Courses

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Tai Chi for Health
Course #59689
Fridays, 8/27-10/15
9:30am-10:30am
Woodland Terrace
$20

Course #59687
Thursdays, 9/23-11/11
6:30-7:30pm
Northern Campus
$20

The Tai Chi for Health program is appropriate for beginners and seniors. The Sun Style Tai Chi is especially beneficial for arthritis because it contains Qigong exercises to enhance healing, agile steps to improve mobility, and improve balance. This program is easy-to-learn, safe, and effective. The program includes warm- up, cool-down, Qigong exercises, special precautions, and tai chi movements.

Write Your Story
Course #57986
Thursdays, 9/2-10/7
6:30-8:30pm
Western Campus
$56

Published nonfiction author and local television journalist Amanda Lamb will walk you through the process of choosing your story, outlining your project, writing it, and learning how to take critical feedback from other writers.  You will be asked to turn in segments of your stories and share them with the class.  The goal is to finish the class with a work in progress that you may ultimately submit for publication, or simply share with family and friends. 

Virtual Assistant Introduction
Course #57980
Tuesdays, 9/7-10/26
6pm-9pm
Northern Campus
$65

Create a new career for yourself as a Virtual Assistant! In this interactive course, you will learn about the basics of being a Virtual Assistant, including the skills that are necessary to succeed, how to find and work with clients, and how to run your new entrepreneurial venture efficiently.

Second Blooming for Women
Course #59690
Mondays, 9/13-10/4
6:30-8:30pm
Western Campus
$56

Based on the book Second Blooming for Women: Growing a Life that Matters After Fifty, this class will guide you through the steps to creating a purposeful and fulfilling life that matters after fifty. During the course, you will identify methods to improve your attitude, identify strategies to positively deal with change, and learn about your top five strengths. You will finish the class with an understanding of your life purpose and vision statement.

Find Your Ideal Career
Course #57983
Tuesdays, 9/14-10/5
6:30-9pm
Northern Campus
$65

The first step in finding a new career is figuring out what that career should be. With a background in career coaching and psychology, instructor Tim Barnes will guide you through the steps to find a career that is right for you. This class will help you discover hidden job markets, prepare you for finding the right job, and help you match your career with your life purpose. You will:

• Discover what you really want to do
• Find out how to use your strengths to your advantage
• Learn what to do when you feel stuck
• Learn job hunters’ secrets to success

Conversational Spanish
Course # 58822
Thursdays, 9/16-12/9
9:30 am-11:30 am
Woodland Terrace
$65

Designed to provide you with a basic understanding of the Spanish language, this slower paced course will enable you to learn how to have conversations with Spanish-speaking individuals. The class will be held in the comfortable setting of Woodland Terrace, a senior living community in Cary. Students will need to purchase Spanish is Fun, available at the Wake Tech bookstore for $22.50.

Digital Photography
Course #59684
Saturdays, 9/25-10/23
9am-11am
Northern Campus
$47

Learn how to navigate through the process of taking a digital photograph using a pocket camera or a cell phone camera.  This slower-paced course will teach you how to download your digital photos using the camera interface to a Microsoft Windows personal computer for viewing, storing, or editing.  You will also be taught how to handle common photo editing techniques to include red eye removal, cropping, straightening, rotating, and controlling both light and color of the photo image.

Cut Your Grocery Bills
Course #57978
Saturday, 9/25
9:30am-12:30pm
Western Campus
$20

Course #60014
Saturday, 11/6
9:30am-12:30pm
Western Campus
$20

Learn effective techniques for smart spending from the Smart Shopper, Faye Prosser! Develop an easy-to-follow weekly meal plan, use weekly sales ads in conjunction with coupons, and successfully purchase bath and beauty essentials at little or no cost. Stretch dollars further than you ever thought possible!

Lifestyle Financial Strategies   
Course #58296
Mondays, 9/27-10/11
6:30-9pm
Western Campus
$37

The Debt Diva, Clarky Davis, will teach you how to become financially fit while coping with a struggling economy. This course will help you plan for a post-retirement lifestyle, manage debt, continue to save, and understand how the economic environment and the resulting consumer credit laws will affect you.

Lifelong Vibrant Health
Course #59692
Tuesdays, 10/12-11/16
6:30-8:30pm
Northern Campus
$56

Lifelong Vibrant Health outlines what you need to do to become vibrantly healthy at any stage in your life! You will learn simple strategies to start living your life fully with what is right for you: foods, supplements, barriers to lifestyle changes, detoxification practices, exercise, and healthcare.

Brain Health & Fitness
Course #60259
Tuesdays, 10/12-11/16
6:30-8:00pm
Manor Village at Preston
$68

You use only 10% of your brain – true or false? What part are you not using? This course debunks the 10% myth, and is designed to give you a clear picture of how your brain is structured, how it operates, what happens to it over time, and what you can do to maintain and even improve your cognitive functions. Topics covered are brain fundamentals, physical exercise, memory, creative thinking, nutrition, and stress management. Get the facts, dispel the myths, and activate your brain!

Get Organized!
Course #59694
Saturday, 10/16
9am-12noon
Western Campus
$24

Are you totally overwhelmed, frustrated and stressed out with the mounds of postponed decisions piling up around you? If you just don’t seem to be able to conquer the clutter, then this class will cover the basic organizing principles to help get you started. You’ll get tips and ideas you can use immediately to organize every room in the house and your office too!

Get Paid to Talk
Course #57982
Monday, 11/15
6:30-9pm
Western Campus
$35

Have you ever been told you have a great voice? This exciting class will explore numerous aspects of voice over work for television, film, radio, audio books, documentaries, and the Internet. We will cover all the basics, including how to prepare the all-important demo, how to find opportunities for voice over work, and how to be successful and earn great income in this exciting field!

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