IOWA LAKES OFFERS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING TO AREA HISPANICS

Iowa Lakes Community College is offering new learning opportunities for individuals who need to improve their English Language Literacy.

With the recent hiring of Daniel Acosta in the Admissions office of Iowa Lakes, the college is expanding its reach to the Hispanic community. In addition to the English as a Second Language classes offered by the college in Algona, Emmetsburg, Estherville and Spencer, Acosta is actively recruiting individuals for college credit classes.

“We are finding that more and more Hispanic families – after getting settled in the U.S. – want to raise their level of education,” said Acosta, part-time Admissions Counselor. “We’re now in a better position to assist them with their educational and personal goals because we’re taking a collegewide approach to address the needs of minorities in our surrounding communities.”

A few months ago, the college expanded its recruiting territory. Besides recruiting internationally, Acosta travels to some area schools, college days/nights as well as other events and continues to serve as the Assistant Baseball coach.

“For those individuals who need to learn English, we encourage them to get in contact with Barb Grandstaff at 1-800-242-5108 ext. 5232 to get them started,” Acosta said.

To contact Acosta for information on college credit classes, call 1-800-242-5106 and press extension 8378. Callers should be advised that the college will re-open following the holiday break on Wednesday, January 2.

Iowa Lakes offers more than 100 areas of study at its five locations in Algona, Emmetsburg, Estherville, Spencer and Spirit Lake. In addition, the college provides training and retraining to employees of area business and industry as well as continuing education courses.

Danny Acosta