The massive truck parked at Bucks County Community College’s campus in Bristol Township wasn’t there for a delivery. This big rig is part of the curriculum — a supersized classroom on wheels for some special students.
Bucks County Community College is using the tractor trailer for education and economic opportunity for new arrivals to the Delaware Valley. It is the first community college in the country to establish federal training program “Afghan Open Road” for refugees who want to learn to drive and enter the trucking and transportation industry.
While they came to the United States under trying circumstances, when the war in their country ended, participants say they are working to settle here and and get to work.