Jefferson State Chilton-Clanton Campus
The 30,000-square-foot facility that serves as the Chilton-Clanton campus of Birmingham-based Jefferson State Community College features classrooms, computer and science labs, a learning resource center and other resources to support the educational needs of the Chilton County community. Students can take classes in English, humanities and fine arts, natural sciences and mathematics, history, social and behavioral sciences, and nursing.
The City of Clanton and Jefferson State Community College operate the Clanton Conference and Performing Arts Center, a multi-purpose facility adjacent to the Clanton campus that hosts trade shows, special events and conferences.
This spring, 88 high school students from the LeCroy Technical Center in Clanton participated in Jefferson State’s Skills for Success program, which is operated through the college’s Center for Workforce Education. Sixty-five LeCroy students completed the skid steer training classes, and 23 completed a fiber optics class. Skills for Success, the Alabama Community College System rapid workforce training program, launched in 2022 and is offered at no cost to participants.
In June, the college honored the most recent graduates of its commercial driver’s license (CDL) training program. The CDL track offered at the Chilton-Clanton campus launched in the fall of 2022. The program’s community and industry partners include the Appalachian Regional Commission, the City of Clanton, Waste Management, Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority, Wood-Fruitticher and Spire.
The Chilton-Clanton campus regularly hosts job fairs that allow area students to connect with local businesses and industry employers.
This article appears in the August 2024 issue of Business Alabama.
