About Midland College - Off Campus Locations

Advanced Technology Center
The Midland College Advanced Technology Center (ATC) is a unique educational venture involving Midland College, the Midland Independent School District, and a number of community partners. The ATC, located at 3200 W. Cuthbert in Midland, delivers workforce education programs that support the development of a skilled technical workforce for Midland and the Permian Basin. The facility contains more than 80,000 square feet of instructional space that features high-tech computer classrooms with Internet access, multimedia video-conferencing classrooms, and a tiered lecture hall.

Educational programs and courses taught at the ATC include all aspects of computer information technology; industrial technology emphasizing welding technology, metallurgy, and automotive technology; and entry-level health science technology. State-of-the-art equipment in all instructional areas provides students with "high-tech, high touch" instruction and hands-on application of skills.

The ATC also enables Midland-area residents to further enhance their technical skills through industry-recognized certifications and other continuing education opportunities. The Midland College Workforce Training Department, located at the ATC, offers customized short-term courses and training as requested by Permian Basin business and industry. For information regarding the ATC, visit www.midland.edu/atc or telephone (432) 697-5863.

Williams Regional Technical Training Center
The Midland College Williams Regional Technical Training Center (WRTTC) located at 1309 West I-10 in Fort Stockton was built in 1996 to advance higher education in the region and to enhance workforce development. The WRTTC was approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as the first branch campus of Midland College in 1998. In 2000, the facility size was doubled as a result of an aggressive community fundraising initiative.

The WRTTC campus serves its students through university parallel and occupational/technical certificate and associate degree programs, a wide variety of continuing education offerings and programs offered in collaboration with the Fort Stockton Independent School District (FSISD). Offerings are supported by advanced instructional technology, interactive television and computerized distance learning technology which link many WRTTC programs to the Midland College campus.

The WRTTC worked with the Midland College Health Sciences Division to begin a program that brings LVN’s to Registered Nursing status within one year. This new program is servicing LVN students throughout the region to work to provide Registered Nurses for this vast rural area.

For additional information regarding the WRTTC, visit www.midland.edu/wrttc/ or telephone (432) 336-7882.

Cogdell Learning Center
Established in 1992 as a presence in South Midland, the Cogdell Learning Center has as its mission the provision of quality learning and life enhancing opportunities through programs that effectively address the unique needs of South and East Midland residents. The Center serves as a gateway to Midland College and other community resources for individuals who wish to further pursue personal, career, and academic goals.

The Cogdell Learning Center is located at 201 W. Florida, and its services include: community outreach; free GED and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, adult literacy tutoring, business counseling and technical assistance; and assistance with college planning, admissions, and financial aid services, including advice on completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The Cogdell Learning Center also administers the Bill Pace Cogdell Scholarship developed specifically to support individuals whose education re-entry began at this site.

Cogdell features a state-of-the-art lecture hall with interactive multimedia equipment. For additional information regarding the Cogdell Learning Center, visit www.midland.edu/cogdell or telephone (432) 684-4100.

The Building Trades Center (BTC), located at 111. E. Florida next to the Midland College Cogdell Learning Center, is an advanced training facility offering hands-on training in construction trades. The program offers basic and advanced college credit certification as well as Continuing Education classes. For information regarding the Building Trades Center and classes that are offered, please call (432) 620-0246 or (432) 685-4676.

Business and Economic Development Center
The Midland College Business and Economic Development Center (BEDC) is located at the Midland College Cogdell Learning Center at 201 W. Florida. Since 1985, the BEDC has promoted economic development in the community by providing comprehensive management, financial, and technical assistance and training to small businesses, entrepreneurial ventures, and non-profit organizations in the form of seminars and free, confidential counseling. The BEDC provides a non-credit certificate program in business survival skills and offers monthly business seminars. The BEDC also conducts business and economic research and offers governmental procurement and international trade guidance to private and nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit www.midland.edu/bedc or contact the BEDC at (432) 684-4309.

West Facility
Located at 2067 Commerce Drive, Midland College West was opened in 1997. This 4,200 square foot building and two-acre adjacent training yard house the Transportation Training Program and other continuing education courses. For information regarding Midland College West or the Transportation Training Program, visit www.midland.edu/transportation/ or telephone (432) 689-4900.

Petroleum Professional Development Center
The Petroleum Professional Development Center (PPDC) of Midland College was created through the consolidation of the Permian Basin Graduate Center and Midland College’s Petroleum Geotechnology Training Center. Housed in the Jack G. Elam Building located at 221 N. Main Street in downtown Midland, the center is a state-of-the-art educational facility designed specifically for the regional oil and gas industry. The center provides unique programs developed for working geoscientists, petroleum engineers, landmen, accountants, and field operations personnel and offers industry updates to area oil and gas professionals. The PPDC is one of seven mid-career training centers worldwide recognized by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). For additional information regarding the PPDC, visit www.midland.edu/ppdc or telephone (432) 683-2832.

Aviation Maintenance Technology
The Aviation Maintenance Technology program is located at Midland International Airport, Hangar E, 2405 Windecker. An advanced state-of-the-art training facility, this site offers students training on actual aircraft. The program offers certificates in Airframe Maintenance and Powerplant Maintenance. Upon successful completion of training, students are qualified to take Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) examinations for Airframe or Powerplant licenses. For information regarding the Aviation Maintenance Technology Program, visit www.midland.edu/~amt/ or telephone (432) 685-4799 or (432) 563-8952.

Distance Learning
Distance Learning at Midland College is planned learning that normally occurs in a different place from teaching and, as a result, requires special techniques of course design, special instructional techniques, special methods of communication by electronics and other technology, as well as special organizational and administrative arrangements.

Midland College provides a variety of offerings through its Distance Learning Program.
Web-based Online courses are developed by individual instructors and provide complete course content through use of course management software. Enrollment in, and availability of, online classes at Midland College continues to grow. Faculty and curriculum planners continue to look for opportunities to offer more of these popular classes.

MCNet is an interactive television classroom experience in which students from off-site locations become a part of the classroom setting based at either the main campus or one of the off-campus sites (Big Lake, Rankin, Ft. Stockton, Greenwood, Iraan, and Ozona). The Virtual College of Texas (VCT) allows students to access courses via the Internet that are not offered at Midland College. Students can view the schedule at www.vct.org and all enrollments must be made through Midland College. R.E.A.C.H. (Regional Electronic Academic Communications Highway) courses are interactive television courses which are broadcast through a special network that includes U.T.P.B., Howard College, and Midland
College.

For additional information, please contact the Department of Distance Learning at (432) 685-5539.