Linn-Benton Community College

A free informational seminar on contracting with the State of Oregon will be held at Linn-Benton Community College Thursday, Feb. 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Calapooia Center, room CC-203. Presenters from a cross-section of State of Oregon departments will provide information on how business owners can add government contracts to their revenue stream. In addition, a five-part series of sessions covering topics around contracting, marketing your business to state and federal agencies, finding and responding to solicitations, and subcontracting will begin after the free informational session. Session one, “Contracting with the Federal Government,” will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 26 at the LBCC Albany campus, Luckiamute Center, room-130. Additional sessions include: April 2: How to Market Your Business to State and Federal Agencies; April 30: Finding Solicitations to Bid On; May 14: Responding to a Solicitation; and May 28: Post Award Debriefing and Sub-Contracting. Cost for ea...

Free information sessions for those interested in becoming a Polysomnographic Technologist, or sleep technician, will be held at Linn-Benton Community College. The information sessions will be held on Feb. 13, 10 a.m.-Noon, room CC-210; and Feb. 25, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., room CC-203. Both sessions will be held in the LBCC Calapooia Center building, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. Attendance at one of the information sessions is mandatory before applying for the program. Polysomnographic Technologists assist physicians with patients who have sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea. The program combines online and in-class instruction with a clinical practicum where students learn how to administer, score and interpret a variety of sleep disorders and their treatments. The program starts June 24 and runs through March 21, 2014. Cost for the program is $8,500. Check the LBCC web site for program prerequisites at www.linnbenton.edu/go/forms . For more information, contact the LBCC Health, Healthc...