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Websites:

Online Typing Lessons: http://www.typing-lessons.org/Exercise_1.html

Learn Microsoft Office products http://inpics.net/

Select from learning Microsoft Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, and Publisher

Library Resources:

Learning Express

Learning Express offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you. Please see a Reference Librarian to set up your free online account.

Local Agencies:

Beaufort County Adult Education

The mission of Beaufort County Adult Education is to provide educational opportunities to meet the academic needs of adults functioning below the post secondary level by providing quality programs that emphasizes self-directed learning, collaboration, and the use of technology.

Locations:
Beaufort County Adult Education (Main office)
2900 Mink Point Blvd
Beaufort, SC 29902
Phone: (843) 322-0781
Fax: (843) 322-0803
Contact: Juanita Murrell
juanita.murrell@beaufort.k12.sc.us

Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry

For more than 35 years, Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry has equipped thousands of Beaufort and Jasper County adults with the reading, writing, math and speaking skills they need to be successful and self-sufficient members of their family, their workplace and their community.

Locations:
Bluffton Learning Center
1-B Kittie's Landing Way
Bluffton, SC 29910
843.815.6616

Hilton Head Island Learning Center
4 Oak Park Drive
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
843.681.6655
 

Beaufort Learning Center
1403 Prince Street
Beaufort, SC 29902
843.525.6658

Area Colleges:

University of South Carolina- Beaufort and Bluffton campuses

USCB offers baccalaureate degrees that respond to regional needs, draw upon regional strengths, and prepare graduates to participate successfully in communities here and around the globe. The campus also supports the USC Extended Graduate Campus, which provides local access to graduate courses and programs.

Locations:
Historic Beaufort Campus
801 Carteret Street
Beaufort, South Carolina 29902
(843) 521-4100
www.uscb.edu

Hilton Head Gateway Campus
1 University Boulevard
Bluffton, South Carolina 29909
(843) 208-8000
www.uscb.edu

Technical College of the Lowcountry

Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL), one of sixteen comprehensive two-year technical colleges in South Carolina, is a locally governed, publicly supported college with its main campus in Beaufort.

Locations:

Webster University

Webster has been offering graduate programs in Beaufort since 1980 as a part of an international network of campuses with 20,000 students worldwide. With classes in the evenings and on weekends, our masters programs in management, business, and computer resources and information management and the MBA, are geared to the working adult, both civilian and military.

Beaufort Naval Hospital Education Center

U.S. Naval Hospital
P.O. Box 6168-C
Beaufort, SC 29902
843-524-1851
Fax: 843-524-1902

Park University

Our campus in Beaufort, South Carolina (Get directions), is a part of the Park University, School for Extended Learning. We serve Beaufort area military and civilian students with offices at MCAS Beaufort, MCRD Parris Island, and Beaufort Naval Hospital.

Park University - MCAS Beaufort Campus Center
Joint Education Center
Bldg 596, Rm 212 • MCAS
Beaufort, SC 29904-5001
Phone (843) 228-7052
FAX (843) 522-9362
E-mail: BEAU@park.edu
Office Hours: M-F 8-4:30 EST