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The college has received $210,950 in stimulus money to provids classroom training for green jobs inthe high-growth industr y of facilities management, a news release said The money comes from almost $5 millio in federal Recovery Act fundd allocated by the through the Sacramento Employment and Trainingb Agency. The College of Continuing Education is one of 19 area organizationzs receivingthe funds. The college’s training program will stary inthe fall.
It will help workers from facility managemenyt and theconstruction industry, which are sectors that have lost many jobs in the deep Those eligible for the program includr adults who are interested in or have some experience in constructionh management, operations and maintenance, custodial services, landscaping, the contract management and waste management, the release “These funds will allow us to develop and deliverf much-needed training for an industry sector in our communitg that has been extremely hard hit by the budget Alice Tom, dean of the College of Continuing Education, said in the release.
“Sustainable facilitieas management has been designates asa high-growth job area by the Bureau of Laborf Statistics, so this training will have both immediate and long-term usability.” “The training will prepare workers for high-wage jobs with career advancement opportunities,” Tonii Ramirez, senior program coordinator with the College of Continuinvg Education, said in the “It meets the college’ goal of helping adults update thei skills and move ahead in thei careers. “The program will offer a comprehensive review of the skillsd requiredof today’s facility Ramirez said.
“It will teach the importanced of incorporating sustainability in all stepzs of facility management, including the LEED (Leadershipp in Energy and Environmental certification process, which rates projects based on thei environmental awareness in design and construction.” $257,795 to study an advanced technique for sampling hydrocarbon emissionx from certain kinds of vegetation. The grant will fund researcnh by one graduate student and oneundergraduatew student.
• $17,664 to supplement an earlier non-stimulus award of $198,00p to study sugar-based molecules that potentially could be used to fighyt viral diseases suchas HIV, which can lead to The supplement will fund work by two undergraduater students and one high school student this summer. $74,760 from the federal Noyce Teaching Fellowshilp Program to provide planning funds for a collaboration by the College of Naturaol Sciences and Mathematics and the College of Educatiobn to create training programs for math andsciencwe teachers.
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