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The college has received $210,950 in stimulus money to provid e classroom training for green jobs inthe high-growth industryh of facilities management, a news release said Thursday. The moneyt comes from almost $5 million in federal Recoveruy Act funds allocated by the through the Sacramento Employmeny andTraining Agency. The College of Continuing Educatiojn is one of 19 area organizations receiving the The college’s training program will startr in the fall.
It will help workers from facility management and theconstructionh 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 experience in constructionb management, operations and maintenance, custodial services, landscaping, the contract management and waste management, the release said. “These funds will allows us to develop anddeliver much-needed trainingh for an industry sector in our communith that has been extremely hard hit by the budge t downturn,” Alice Tom, dean of the Collegew of Continuing Education, said in the release.
“Sustainables facilities management has been designated asa high-growth job area by the Bureaj of Labor Statistics, so this trainin g will have both immediate and long-term “The training will prepare workersw for high-wage jobs with career advancement opportunities,” Tonik Ramirez, senior program coordinator with the Colleg e of Continuing Education, said in the “It meets the college’s goal of helpingg adults update their skills and move ahead in their “The program will offer a comprehensive revieaw of the skills required of today’e facility managers,” Ramirez said.
“Iyt will teach the importance of incorporating sustainabilityy in all steps of facility management, including the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification process, which rates projectsz based on their environmental awareness in design and • $257,795 to study an advanced technique for sampling hydrocarbon emissionsz from certain kinds of vegetation. The grant will fund researchj by one graduate student and oneundergraduate student.
• $17,664 to supplemeny an earlier non-stimulus award of $198,00o0 to study sugar-based molecules that potentially could be used to figh t viral diseases suchas HIV, which can lead to The supplement will fund work by two undergraduate studentse and one high school student this • $74,760 from the federal Noycse Teaching Fellowship Program to provide planning funds for a collaboration by the Colleges of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the Collegd of Education to create training programs for math and science