: 1.8 Date: TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT Understanding the key concepts Using the tools and applying the concepts The human relations aspects of Total Quality Management Customer-Supplier Relationships Creating the organizational environment for TQM Text required. Fee: $125 MT Mondays, 6-9 p.m. (6 wks) September 1 1 -October 23 (No class October 9) John Dunlap, STC Instructor: Index CEU: 1.5 Date: C412 Fee: $100 Mondays, 6-9 p.m.

(5 wks) September 1 1 -October 16 (No class October 9) Staff TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Teaches new traffic and transportation department people how to maintain smooth operations Better customer relations Get a greater return on company investment in traffic operations. Index C450 If you are interested In all of the topics, enroll at the discounted program rate: Index C250 CEU: 1.0 Fee: $75 Date: Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. (5 wks) September 12-October 10 Instructor: Trent Hershman, investment representative, Edward D. Jones Company PREPARING FOR RETIREMENT AND BEYOND A THREE-PART SEMINAR I. ONE LESS THING TO WORRY ABOUT-LONG-TERM CARE Discuss the ways of protecting your savings from the burden of long-term care Avoid leaving your savings to chance II.

PLANNING YOUR ESTATE Estate planning and other options Wills, gifting, joint tenancy, TOD, revocable living trusts Probate and federal estate taxes Questions and inventory sheets provided III. RETIREMENT PLAN Lump sum distribution for retirement? New 1995 law and pros and cons of choosing a pension Income averaging, general IRA information Lump sum or rollover option? Instructor: Fee: $125 "AvSN CEU: 1.8 Date: Thursdays, 6-9 p.m. (6 wks) September 14-October 19 (No class October 9) Staff Instructor: ACCOUNTING FOR THE NEW BUSINESS (How to do your own accounting simply, easily and accurately) Index CEU: .8 Date: TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT II This course will actively involve participants in a seminar format that will focus on: The development and refinement of elements from "introduction to T.Q.M." In-depth discussions of workplace environments On a project basis, participants will develop a plan for introducing and implementing a T.Q.M. program in their own workplaces. This plan will include sequencing and time-framing of training and developmental changes required to achieve T.Q.M.

Index C420 CEU: 1.5 Fee: $100 Date: Mondays, 6-9 p.m. (5 wks) October 25-November 22 Instructor: Staff ISO 9000QS 9000 This course will provide an overview of the ISO 9000 Standards with discussion of the relevant elements, terminology, and methods. Background, origins, and progress of the standards will be reviewed Implementation of the standards in a company will be covered, with emphasis on costs, resources, timing and benefits Recommended for management personnel with quality responsibilities Index C383 CEU: .8 Fee: $95 Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. (2 wks) C253 Fee: $65 Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. (4 wks) November 9-December 7 (No class November 23) Trent Hershman, investment representative, Edward D.

Jones Co. Instructor: How to set up a workable and simple accounting system for a small business. Basic concepts needed to understand small-business accounting Ways to use the accounting system to prevent or minimize fraud and theft Reporting financial results to investors, partners and lenders Text required. Index C101 CEU: 3.0 Fee: $175 Date: Saturdays, 9-12 noon (10 wks) September 16-November 18 Instructor: Paul Aquino, B.B.A., M.B.A., CPA ACCOUNTING AS A BASIC vv MIC ACADEMIC SKILLS MANAGEMENT TOOL How to use accounting to point out a company's strengths and weaknesses Cost accounting and taxes as applied to business Minimum of eleven topics related to financial accounting. Text required.

September 12-September 21 OR Index Date: BASIC TECH MATH Basic mathematics Numbers and numerals, subtraction, addition, multiplication, common fractions and decimal fractions, ratios and proportions, and powers and roots How to use a calculator, basic and special functions, internal logic and special-purpose calculators Geometry, algebra and how to use formulas for problem-solving Trigonometry, properties of triangles, inverse trig functions and how to use them Text required. Index CEU: 1.8 Date: C385 Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. (2 wks) October 3-October 12 Staff C102 Fee: $125 Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. (6 wks) September 16-October 21 Paul Aquino, B.B.A., M.B.A., C.P.A. Instructor: Instructor: Index CEU: 3.0 Date: C471 Fee: $150 Mondays, 6-9 p.m.

(10 wks) September 1 1 -November 20 (No class October 9) Randy Hahn Instructor: S3.