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Workforce
Training offers
broad career opportunities
The Workforce Training and Continuing Education Department at Lamar State College Port
Arthur offers training designed to provide educational opportunities that maximize workforce
performance, career development, and selfenrichment.
The goal of the Workforce Training and Continuing Education Department is to assist
individuals, businesses, industries, and the
community meet their training and education
needs. All training events are intended to
enrich, strengthen, and support participating
students.
Based upon community interest and need,
training helps students upgrade their skills,
increase their knowledge, learn a new hobby,
advance their careers, solve problems, and
stimulate their minds.
Arts program ranked among the best in Texas
For some, “art” means paint on canvas. For others, art
is a dramatic soliloquy at center stage. And there are
those who express art from behind a microphone with a
guitar in hand.
Whatever the definition, Lamar State College Port
Arthur serves as muse and mentor for those seeking
artistic enlightenment. And a 2016 ranking of Fine Arts
schools in Texas says LSCPA is among the best.
Online fine arts information source, best-artcolleges.com, ranks LSCPA 75th among all colleges
and universities in the state for its programs, which features programs and degrees in Theater, Commercial
Music and Art.
“We offer a personal touch in the education of our students,” said Theater instructor Damon Gengo. “This is
true of every department on campus. Many of our students get to perform in a band, put their visual artworks
in front of the public and take the stage, acting frequently.”
John Freyermuth has led an impassioned life of everything that is music. He arrived at LSCPA in 2012 to
take over as director of the Commercial Music program, coming from Massachusetts originally. He said
LSCPA’s dedication to fine arts and music, in particular, drew him to Port Arthur.
“Our students show up to class ready to become better
artists and performers and because of their drive and
dedication it
allows the faculty to push to reach higher potential,” he
said.
POINTS OF PRIDE
The office of Workforce Training and
Continuing Education brought more than
1,100 new faces to campus in the past
year.
We added training in Industrial Safety,
CDL Class B, Certified Medication
Aide and Certified Nurse Aide
while also opening doors to
opportunities for continuing
education for employees
in areas such as the
petrochemical and
medical industries.
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