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Sierra College / Grass Valley
Move on to a four-year institution, earn an associate degree or upgrade job skills. These are all goals possible through the Sierra College Nevada County Campus.
Opened in 1996, the campus serves over 1,800 western Nevada County students each semester. Located off Sierra College Drive not far from East Main Street, the 105-acre site is built on a hill overlooking Grass Valley.
Classes are designed for a diverse student population including full-time day students, those returning for career and technical education and evening students.
Over 24 degree and certificate programs are offered locally with a majority of classes taken on site. Most of these programs also offer online classes so area residents don’ t have to spend a lot of time driving“ down the hill” to the main campus in Rocklin.
Sierra College is also involved in Community Education by providing a variety of classes on the Nevada County Campus, as well as in Rocklin and Roseville. Categories range from computers and finance to creative arts to gardening, music, the outdoors, writing and photography. You can expand your horizons, hone your talents or find a new hobby.
Sierra College / Truckee
Offering associate degrees, Sierra College in Truckee has served the community for over 20 years. Also available are Community Education classes that include everything from landscape photography to conversational Spanish. The college is located at 11001 College Trail off Hwy. 89 in a 25,000 square foot building.
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Sierra College, Nevada County Campus
Libraries
The Nevada County Library System consists of six facilities including a history library that contains research material covering the county’ s history( see page 37).
Library services are provided for everyone from preschoolers to elderly shut-ins. They include educational and cultural programs, events for the whole family and Nevada County Reads. A popular spot is the Collaborative Technology Center at the Madelyn Helling Library.
Also offered through the library system are a library catalog online, public computers, WiFi, job and career information, a Library to Go( downloadable audio and ebooks), a variety of children’ s programs( see page 157) and a literacy program.
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Nevada County Campus
274-5300
Tahoe-Truckee Campus
550-2225
Information / Classes sierracollege. edu sccommed. org
COUNTY LIBRARIES
Madelyn Helling, Nevada City: 265-7050 Grass Valley – Royce Branch: 273-4117 Truckee: 582-7846 Doris Foley History: 265-4606 Penn Valley Station: 432-5764 Bear River Station: 271-4147 mynevadacounty. com / library
All area codes are 530.
Madelyn Helling Library
Sierra Montessori Academy 16229 Duggans Road Grass Valley, CA 95949 Phone: 530.268.9990 www. sierramontessori. org
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