Making a decision about your college major and what you want to do as a career can be overwhelming. What’s the best way to pick a career that will bring satisfaction and room for growth down the road?  Career Services advisors at Lone Star College are available to meet with students in a friendly one-on-one setting to help them answer those questions. But first, the LSC advisors recommend a...

In today’s digital world, industries from banks and finance, to education and nonprofits, to government agencies, require the need to manage electronic information. Factor in the healthcare industry expanding its use of electronic medical records, ensuring patients’ privacy and protecting personal data will be even more important. The Lone Star College Computer Information Technology...

LSC-WESTWAY PARK TECHNOLOGY CENTER Lone Star College, known as a world leader in workforce education, continues to look toward the future, preparing today’s student for tomorrow. To meet the growing need for a cyber-workforce, the LSC-Westway Park Technology Center went online in January 2019. This non-traditional, state-of-the-art facility is housed in a 133,000-square-foot campus and will...

Legendary rock band Metallica awarded Lone Star College $100,000 to enhance its career and technical training. The grant is provided by the band’s All Within My Hands Foundation. “We are extremely grateful for Metallica’s support of community colleges,” said Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., LSC chancellor. “This grant provides job skill training that is relevant and very much in need.”...

Lone Star College is excited about the future. Seeing a need for workforce training in an underserved area of north Houston, LSC has teamed up with the East Aldine District to address the needs of that community. The LSC-East Aldine Center, expected to open in fall 2019, will be a comprehensive educational campus that provides a mix of academic college transfer courses as well as workforce...

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When people hear dual credit, they think of academic courses like History, English and Math, but did you know Lone Star College also offers workforce dual credit programs? Workforce Dual Credit is designed to allow high school students to enroll in LSC credit workforce programs and receive high school credit for career and technical classes while also working toward obtaining certification or...