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 SEED Center Featured Resource  

The Greening of Corrections, Creating a Sustainable System  

This report identifies green job training programs that provide quality employment opportunities in the emerging green economy. The section, "Completing the Sustainable Model" (p 20), provides corrections administrators ways to adapt existing training programs and build strategic partners.  It is highly relevant to community college administrators, too.

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APPA Facilities Manager Magazine, June Issue 

Community colleges continue to be highlighted as central players in building the green economy.

This issue of Facilities Manager Magazine, devoted to community colleges, features the AACC and ecoAmerica's SEED initiative as a key national resource in three articles. (Pages 31, 35, & 40)  

UNCF Building Green Learning Institute  

Washington, DC, June 16-18

Discounted registration to UNCF's conference is available for SEED members.  Email AACC's Todd Cohen for information.

ACUPCC Climate Leadership Summit 

Washington, DC, June 23-24

Issue 5, June 2, 2011

SEED Welcomes New Members,  

Celebrates College Successes

The academic year has just finished with the fanfare of graduations, parties, and proud accomplishments.  SEED member schools have celebrated tremendous successes including Northern Maine Community College graduating New England's first class of wind technicians and Mesaland Community College's continued development of its top-notch wind program with a new equipment donation.  Read more about these achievements below.

At SEED, I am pleased to announce the addition of five new president-members to the American Association of Community Colleges' Sustainability Task Force (STF), which oversees the SEED initiative:  

• Dr. Jan Gehler, Maricopa Community Colleges, Az. 
• Dr. Linda Gerber, Portland Community College-Sylvania, Or. 
• Dr. Stanley Jensen, Colorado Mountain College, Co.
• Dr. Charlene Newkirk, Community College of Allegheny County, Pa.
• Dr. Charlotte Warren, Lincoln Land Community College, Il.

These presidents' experience and leadership will continue to bolster the depth and range of our initiative.

As we continue to grow the SEED membership of community colleges, I'd like to highlight the states with significant SEED membership.  I'm proud to show off that my own state, Illinois, leads with 70% of our colleges as SEED members.  Joining Illinois with 50% or more members are:

• Arkansas
• Wisconsin
• North Carolina
• Michigan

Explore the SEED membership list and refer a college president to join.  Becoming a member is free, easy, and offers an array of benefits.  SEED members, join other college presidents as recognized leaders supporting the role of community colleges in fostering economic growth, strengthening American competitiveness, and fulfilling the workforce development requirements of the emerging green economy.  SEED offers over 250 green curricular resources curated by industry and higher education experts, detailed guides and tools for educators building, implementing, or marketing sustainability offerings, stipends for professional development, college recognition, and more.

Learn more about membership and encourage presidents in your network to join today.   

If you have any questions about membership, the Sustainability Task Force, or using the free SEED resources, contact us.  We're here to help.

Sincerely, 

Dr. Jerry Weber

Chair, AACC Sustainability Task Force

President, College of Lake County

Member Colleges' Wind Programs Receive  Recognition, Donations

Northern Maine Community College

Cutting Edge with New Wind Tech Degrees

Accolades go to Northern Maine Community College who awarded

NMCC, Students on Top of Wind Turbine

14 associate degrees to wind power technology graduates on May 14. This academic offering is the first of its kind at a post-secondary education institution in New England.

NMCC announced it would introduce New England's first wind power technology program in the fall of 2008. The first entering class was admitted a year later.  Since then the college and the program have garnered international attention and accolades. 

On May 24, Northern Maine also announced it had received $28,000 worth of tools and equipment donated from three German companies.

Mesalands Community College

Smoothly Running with New Filtration System

The renown North American Wind Research and Training Center at Mesalands Community College, recently received an oil filtration system donated from C.C. Jensen, an international company based in Denmark.  The system is used to remove small particles that collect overtime that can damage wind turbine components.

"I wanted to educate the students on gear box and oil maintenance," said Taylor Coleman of C.C. Jensen.

Mesalands Community College's North American Wind Research and Training Center in Tucumcari, New Mexico, provides both a 1.5 megawatt turbine in a new facility for applied research in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories of Albuquerque, New Mexico and other major universities, as well as associate degree training for wind energy technicians.

SEED congratulates both Northern Maine and Mesalands Community Colleges on these successful programs and partnerships with industry.

SEED on the Road, Coming to You? 

SEED Team: Todd Cohen-AACC  Dr. Mary Spilde-Lane Community College (Or.) Dr. Jerry Weber-College of Lake County (Il.) Amy Golden-ecoAmerica

SEED hit the ground running this year in collaboration with our colleagues working in green collar workforce development to share how this national resource helps educators build capacity and adds value to their programs.

We were proud to be featured:

• AACC Workforce Development Institute, Newport Beach, Ca. (January)
• Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) Clean Energy Workforce Education Conference, Saratoga Springs, Ny (March)
• AACC Annual Convention, New Orleans, La. (April)
• Jobs for the Future (JFF) & National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Greenforce Webinar (April)
• West Virginia State Network of Colleges Webinar on SEED and integrating sustainability into curriculum (April)

Coming up, you will find SEED:

• United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Green Building Institute, Washington, DC (June)
• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Greenbuild, Toronto, Canada (October)

Thanks to all our partners for inviting us to share the SEED initiative with their audiences.  If your organization would like to hear from SEED at your upcoming conference, event, or webinar, contact us.