Advance. Enhance. Explore.

Our professional development courses and workshops can help you and your organization develop and increase the skills necessary in today's workplace. Formats are conducive for the busy professional, and range in length from half-day or one-day classes to semester-long courses.

Our certificate and degree programs can also help you advance your skills or explore a new career. Several of our certificates are available online, making them accessible from anywhere. You don't need to be enrolled in most of our certificate and degree programs to take courses for professional development.

Additionally, the Center for Executive Development, the Workforce Development Academy, and the Center for K-12 Education  will work with your agency, organization, or school division to develop customized training or offer in-house seminars and workshops.

Adjunct Faculty Academy - noncredit
Adjunct Faculty Academy

Association Management - noncredit
Association Management and Leadership

Business Development - noncredit
Building and Sustaining High Performance Organizations
Business Writing Basics
Corrective Counseling and Terminations
Creating the Exceptional Customer Experience
Facilitating Strategic Planning
How to Write a Business Plan
Interpersonal Skills at Work
Intro to Organizational Behavior
Leveraging Generational Differences in the Workplace
Marketing Plan 101
Performance Reviews that Work

Computing & Technology - noncredit

Engineering Review - noncredit
Preparation for Professional Engineering Exams

Foreign Language - noncredit
Intermediate Spanish for Healthcare Professionals

Leadership Development - noncredit
Choosing Balance and Leadership
Coaching for Performance
Conflict Management
Fundamentals of Management
Horse Sense for Leaders
Influence Without Authority
Making the Transition to the Supervisory Role
Situational Leadership: A Model for Coaching and Developing Employees

Meeting and Event Planning - noncredit
Meeting and Event Planning Certificate

Money & Career - noncredit
Commercial Real Estate in Hampton Roads: A Primer

Nonprofit Management - noncredit
Nonprofit Management Courses and Certificate

Public Relations - noncredit
Public Relations Courses and Certificate

Solopreneur Series - noncredit
Effective Financial Management
Focusing Your Energies: Effective Workflow Management
Marketing in Action

Strategic Process Management - noncredit
Managing Project Teams
Measuring and Improving Processes
Process Mapping and Analysis
Project Management

Writing Workshops - noncredit