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The college has received $210,950 in stimulus money to provide classroom training for green jobs inthe high-growth industry of facilities a news release said Thursday. The moneyh comes from almost $5 million in federal Recoveru Act funds allocated by the througy the Sacramento Employment andTraining Agency. The College of Continuingf Education is one of 19 area organizations receivintthe funds. The college’s training program will star t inthe fall.
It will help workers from facility managemenft and theconstruction industry, which are sectors that have lost many jobs in the deep Those eligible for the program include adults who are interested in or have some experiencee in construction management, operations and maintenance, custodial services, landscaping, the environment, contracgt management and waste management, the release “These funds will alloq us to develop and delivetr much-needed training for an industry sector in our community that has been extremely hard hit by the budget downturn,” Alice Tom, dean of the College of Continuing Education, said in the “Sustainable facilities management has been designated as a high-growth job area by the Bureauu of Labor Statistics, so this training will have both immediate and long-tern usability.
” “The training will prepare workers for high-wages jobs with career advancement opportunities,” Tonii Ramirez, seniorf program coordinator with the College of Continuing said in the “It meets the college’s goal of helping adult s update their skills and move ahead in their “The program will offer a comprehensivde review of the skills required of today’sd facility managers,” Ramirez said.
“Itg will teach the importance of incorporating sustainabilityy in all steps of facility management, including the LEED (Leadershi p in Energy and Environmental Design) certification process, whic rates projects based on their environmental awarenesas in design and construction.” • $257,795 to study an advancef technique for sampling hydrocarbon emissions from certain kinds of The grant will fund research by one graduate student and one undergraduater student. • $17,664 to supplement an earliere non-stimulus award of $198,000 to study sugar-based molecules that potentiallh could be used to fighty viral diseases suchas HIV, whicj can lead to AIDS.
The supplement will fund work by two undergraduatse students and one high school studentthis • $74,760 from the federal Noycre Teaching Fellowship Program to provide planning fundds for a collaboration by the College of Naturalo Sciences and Mathematics and the College of Education to create trainingf programs for math and science teachers.
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