Both Pizer and Johnson & Johnson will be available. Author: Favian Quezada Updated: 4:09 PM CDT July 14, 2021
KILGORE, Texas Kilgore College has announced that they will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for the community.
According to the college, the first clinic is set for Monday, July 19 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the carpeted gym of Parks Fitness Center located at 701 Laird St., on the Kilgore campus.
Additional clinics are scheduled for Monday, Aug. 9, Tuesday, Aug. 31 and Tuesday, Sept. 21.
Both the Pfizer (2 doses) and Johnson & Johnson (1 dose) will be available, according to the college.
Second doses will be available at least 21 days after the first dose.
lstrough / FILE PHOTO
Kilgore College Auto Body Repair instructor Joel Laws talks
about the program in this 2017 file photo. Laws retirement,
announced in August, is one of the factors leading to the
college s decision to close the program.
Kilgore College board trustees announced Monday the collegeâs plan to âdeactivateâ the auto body technology program from their course catalog.
At a regular board meeting Monday, Dr. Mike Turpin, KCâs Vice President of Instruction and the Chief Academic Officer, said the planned deactivation of the program could be attributed to declining enrollment numbers, as well as the retirement of longtime automotive technology instructor Joel Laws.
Kilgore College board trustees announced Monday the collegeâs plan to âdeactivateâ the auto body technology program from their course catalog.
At a regular board meeting Monday, Dr. Mike Turpin, KCâs Vice President of Instruction and the Chief Academic Officer, said the planned deactivation of the program could be attributed to declining enrollment numbers, as well as the retirement of longtime automotive technology instructor Joel Laws.
âThe administrators at Kilgore College, including instructional deans, continually monitor the viability of programs and the auto body program really has never had that many students and, in recent years, the enrollment has been declining. Since the only full-time instructor in that program was planning to retire in August of 2020, Dean Shaw (Dean of Public Services and Industrial Technologies Dâwayne Shaw) and I discussed with Dr. Kays (KC President Dr. Brenda Kays) deactivating the program on Joel Lawsâ retireme