The Professional Development & Training Center of SW Michigan is a non-profit 501 (C) 3, Michigan licensed proprietary school. The PDTC believes that every adult should have the opportunity to enhance their personal, technical and professional skills required to earn a living wage in today’s economy.

Our mission is to assist in raising individuals’ earning potential through training in professional office skills. Upon completion of our program, students will have the confidence and ability to compete for entry-level positions in the employment market.


Award Nominations
Nominated 2006 and 2007 for the AHSA (American Humanics Student Association at WMU) for best emerging non-profit that has been incorporated five years or less. 2007 PDTC was one of three runner-ups out of 100 nominees!

Career Transition Loans
You May Qualify for up to a $10,000 Career Transition Loan! In cooperation with the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth (DLEG), First Community Federal Credit Union is committing a limited amount of Career Transition Loan funds to qualifying members.

More Education = Good Jobs
According to a wide range of economic, education and business experts, good jobs require more math and English than ever before, and workers will need some postsecondary education or training to meet the needs of the high performance workplace.


 

 

 


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Graduating Class of January 2010
Stephanie Looper, Mark Stenczsk, Robert Miller, Kristen Walker, Joyce Ryan, and Michele Gonzales (Left to Right Back First)
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Shemisha Burnett, Kathleen Burke, and  Rebecca Jones
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Graduating Class of September 4, 2009
(from left to right) Chastity Ash, Paulette Thompson, and Whitney Troxler
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Kaitlyn Biljum, Bonnie Stewart (instructor), Ed Lang,Sharon Phillips, Michelle Schmidtendorff, Amy Turner-Lloyd, Larry Jones
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Graduating Class of July 3, 2009
(from left to right, back row first) Joel Torres, Bruce Boven, Robert Kurtz, Tim Harvey (instructor).Cynthia Gordan, Rakila Walker
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Graduating Class of May 4, 2009
Barbara Kryger, Nefatari Hudson, Gilma Opperman
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Mock Interviewer, Randy Campbell and Joan Lynch, student

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Director, Stacy Rodgers center and Abebaye Alamirew, on the right from Ethiopia, and a representative from Colleagues International

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From left to right is Emily Hutchinson, Matt Lynch and Song Ly, students from Kalamazoo College that volunteered at PDTC


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    Summer interns from left to right are Dayon Woodford and Megan Miles