AHC Community Education & Noncredit Counseling

09/04/2026

Allan Hancock College campuses will be closed Monday, September 7, for Labor Day.

The college will reopen Tuesday, September 8.

09/04/2026

Want to build job-ready skills in just six weeks?

Hancock’s Customer Service Certificate is a fast-track series designed to help you develop skills employers value across a wide range of careers, including communication, conflict resolution, people skills, ethics and service quality.

The 3-unit series includes six single-day Saturday sessions from Sept. 5 through Nov. 7 at Hancock’s Santa Maria campus.

09/04/2026

Hancock's Bulldog Essentials helps student access food, clothing, transportation, and more!

Check out the Bulldog Essentials September newsletter to learn more. It's in your myHancock inbox right now!

09/03/2026

Thinking about starting a business? Your next step could start tonight!

Join the Hispanic Business Alliance tonight (Sept. 3) from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Complex (F-225) at Hancock for a free workshop covering the basics of starting and building a business.

Learn, ask questions, and connect with local entrepreneurs!

RSVP at https://business.santamaria.com/ap/Events/Register/MwFMmkEh8CeCg

09/03/2026

Thanks to everyone who came out to Bulldog Bow-WOW at the Lompoc Valley Center yesterday afternoon!

This fun event was a great opportunity for LVC students to meet Hancock staff, faculty, and their peers while learning more about student clubs, support, and resources at AHC!

Couldn't make it? No worries! We are hosting another Bow-WOW at the Santa Maria campus Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

09/03/2026

Ice cream + live music = a pretty sweet Saturday! 🍦🎶

Join us Sept. 12 from 1-2:20 p.m. outside Building M-400 on the Santa Maria campus for Sweets and Old Songs, featuring a live outdoor performance by the Central Coast Chordsmen.

Bring a blanket or lawn chair, grab some ice cream and enjoy a concert in the park at Hancock!

Learn more and RSVP: https://ow.ly/GIWh50ZIUeE

09/02/2026

🐾💙 Community Education is at Bulldog Bow-WOW!
We had a great time connecting with students today at the Lompoc Valley Center and sharing all the ways you can keep learning at Hancock—from tuition-free classes and certificates to fee-based classes and more! ✨
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table to say hi! 💙🐾

🐾💙 ¡Community Education está en Bulldog Bow-WOW!
Nos encantó convivir con los estudiantes hoy en el Lompoc Valley Center y compartir todas las oportunidades para seguir aprendiendo en Hancock, desde clases y certificados sin costo de matrícula hasta clases con cuota y mucho más. ✨
¡Gracias a todos los que pasaron por nuestra mesa a saludarnos! 💙🐾

09/02/2026

"La Comedia of Errors follows a whirlwind of mistaken identities, improbable coincidences, and family confusion with a distinctly Latine flair that invites audiences to view Shakespeare through a new cultural lens."

PCPA will stage LA COMEDIA OF ERRORS, a bilingual English-Spanish adaptation of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, at the Severson Theatre in Santa…

09/02/2026

It's Wellness Wednesday at our Santa Maria campus!

Stop by the Commons today until 12 p.m. for acupuncture and massage. No appointment needed!

09/01/2026

🧵💙 September is National Sewing Month!
In our Community Education sewing classes, students from their 20s to their 90s come together to sew, create and learn from one another.
Among them is 98-year-old Rae Gibbs, one of Hancock’s oldest current students, who has taken Community Education classes for more than 30 years and continues creating for her seven great-grandchildren. 🪡✨
💙 Read more about our students of all ages and their decades of lifelong learning in the comments.
🧵 Inspired to start sewing? Explore our tuition-free Sewing Certificate: hancockcollege.edu/communityed/hoec.php

 
🧵💙 ¡Septiembre es el Mes Nacional de la Costura!
En nuestras clases de costura de Community Education, estudiantes desde los 20 hasta los 90 años se reúnen para coser, crear y aprender unos de otros.
Entre ellos está Rae Gibbs, de 98 años, una de las estudiantes actuales de mayor edad en Hancock, quien ha tomado clases de Community Education por más de 30 años y continúa creando para sus siete bisnietos. 🪡✨
💙 Conoce más sobre nuestros estudiantes de todas las edades y sus décadas de aprendizaje continuo. 
🧵 ¿Te gustaría aprender a coser? Explora nuestro certificado de costura sin costo de matrícula: hancockcollege.edu/communityed/hoec.php