Men's Center programming is offered through Lakeland's Continuing Education office.

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The Men's Center at Lakeland Community College was created in May 1996 as part of the College’s Community Development and Outreach function, with a focus on assisting men with life and work transitions. Since then its mission has grown to encompass the recruitment and retention of male students. While the attitude on many campuses toward men can be stated as: “Men are the problem,” the underlying premise of Lakeland’s Men’s Center is: “Men have problems, too.”

Some of the goals of the Men’s Resource Center are to:

• Explore the educational needs of male students at Lakeland and provide advocacy

• Develop ways in which male students can better develop the web of supportive relationships necessary to succeed as students

• Develop programs to help “at-risk” male students, non-traditional male students, and/or minority men transition into a college environment.

• Educate college personnel, as well as K through 12 teachers, on the learning styles of men.

• Offer programming to assist men in the community with re-employment objectives.

• Bring to the campus, and the community, authors and speakers to present on issues important to men.

The Men’s Center at Lakeland is one of a few college-based programs in the United States specially geared to the needs of men.