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Laurel Business Institute

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Our goal is to provide you with quality career education and to help you develop your talents, skills, and knowledge for a sustainable career in a strong and viable industry.
• Laurel Business Institute, was established in 1985 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania in order to meet the employment and training needs of the business community. We were originally located on the eighth floor of the what was then the Gallatin Bank building, and it was here that we began growing. We found a new location in 1991 when we purchased our first building. This structure, pictured above and located on Penn Street, was formerly West Penn Power and West Penn Railways Company, Uniontown's primary trolley and bus depot through the early and mid 1900s. The school's second building (1999), across the street from the Penn Street facility on the corner of Penn and Beeson Boulevard, was built in 1924 and was Uniontown's original downtown Sears, Roebuck and Company.
• Programs offered at Laurel Business Institute includes Accounting & Business, Child Care, Cosmetology, Health Care, Information Technology, Massage, Office Administration and Certifications.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Career fair helps Fayette students think about their future (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 05:00:01 am
  The Laurel Business Institute and the Fayette Chamber of Commerce education council co-sponsored the 14th annual 8th grade career fair, which was open to all eighth-grade students in Fayette County, at the VFW Post 47 in Uniontown.
• Chamber recognizes nine Fayette educators of the year (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on October 18, 2009 at 04:04:23 am
  Nine educators from Fayette County were recognized as Educators of the Year by the Fayette Chamber of Commerce.
• Dad Dies, Mom In Hospital After Crash That Also Killed Young Woman (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 03:42:55 am
  Another person dies following a car collision in Redstone Township, Fayette County, that injured his family and killed an 18-year-old high school graduate.
• Victim's Firefighter Brothers Respond To Fatal Fayette Crash (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 03:42:55 am
  Emergency crews are called to a crash in Fayette County late Wednesday night that kills a teenager and injures a family of four.
• Lois A. Kolat Wydo (Greene County Messenger)
  posted on June 19, 2009 at 02:35:30 pm
  Lois A. "Nana" Kolat Wydo, 56, of Carmichaels, formerly of Uniontown, died at 7:25 p.m. Monday, June 8, 2009, in her home, with her loving family by her side.

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