Alamo Community Colleges News & Events

PAC to Offer San Antonio Non-Profits Free Computer Troubleshooting, Repair

For Immediate Release
June 25, 2007
Contact: Ginger Hall Carnes, Palo Alto College Public Relations
gcarnes@accd.edu
(210) 921-5266

Nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations in San Antonio can receive free computer troubleshooting and technical support by students and instructors of Palo Alto College¹s CompTIA A+ Computer Certification Training Program at the Westside Education & Training Center, 563 SW 40th St., from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 30. Reservations are encouraged."

"This is a great opportunity for United Way organizations to get free technical support, including advice on virus protection, Open Source and Freeware applications, hardware troubleshooting, and software updates,² said Tod Bruning, program manager. ³At the same time, A+ students will be able to troubleshoot computers in a live environment. All you need to bring is the computer itself; we¹ll have keyboards, monitors, mice and power cables."

According to Bruning, students working on the computers are not novices.

In most cases, students getting the A+ certification are IT professionals with years - sometimes decades - of experience who are looking to validate their skill set, or qualify for a higher pay grade," Bruning said. "The computers they will work on will be in safe, competent hands under close instructor supervision in a controlled network environment. We¹ll also verify everything we do with the owner who will be sitting there with us the entire time, so it will be a learning experience for them as well."

For more information on the CompTIA A+ Training program at Palo Alto College, visit PAC's Corporate and Community Education website at www.accd.edu/pac/ce, or contact Bruning at 921-5526.

Palo Alto, one of the Alamo Community Colleges, is a fully accredited community college located on the Southside, and awards associate degrees, short-term certificates and offers non-credit continuing education classes. The campus is located at 1400 W. Villaret Blvd. at I-410 South and Texas Hwy. 16.