Discover Your Roots: An Introduction to Genealogy and Family History

Unlock the stories of your past in this fascinating journey into the world of genealogical research! Whether you're curious about your ancestors or passionate about history, this course gives you the tools to uncover your family's unique story.

You’ll learn how to:

• Use primary and secondary sources to build accurate family trees
• Apply standards of evidence and organize your findings like a pro
• Create clear, compelling charts to visualize your lineage
• Gather personal family data through interviews, documents, and more
• Explore census, land, and probate records to trace your roots
• Understand the role of DNA in modern genealogy
• Dive into immigration and naturalization records to follow your family’s journey
• Assemble a detailed history of one individual using professional genealogical methods

By the end of the course, you’ll not only have new research skills—you’ll have a deeper connection to your heritage and the tools to keep exploring.

Course Format: 
This course is offered via Zoom. 

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.

This 8-hour hazwoper refresher course covers the 29 CFR 1910.120 regulation, work-site safety, hazard communication, emergency action plans/contingency plans, fire protection/prevention, back safety and container handling, confined spaces, air monitoring, decontamination, personal protective equipment, and respiratory protection. 

Who Should Attend
This class is for those responsible for workplace safety and building and/or job site management. 

Course Format: 
This program is offered in person. 

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.

Join us for this 1-hour Lunch & Learn session filled with practical tips for working more efficiently in Excel. You'll discover faster ways to enter data, create functions, format cells, and organize your spreadsheet layout. Walk away with time-saving techniques that help streamline your workflow and free up time for other tasks.

Course format: 
This program is offered using Zoom.

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.

In this virtual seminar, you'll dive into a variety of Excel tools and functions—both commonly and less frequently used. Topics include freezing and unfreezing cells, applying conditional formatting, and protecting worksheets.

You’ll gain hands-on experience working with different functions, creating multi-sheet workbooks, and linking formulas across sheets. The session will also cover key concepts like Relative vs. Absolute cell referencing, Pivot Tables and Charts, and essential reference functions such as IF and VLOOKUP.

Course format: 
This program is offered via Zoom.  

Questions? 
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.

Take your marketing expertise to the next level with Marketing Strategy for Everyday Impact, taught by industry expert Cesar Rodas. Designed for participants with a basic understanding of marketing principles, this course dives deeper into strategic planning, ethical decision-making, and the application of marketing in real-world business scenarios. 

You’ll strengthen your ability to analyze market trends, develop strategic marketing solutions, and collaborate across disciplines. Through hands-on projects and case studies, you’ll gain the confidence to navigate complex marketing challenges and make data-driven, ethical decisions in a global context.

What You’ll Gain:

• A deeper understanding of how marketing integrates with broader business strategies
• Tools to evaluate and refine marketing strategies based on real data and global trends
• Practical experience communicating marketing insights and leading collaborative analysis
• Frameworks for identifying and addressing ethical dilemmas in marketing
• Confidence to assess the risks, tradeoffs, and potential of competing strategic options

Course Format: 
This course is offered via Zoom. No class Friday, Nov. 28. 

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.  

Equity Leaders Program Info Session – Friday, November 14, 2025 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Are you applying to the Equity Leaders Program? Please register for the Zoom Information Session on Friday, November 14, 2025 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm to:

• Meet the Equity Leaders Implementation Team
• Get to know your Instructor
• Learn about the Program Overview
• Participate in a Q&A Session

As a pre-requisite to the course, we ask that applicants from all sectors attend a session.

We’ve received a large number of applications, and this session is your chance to connect with our team, hear more details about the program, and get your questions answered before the cohort kicks off.

Zoom link to follow upon RSVP.

Questions: Contact Val Duffy, Administrative Assistant, at 508-375-5018 or email vduffy@capecod.edu. 

Do you feel like you're burning the candle from both ends? Are you craving time to feel more balance, energy, and excitement? During this zoom session we will explore what burnout is, how it is affecting you, how to acknowledge and manage these feelings, and how to set priorities and boundaries.

We will look at how to notice and reframe the narrative you may be experiencing, and ways to integrate personal time into your daily life so that you feel refreshed and engage with renewed energy. You will leave this session with a plan that includes reframing your thoughts, and goals and strategies for change.

Goal: To understand and manage burnout for renewed energy

You will learn:

• What burnout is and ways to change and manage the narrative
• How burnout affects you
• How to set boundaries and priorities
• Strategies to become refreshed with renewed energy

Course Format: 
This class is offered via Zoom.

Questions? 
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.

The Massachusetts Approved Hoisting 2A/1C Test Prep classes are designed to prepare students for the 2A and 1C hoisting exams. These classes cover essential topics, including safety protocols, equipment operation, maintenance, and regulations. With industry experience instructors (who hold valid hoisting licenses) and our comprehensive study materials, students gain the knowledge and confidence needed to pass the exams and obtain their licenses.

Whether you are new to the field or looking to upgrade your skills, these test prep classes provide the support and training necessary for success.

2A hoisting license allows the holder to operate crawler and rubber-tired excavators, backhoes, and loaders, including combination loader/backhoe machines, front-end loaders, bobcats, and uni-loaders and compact hoisting machinery with a gross vehicle weight not exceeding 10,000 pounds (excluding Class 1, Class 3, and Class 4 Hoisting Machinery) 

1C license allows the holder to operate equipment with hydraulic telescoping booms and any other hydraulic equipment designed for the purpose of hoisting, excluding those with wire rope hoist lines and all equipment listed in class 1D. (General industrial warehouse Fork Lift equipment primarily used in indoor facilities.) 

Hoisting license applicants must be 18 years old, complete an application, and successfully pass an exam, administered by the OPSI (Office of Public Safety and Inspections). To pass, you must earn a minimum grade of 70%. This exam will cover all working parts of hoisting machinery, safe operating practices, hand signals, and inspection procedures. Licenses must be renewed every 2 years.

Course Format: 
This course is offered in person.

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.