Creighton opens Apple training site

Call it a coup for Creighton.

The university held an open house Friday afternoon to introduce the community to its new regional professional training center for Apple.

The closest centers, according to Creighton sources, are in Chicago, the Minneapolis area, Denver and Oklahoma City.

“We now have a very large regional area to serve,” said Joel Davies, director of the training center.

At the open house, Davies sat in the lab in the journalism department, Mac screens around him alight with scenes from the TV show “Leverage,” or nature shots, or other media projects.

“I'm pumped,” he said with a grin.

Landing the center was a “huge accomplishment,” said Creighton spokeswoman Cindy Workman.

“It's not only for our students, faculty and staff, it's for the professionals within the community and within the region,” she said.

A course on trainer certification that Creighton held in June drew people from Missouri, Texas and Illinois.

Davies said he hoped area professionals would use the center, which will offer training and Apple certification to creative services professionals. who need to upgrade digital skills.

“When you're certified, it opens up so many more jobs for you in the creative industry,” Workman said. “Final Cut (film editing software) is one of the biggest industry leaders right now in terms of filmmaking, editing, advertising, because you can do it on your own desktop.”

At the open house Friday, Davies talked about the opportunities the center will offer.

“The coursework is actually designed by Apple in association with leading industry professionals,” he said. “Having gone through the certification ... you sit down and do the certification and realize just how much of the software that you haven't really touched yet. And the breadth of knowledge you get when you sit down and do that is unbelievable.”

The first class will be in Final Cut Pro, Oct. 19 through Oct. 23.

Contact the writer:

444-1074, john.keenan@owh.com

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