DSC’s New Smyrna Beach-Edgewater Campus to hold ribbon-cutting for Barbering program

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 10, 2014) - With the successful launch this year of Daytona State College’s Barbering program, the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon-cutting for the new facility on DSC’s New Smyrna Beach-Edgewater Campus at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

The public is welcome to attend the event, which features college and elected officials, dignitaries, Chamber members and Daytona State students and staff.
The Barbering program rapidly filled its first available seats last fall, and welcomes interested applicants each semester. The first classes will graduate in July with 16 students, followed by 17 students next December. The program also features a barber-bridge program for licensed cosmetologists to add barber skills to their repertoire. Already, 23 students have completed the barber-bridge program, with 100-percent success rate.
As a training program with a full-service clinic, DSC’s barbering offers services to the public on specified days. For appointments, call (386) 423-6320.

Daytona State saw the need for licensed barbers in the region, launching it as a natural addition to the existing Cosmetology program offered at DSC’s Daytona Beach and Deltona campuses. For more information about the Barbering and Cosmetology programs at Daytona State, visit www.DaytonaState.edu/barbering/, or call Lorraine Gerrity, chair for both programs, (386) 506-4452, or April Winkel, barber instructor, (386) 423-6320.
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