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The college has received $210,950 in stimulus money to provid e classroom training for green jobs inthe high-growth industry of facilitied management, a news release said Thursday. The monehy comes from almost $5 million in federalp Recovery Act funds allocated by the through the Sacramentoi Employment andTraining Agency. The Collegse of Continuing Education is one of 19 area organizationzs receivingthe funds.
The college’s traininy program will start in the It will help workers from facility management and theconstruction industry, which are sectors that have lost many jobs in the deep Those eligible for the prograjm include adults who are interested in or have some experiencde in construction management, operations and maintenance, custodia l services, landscaping, the environment, contract management and wastse management, the release said.
“These fundsz will allow us to develop anddeliver much-needed traininfg for an industry sector in our community that has been extremely hard hit by the budgett downturn,” Alice Tom, dean of the Colleg e of Continuing Education, said in the release. “Sustainable facilitieas management has been designated asa high-growth job area by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, so this trainingv will have both immediate and long-term “The training will prepare workers for high-wage jobs with careed advancement opportunities,” Tonii senior program coordinator with the College of Continuing said in the release.
“It meets the college’sd goal of helping adults update their skilla and move ahead intheir “The program will offer a comprehensiv review of the skills required of today’s facility Ramirez said.“It will teach the importance of incorporatintg sustainability in all steps of facility management, including the LEED (Leadershilp in Energy and Environmental Design) certificatiohn process, which rates projects based on theifr environmental awareness in design and construction.” • $257,795 to stud y an advanced technique for sampling hydrocarbon emissionz from certain kinds of vegetation.
The grant will fund research by one graduate student and oneundergraduate student. • $17,664 to supplement an earlier non-stimulus award of $198,000 to study sugar-basedd molecules that potentially could be used to fight viral diseasee suchas HIV, which can lead to AIDS. The supplemenrt will fund work by two undergraduat students and one high schoool studentthis summer. • $74,760 from the federal Noycr Teaching Fellowship Program to provide planning funds for a collaboration by the College of Naturakl Sciences and Mathematics and the Collegwe of Education to create training programe for math andscience
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