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Higher Education Building Resilient Communities   Webinar  
Thursday, April 23, 2015
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
 

Climate-related impacts are changing how community colleges and universities are adapting their curriculum and working with their surrounding communities. Community colleges have an important role to play as a workforce developer, community educator, and convener, and should be central to designing a coherent and sustainable local response to emerging threats and opportunities. This webinar will provide guidance and recommendations on engaging the community, planning resilience strategies, developing curricula and research, and will showcase best practices from colleges already paving the way to resiliency. We will feature strategies from our recently released Guide to Climate Resiliency & The Community College.  


Presenters:

  • Todd Cohen, Director of Workforce Strategies and Sustainability, American Association of Community Colleges
  • Dr. Anne Waple, Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Second Nature
  • Sarah White, Senior Associate, COWS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • A representative from the Peralta Community College District (CA)   

 
A State System Approach to Creating a Green Talent Pipeline Webinar
 
 
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. EST
 
 
The Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN) is a network of 48 Illinois community colleges working together to grow the state's green economy. By leveraging a TAACCCT grant, 17 of those colleges formed a consortium that created 32 certificate and degree programs and over 180 online or hybrid courses within industry clusters like architecture, STEM, manufacturing, agriculture, and transportation. Each includes core sustainability-related outcomes and was developed in a coordinated way across the state system. Learn how IGEN has expanded training and education in clean energy technologies and is increasing employment opportunities, improving environmental and human health, and fostering community engagement while implementing clear career pathways.

Presenters:
  • Stephen Bell, Executive Director, Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN)
  • Sherry M. Burlingame, Ph.D., Career Pathways Project Director, College of Lake County
  • Todd Cohen, Director of Workforce Strategies and Sustainability, American Association of Community Colleges
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