New community classes focus on skill-building for all ages
ANN ARBOR, Michigan (December 19, 2025) – Washtenaw Community College’s (WCC) Winter non-credit classes for the community focus on skill-building for adults and youth alike.
From the college’s new Workforce Foundation Skills Lab to an array of youth programming, WCC is engaging with students of all ages and backgrounds.
The Workforce Foundation Skills Lab is a flexible learning space designed to help adults strengthen math skills for today’s jobs. The lab, which is no cost for Washtenaw County residents, offers computer-based lessons and one-on-one support from a facilitator in a self-paced program that meets people where they are.
Other new non-credit classes are offered across the areas of professional development, Fast-Track Job Training industry certifications and personal enrichment for all ages. They include:
- EVSE Charging Station Technician
- Python for AI: From Code to Intelligence
- Group Piano: Level 5
- Advanced Crocheting
- Forces of Nature and Gardening
- Strength and Conditioning
- Core Stability and Posture Clinic
- Children’s Music
- One- & Two-Day Winter Youth STEM Camps focusing on 3D Printing, Esports, cardboard engineering and other types of engineering
A full roster of Winter classes may be viewed online, with classes now open for registration.
Fast-Track Job Training programs are aligned with industry certifications, offering community members a way to quickly earn the skills or credentials that employers want, sometimes in as little as a few weeks.
Fast-Track certifications are offered in high-demand, high-paying fields such as cybersecurity (median wages of $104,540, according to O*Net), EV charging station technician (median wages, $77,399) and fiber optics (median wages, $61,890).
For youth, WCC offers a fundamental music course designed to prepare young children for piano lessons; beginner crocheting and sewing classes; and monthly free Super STEAM Saturday classes on “Science Poetry,” “Introduction to 3D Modeling,” “Stories and STEM,” “Anatomy and Physiology Exploration on the Anatomage Table,” and “Nature Walk on the WCC Nature Trail.”
Register Now
WHAT: Washtenaw Community College (WCC) non-credit classes in professional development, Fast-Track Job Training and personal enrichment
WHEN: Winter 2026
WHERE: In person at WCC, 4800 E. Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor, and online, depending on the type of course
DETAILS: Read more about WCC’s full line-up of non-credit offerings in the latest LiveWorkLearn magazine.
REGISTER: Register online.
About Washtenaw Community College
Washtenaw Community College (WCC), Ann Arbor, Michigan, has been opening doors to success for students and the community for 60 years, providing education and training in a wide range of associate and certificate programs in areas such as liberal arts, health care, business, STEM, advanced transportation and mobility. WCC offers accelerated and online programs to meet student needs. The college also works through community, business and union partnerships to develop highly specialized training programs to meet the region’s workforce talent needs.
For more information about Washtenaw Community College, visit www.wccnet.edu.
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