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(COLTON, Calif.) –Starting a new career takes drive, desire and determination, but more than 300 Inland Empire residents who have what it takes are now on their way to new careers in health care.

After eight months to 18 months of hard work at Four-D College, these 330 graduates completed programs in Vocational Nursing, Medical Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Dental Assistant, Medical Coding/Billing and Massage Therapy. Four-D College presented them diplomas in a graduation ceremony held Friday, Feb. 11 at the Ontario Convention Center.

“If you have the desire to achieve, the determination to follow through the process, and the drive for an energy level necessary to accomplish one’s desires, then you will deliver,” said Linda Smith, President, CEO and founder of Four-D College. “Today these graduates have delivered.

Graduation speaker Kimiko Ford, who is the vice president for Mission and Support Services at Community Hospital of San Bernardino, also praised the graduates for putting in the hard work necessary to obtain the education they need for the next step, obtaining a license or certification in their chosen healthcare field.

“Many, many people with very good intentions enter into programs such as yours,” Ford said. “You are to be commended for successful completion.”

“Healthcare is not an ordinary business,” Ford added. “It calls for extraordinary people to work in the field.”

“We can all pick out those who put the minimum effort into a job,” she said. “Those individuals are a drag on an organization and ultimately hurt the team. Be a full member and contribute your talent, creativity, sense of humor, and support for others.”

Ford also noted that because of the national Affordable Health Care Act of 2010, and because of an aging population, health care is one of the fastest growing career fields.

“Perhaps you are drawn to the health care field for a very good reason,” she said. “There is a strong demand for the positions for which you are entering.
“I am confident that Four-D College prepared you to succeed,” Ford concluded. “Now it is up to you to make the difference.”

Four-D College holds graduations for those students who wish to walk during the graduation ceremonies in the presence of their family and friends. The participating graduates were from both the Colton and Victorville campuses.

Four-D College provides education in the growing health care fields at locations in Colton and Victorville. It offers programs in vocational nursing, medical assistant, medical billing and coding, dental assistant, massage therapy and pharmacy technician.

New courses begin monthly at Four-D College and courses are available in the morning, afternoon and evening to meet the needs of working students. For a tour or more information, call (800) 600-5422; in the High Desert call (760) 962-1325; go online to www.FourDCollege.edu.

(COLTON, Calif.) Four-D College will host “Meet the Nurses,” a breakfast for invited high school and community leaders, Wednesday, Sept. 22 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at its Colton campus.

“The purpose of this event is to provide local high schools and community leaders an opportunity to see Four-D College at work as a community partner,” said CEO and President Linda Smith. Four-D College has two campuses serving the Inland Empire, which are located at 1020 E. Washington St., Colton and 16534 Victor St., Victorville.

Participating guests will enjoy a catered breakfast, campus tours and presentations by the school’s academic directors, who oversee the programs Four-D College offers in Vocational Nursing, Medical Assistant, Massage Therapy, Medical Billing/Coding, Pharmacy Technician and Dental Assistant.

The presentations will also explain added benefits offered by Four-D College, such as career services and student affairs. “We will show how we impact our community and the role that we play in helping our students become active, viable and working professionals in the health care community,” Smith said. Four-D College provides education in the growing health care field at locations in Colton and Victorville.

It offers programs in medical assistant, medical billing and coding, dental assistant, massage therapy, pharmacy technician and vocational nursing. New courses begin monthly at Four-D College and courses are offered in the morning, afternoon and evening. Call (909) 783-9331 or (760) 962-1325 for more information or go to www.4DCollege.com.

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(COLTON, Calif.) –In 2010, people looking for jobs need helping hands. There are 351 Inland Empire residents who got that helping hand recently, when Four-D College awarded them diplomas signifying they had completed training in some of the fastest growing health care fields.

“You have taken the steps necessary that will make you an important part of the effort to restore jobs in California,” said Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod. The senator served as Four-D College’s graduation speaker for the Summer 2010 Ceremony, held Friday, September 17, 2010 at the Ontario Convention Center. Senator Negrete-McLeod encouraged the new graduates to now use their success to help others.

“We don’t get there by ourselves,” she said. “There was someone helping you. Now, it’s your turn to turn the key and help someone else. ” Four-D College holds Summer and Winter graduations for those students who wish to walk during the graduation ceremonies in the presence of their family and friends.

The 351 participating graduates were from both the Colton and Victorville campuses. The participants included 144 alumni who have completed their education in vocational nursing, 58 who completed their education in medical assistant, six who completed their education in dental assistant, 59 who completed their education in medical billing/coding, 65 who completed their education in pharmacy technician, and 15 who completed their education in massage therapy.

The ceremony gave special recognition to 17 valedictorians and 22 students who had perfect attendance. Surrounding the 351 graduates were several thousands more family members, neighbors and friends to wish them continued success.

Four-D College President and Founder Linda Smith recalled starting with just two graduates in 1992. “The first graduation was me and two graduates taking pictures of ourselves with a Polaroid camera,” Smith said. “Look at what God has done now. ”

Smith founded Four-D College on Christian principles, and so gives God credit for the growth of its programs. The ceremony included a performance by Vocational Nursing graduate Jocelyn James and Director of Continuing Education Jonathan Williams, who performed an inspirational duet.

New courses begin monthly at Four-D College and courses are available in the morning, afternoon and evening to meet the needs of working students. For a tour or more information, call (909) 783-9331; in the High Desert call (760) 962-1325; go online to www.4DCollege.com.

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(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) Roosevelt Elementary School had some unique volunteers at its recent Open House celebrating the start of its new school year. Among those helping to serve refreshments during the Open House were the president, vice presidents and department managers from Four-D College.

This was the college’s first act of service to Roosevelt School since they were linked through an adoption ceremony several months ago. About 200 people, including students and their families, attended the open house and most of them came to meet the Four-D College representatives.

“We are excited about the spirit and enthusiasm these parents are showing for their children’s education,” said Four-D College President, CEO and Founder Linda Smith.

“We will work with them, their teachers, and their new principal, Ms. Martha Servine, throughout this year.” Events Four-D College is planning for Roosevelt School include:

Providing free reading and math tutoring, by Four-D College students, for Roosevelt Elementary students;
A CPR training course for parents and others in the community:
A Health Fair that will include medical and dental screenings for all ages, free massages, free toothbrush/toothpaste and floss kits for children, and information about quality health care providers in the San Bernardino area.

The Health Fair was the idea of Roosevelt School’s new principal, Martha Servine. Shortly before taking over from Michelle Tesauro on July 1 Servine learned Four-D College had adopted the school, and met with its management team.

“I found out about all the wonderful courses they have, and all the wonderful services they could offer my parents,” she said. “I asked them if they could put on a health fair and they said “Yes!” It is going to be a wonderful community partnership.

” Smith is an alumnus of Roosevelt Elementary School. In 1992, she started her own college, Four-D Success Academy, which was renamed Four-D College in 2002.

New courses begin monthly at Four-D College and courses are available in the morning, afternoon and evening to meet the needs of working adults. For more information or a tour, call (800) 600-5422 or go to www.4DCollege.com.

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(COLTON, Calif.) With bright red robes and sunglasses, eight young students paraded into a classroom at Four-D College recently, ready to take on the world. They’re now graduates. But they weren’t typical college students. In fact, while the school they attended shares a campus with Four-D College, these eight young people are all of four and five years old.

Having completed the “fours and fives” program at Tutor Tots’ Preschool, they are now ready for that next big step of kindergarten. “I’m going to miss them,” said Susan Cornejo, the lead teacher for the Tutor Tots’ “fours and five’s” class. “But it’s time for them to move on to bigger things.”

The young graduates are Ikarah Reeves, Memmory Knox, Amilia Perrenoud, David Ellison, Zachary Gilstrap, Jacob Young, Edward “Tre” King and Kaitlyn Hopkins. It’s exciting for the children, who already have dreams of someday becoming doctors, police officers, teachers and rock stars.

But first, they’re looking forward to kindergarten, which, as they see it, will offer them a bigger place to play and more opportunities to meet new friends. Tutor Tots is the childcare program Four-D College offers students and staff at its Colton campus.

It is run by a separate non-profit organization, Friends of Four-D College. Tutor Tots is also open to other preschool-age students in the Colton area.

Four-D College offers programs in vocational nursing, medical assistant, massage therapy, dental assistant, pharmacy technician, plus medical billing and coding.

New courses begin monthly, and are available mornings, afternoons and evening. For a campus tour or for additional information call the school at (909)-783-9331; in the High Desert phone (760) 962-1325; or go on line to www.4DCollege.com <http://www.4dcollege.com> .

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(COLTON, Calif.) Four-D College has officially adopted Roosevelt Elementary School in San Bernardino. The adoption, which was made official in a ceremony held recently at Roosevelt School, partners Four-D College with the elementary school. It gives the college and its students, faculty and staff unique opportunities to help the children attending Roosevelt School with their education.

“If there is anything they need, the students can tell their teachers and principal,” said Linda Smith, Four-D College’s President and CEO. “Four-D College will do our best to help in any way we can.”

Smith plans to send some of her students to Roosevelt Elementary School to work as tutors in reading in math. There will be a benefit to the college students as well, as they will be paid under a work-study grant through Four-D College.

Four-D College will also present a health fair for Roosevelt Elementary School, where students will learn how to eat right and take care of their bodies. Smith is an alumnus of Roosevelt Elementary School. She went on to become an alumnus of Franklin Junior High School (now Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School); San Gorgonio High School; California State University, Long Beach, California State Polytechnic University in Pomona and LaSalle University.

In 1992, Smith started her own college, Four-D Success Academy, which was renamed Four-D College in 2002. “I am very excited to adopt Roosevelt Elementary School,” Smith said. “I have fond memories of attending Roosevelt Elementary School, and of its teachers. Since this is my school, I wanted to be able to give back to it some of the blessings I have received.”

To Smith’s surprise, the San Bernardino City Unified School District prepared a grand celebration on May 26, the day Four-D College’s adoption of Roosevelt Elementary was finalized. At 9:30 a.m. sharp, students left their classrooms in straight lines and filed to a central area outside, where cafeteria benches and chairs had been set up for them to sit on.

An elevated area in front of one wing of classrooms served as the stage, where Smith and other guests from Four-D College, as well as guests from the San Bernardino City Unified School District took their seats. After a presentation of colors and flag salute led by the school’s Girl Scout members, and music by the school’s choir, Roosevelt School Principal MichelleTesuaro introduced Smith to tell the children why she wanted to adopt Roosevelt School. District Superintendent Art Delgado also addressed the students.

Delgado let the students know that ‘one of his bosses,” School Board President Danny Tillman, also graduated from Roosevelt Elementary School. “Some great people have come out of Roosevelt Elementary School,” he said. “Mrs. Smith is one of them, and now she has done a lot of great things and has started a business that is doing very well.

But she hasn’t forgotten about her old neighborhood. She could have helped a lot of schools, but she chose to help Roosevelt, because it is special to her. ” Smith and Tesauro began discussing the possibility of Four-D College adopting the elementary school in November 2009.

Smith had just read a local newspaper article announcing that Roosevelt School was celebrating its exit from “Program Improvement,” a state designation for schools that are not meeting improvement goals on state and federal standardized tests. In 2009, Roosevelt students scored 777 on the statewide Academic Performance Index, which is only 13 points below the statewide goal of 800. Last year, 63 percent of Roosevelt students had also tested at proficient or better on the federal standardized test in math.

Four-D College provides education in the growing health care field at locations in Colton and Victorville. Four-D College offers programs in vocational nursing, medical assistant, medical billing and coding, dental assistant, massage therapy and pharmacy technician. New courses begin monthly at Four-D College and courses are available in the morning, afternoon and evening to meet the needs of working adults. For more information or a tour, call (800) 600-5422 or go to www.4DCollege.com.

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(COLTON, Calif.) –Massage Therapy students at both the Victorville and Colton campuses are now offering the public a limited number of free massages. “We have created a spa in the massage therapy labs,” said Dale Sloan, Director of the Massage Therapy Program for Four-D College.

“This gives our students real-world experience, like what they will go and do after they graduate.” The students offer Heat Rock massages, Full Body massages and foot massages – Donations to support Four-D College Students Services would be appreciated, but not required.

The Students Services department is responsible for the Students Council committee, graduations, awards assemblies, fundraisers and the on campus federal work-study program. Students Services also provides students with emergency assistance, including bus passes, gas vouchers and school supplies, and with information on community resources, housing, and social needs (such as domestic violence, health clinics, etc.)

The Victorville campus can offer about 20 massages each month, and the Colton campus about 25, Sloan said. Students giving the massages are near the end of a 32-week, 760-hour program. They will be eligible upon completion of this program to become certified as either massage therapists or physical therapy assistants. Massage clinics are offered Wednesday and Friday afternoons.

To participate please make an appointment by calling the Colton campus at (909) 783-9331, or the Victorville campus at (760) 962-1325. The two campuses began offering the massages after a recent expansion of the Victorville campus provided its massage therapy program with more room. “We were able to design an area of the new massage therapy lab in a way that allows us to bring the public in for private massages,” Sloan said. After deciding Victorville’s new massage therapy lab could accommodate a spa, Sloan and other Four-D staff determined the Colton massage therapy lab could similarly accommodate one.

The Colton campus began offering massages to the public in late February. Since the Victorville campus had to significantly remodel its newly acquired space before moving the massage therapy lab and other programs there, the massages began at that campus the first week of March.

Four-D College provides education in the growing health care field at locations in Colton and Victorville. It offers programs in vocational nursing, medical assistant, medical billing and coding, dental assistant, massage therapy and pharmacy technician.

New courses begin monthly at Four-D College and courses are available in the morning, afternoon and evening to meet the needs of working students. For a tour or more information, call (909) 783-9331; in the High Desert call (760) 962-1325; go online towww.4DCollege.com.

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(VICTORVILLE, Calif.) To more effectively serve its rapidly growing student body, Four-D College has expanded its Victorville campus.

“Our rapid growth has made this expansion necessary,” said Campus Administrator Greg White. “This accommodates our current enrollment and allows us to better serve them, but it is likely that we will need to expand to an even larger building in the near future.”

The campus, which opened in 2007, has since grown to more than 400 students, as High Desert residents take advantage of one of only a few opportunities available to them to pursue a higher education in the medical field without leaving the area.

Four-D College, as a private college, has small class sizes and hands-on clinical instruction at doctor’s offices, acute and convalescent hospitals. The college also provides the General Equivalency Diploma (GED) to help students complete high school requirements while concurrently enrolled in college.

The expansion adds 3,500 square feet to bring the campus’ total square footage to 22,000 square feet.

With this expansion, White said, each of the programs the college offers now has more room to serve its students, and the students less frequently have to walk from one building to another as they transition between labs and classes.

“We moved programs around to better accommodate everyone’s needs,” he explained.

The newly acquired space is primarily used for classroom instruction in the pharmacy technician and massage therapy programs, as well as the career development department. The pharmacy technician and massage therapy programs have expanded their labs. .

“The expansion also makes more space available in the other two buildings for two of Four-D College’s most rapidly growing programs, vocational nursing and medical assistant,” White said.

Four-D College provides education in the growing health care field at locations in Colton and Victorville. It offers career training in vocational nursing, medical assistant, medical billing and coding, dental assistant, massage therapy and pharmacy technician.

The dental assistant program is currently offered only at the Colton campus but the college plans to expand the program to Victorville later in 2010.

New courses begin monthly at Four-D College and courses are available in the morning, afternoon and evening to meet the needs of working students. For more information or a tour, call (909) 783-9331 or in the High Desert call (760) 962-1325 for more information, or go to www.4DCollege.com.

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Four-D College held blood drives at its Victorville and Colton campuses this month. Seventy-five students and staff members volunteered to give blood, of these 50 were found eligible to donate.

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