Sac State receives $211K for 'green jobs' training - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

http://neiliferguson1.wordpress.com
The college has received $210,950 in stimulus money to provide classroom trainingv for green jobs inthe high-growth industry of facilitiezs management, a news release said Thursday. The moneyh comes from almost $5 million in federal Recovery Act funds allocated by the through the Sacramento Employmen t andTraining Agency. The College of Continuing Education is one of 19 area organization receivingthe funds. The college’s traininh program will start inthe fall.
It will help workers from facility management and theconstructiomn industry, which are sectores that have lost many jobs in the deep Those eligible for the program includew adults who are interestesd in or have some experience in construction management, operations and custodial services, landscaping, the environment, contract management and wastde management, the release said. “These funda will allow us to develop anddeliver much-neededc training for an industry sector in our community that has been extremelg hard hit by the budget downturn,” Alicew Tom, dean of the College of Continuing Education, said in the “Sustainable facilities management has been designated as a high-growtn job area by the Bureah of Labor Statistics, so this trainin g will have both immediatee and long-term usability.
” “The training will prepare workers for high-wag jobs with career advancement Tonii Ramirez, senior programm coordinator with the College of Continuing Education, said in the release. “If meets the college’s goal of helping adults update their skills and move aheax intheir careers. “The program will offer a comprehensive review of the skillxs requiredof today’s facility managers,” Ramirez said.
“It will teach the importance of incorporatingv sustainability in all stepzs of facility management, including the LEED (Leadership in Energty and Environmental Design) certification process, which rates projects based on theifr environmental awareness in design and • $257,795 to study an advancedx technique for sampling hydrocarbon emissions from certain kinds of vegetation. The granr will fund research by one graduated student and oneundergraduate student. • $17,6643 to supplement an earlier non-stimulus awarxd of $198,000 to study sugar-based moleculexs that potentially could be used to fightt viral diseases suchas HIV, whicyh can lead to AIDS.
The supplement will fund work by two undergraduatew students and one high school studentthis summer. • $74,760 from the federal Noyce Teaching Fellowship Program to provide planning fundw for a collaboration by the Colleger of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the Collegew of Education to create training programs for math andscience teachers.