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Starting Spring 2011 at Durham Tech

Today was a breakthrough day as far as my solar education was concerned.  I called the operations director at about 10:30 this morning just like he told me if I hadn’t received my PIN number for course registration yet.  He got back with me at 2 PM this afternoon, and we set an appointment for 3 PM (my husband and I were having a late lunch and visitors simultaneously).

I drove over to the Orange County Campus (OCC) for the second time ever starting at around 2:30, and got there right on time.  It’s only a 20 minute drive from where I live, and I checked the odometer upon arrival: 12.4 miles one way.  I walked in, and there was a different receptionist this time.  I said I was there to see the operations director again, and she sent me over to his office.

Having my advising session

There, we had a brief advising session where he took a look at my transcripts from Duke and UNC, and said I would be getting credit for three courses.  That’s 3 that I don’t have to take, which will lower the cost of my education.  Unfortunately, those were most of the ones offered during spring semester, so there was only one other class I could take.  Fortunately, it was Basic Wiring I which will give me a huge start on the electrical knowledge I will need to work in the solar field.  Unfortunately, Basic Wiring I meets at 8 in the morning, but fortunately that’s only the case twice a week (Monday and Wednesday), and it lasts until 11:35 AM because of the lab component in addition to the lecture class.  I will be immersed in wiring knowledge – that’s guaranteed given the 3-hour lab each day. Read more…