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Issue 21, October 15, 2012
Community College & Industry Partnership Summit: GG Winners & Helpful Tools
Dear Colleagues,
October has been an exciting month for The SEED Center. We celebrated the inaugural Green Genome Awards which were presented on October 3rd at the regional community college summit, Building Sustainable Industry-College Partnerships, held at Gateway Technical College (WI), where I am president.
The awards honor exemplary community colleges nationwide that have taken a strategic leadership role in sustainability and green economic and workforce development.
At the end of September we continued our popular webinar series; Community College and Employer Partnerships, how to create programs for real outcomes. If you missed this webinar, view it here.
With the college semesters are in full swing we continue our work to provide our members with a wealth of resources and activities to help build your clean economy and sustainability programs.
Sincerely,
Bryan Albrecht
Chair, AACC Sustainability Task Force
President, Gateway Technical College
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Green Genome Award Winners
The inaugural Green Genome Awards, presented this month, honor exemplary community colleges nationwide that have taken a strategic leadership role in sustainability and green economic and workforce development.
Winning colleges recognized for their achievements within the four categories include:
- Butte College, Butte, California (Governance)
- Central Carolina Community College, Sanford, North Carolina (Program Design & Delivery)
- Delta College, University Center, Michigan (Community Engagement)
- Hillsborough Community College, Plant City, Florida (Overall)
- West Virginia University at Parkersburg (Strategic Partnerships)
Each winner received $8,000 in cash, plus a set of state-of-the-art Bahco brand Snap-on tools and horticulture equipment. The funds from the award may be used to support the college's enhancement, expansion, or creation of a practice or program related to green workforce development and sustainability. Read More.
Thank you to all colleges that applied. Outstanding work is being done at colleges nationwide to develop our green economy. In the coming months The SEED Center will feature Success Stories on all applicants! |
Community College & Industry Partnerships Summit
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Photo Courtesy of: Greg Lebrick, Gateway Technical College
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Over 70 college senior leaders and industry partners convened at Gateway Technical College for the Building Sustainable Community College and Industry Partnerships Summit presented by The SEED Center and the Aspen Institute's Skills for America's Future (SAF) program.
By highlighting the value of industry-community college partnerships for students, community colleges, and businesses across a variety of green sectors, the summit allowed SAF and SEED to showcase the critical need for these demand-driven partnerships to define the right skill sets and prepare students for current and future workforce opportunities in the green economy.
Read more...
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Green Genome Report & Assessment Tool
The SEED Center recently released the comprehensive Green Genome report entitled, The Community College Green Genome Framework: Integrating Sustainability and Clean Technology Workforce Development Into an Institution's DNA. This tool for colleges details the new Green Genome framework, paths for success, and offers profiles of the winning colleges. The framework was developed by a national advisory panel made up of senior leaders at the US Department of Energy, industry, national associations, and over 50 community colleges plus extensive review of existing college programs.
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Join SEED's NCWE Conference Workshop 
SEED Director, Todd Cohen, along with Patricia Graves, Delta College (MI) and Ginger Clark, Hillsborough Community College (FL), will be presenting at the upcoming National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE) conference in Los Angeles. Their session, Yes, Clean Tech Education and Training is Real, and a Boon for Some Colleges, will be held October 21st. See you there!Sunday, 10/21/12
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Los Angeles, CA
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 Now that ARRA funds are all but gone how will your clean tech courses and programs survive? Listen to one community college and partners describe their efforts to institutionalize once grant-funded green classes into credit-bearing programs. It takes creativity and know-how to move from an isolated 'green' course to the greening of all crucial programs. Wednesday 11/7/123:00 PM (ET) Register Today! |
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Takes stock of the green economy, looking at what works in related skill and credentialing.
Defining equity, sustainability, and greater democratization as critical elements of a truly greener future, the paper considers the practical and political challenges to achieving these in the United States.
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What do you think? Send comments, suggestions, sustainability success stories, newsletter ideas,
green economy events/webinars and conferences, and learn more about corporate partnerships.
SEED is brought to you by the American Association of Community Colleges and ecoAmerica and
is supported by the Flora Family, Kresge, and Surdna Foundations and corporate partner Pearson Higher Education.
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