BACK TO SCHOOL DONUTS
Midland College Office of Student Activities will be offering free donuts for all students from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. today in the atrium of the Marie Hall Academic Building, 3600 N. Garfield St., Midland.
MC CREATIVE WRITING CLASS
Midland College, 3600 N. Garfield St., Midland, will present a creative writing course from 9:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, Jan. 18-May 10.
Students will generate three of their own short stories and learn how to revise their work through instructor feedback in a positive and collaborative workshop environment. Students may enroll for college credit or for personal enrichment.
Registration is $297, and seats are very limited.
To learn more and enroll for personal enrichment, visit tinyurl.com/f2xwk7u5, or go to midland.edu/enroll to enroll for college credit.
STORY-TIME: CUDDLE UP
The Ector County Library Children’s Department, 321 W. Fifth St., has scheduled a Storytime and Basement Activity Craft at 10 a.m. Jan. 18.
Visit tinyurl.com/32rpe7yn.
TRUCK DRIVER ACADEMY KICK-OFF
The Permian Strategic Partnership and Odessa College as they announce the expansion of the OC Truck Driving Academy.
An academy kick-off event will take place at 3 p.m. Jan. 18 at the OC Sewell Auto Tech, 2425 E. Eighth St. Speakers will be Tracee Bentley, PSP President and CEO, and Gregory Williams, Odessa College President.
This initiative injects more than $3.5 million into the Truck Driving Academy. These funds will support 94 additional students annually by providing scholarships and adding trucks, trailers and instructors to the OC campuses in Odessa, Pecos and Andrews.
The program includes remarks from honored guests and an equipment showcase.
The partnership between the PSP and OC provides full and part-time Commercial Driver License (CDL) training programs in the Permian Basin. There is a significant shortage of CDL-certified drivers in the Permian Basin, with the Department of Public Safety estimating 66% of commercial vehicles in the Basin are out of compliance. In 2022, 4,000 new CDL job postings were created in the Permian Basin alone.
Visit permianpartnership.org.
