2017-2018 Projects (Round 2)

Strong Workforce Projects for 2017-2018 (Round 2)

  • Accounting: Create Governmental and Not-for-Profit accounting course.  Create videos for QuickBooks Certification course. Complete rewrite of ACCT 134.  Create Registered Tax Preparer program.  Develop CPA pathway. Obtain QuickBooks testing site license. (TOP 0502.00)
  • Business: Market BA programs, certificates, and AA degrees.  Advertise in the Society for Human Resource Management business association. Hire two hourly staff members. (TOP 0506.00)
  • Retail Store Operations and Management: Build pathways to prepare workers for placement and advancement in high skill and high demand occupations (TOP 0506.50)
  • International Business: Purchase technology devices and applications. Host seminars to develop career pathways.  (TOP 0508.00)
  • Marketing: Purchase signage to promote program. Purchase technology devices. Develop partnerships to enhance program offerings and student success.  (TOP 0509.00)
  • Real Estate: Hire hourly staff member for certificate promotions.  (TOP 0511.00)
  • Paralegal: Utilize the services of a part-time Program Facilitator to go out into the community to find and promote internships and increase exposure of the program.  (TOP 1402.00)
  • Film Production: Replace video cameras with newer equipment.  Provide production skills workshops and lectures to transition students out of the classroom and into professional workplace environments.  (TOP 0612.20)
  • Commercial Music: Update studio and recording technologies to meet industry standards and allow the students to train on the latest equipment. (TOP 1005.00)
  • Technical Theater: Create promotional materials. Secure funds for adult hourlies to work backstage for shows. (TOP 1006.00)
  • Networking/Cybersecurity: Continue expansion of NetLab infrastructure to support better learning opportunities and experiences for student success. Create modern smart classroom. (TOP 0708.10)
  • Fitness Specialist: Acquire comprehensive set of fitness testing equipment and devices to enhance instruction and training.  (TOP 0835.20)
  • Athletic Trainer Aide: Purchase of motion capture system will enhance the instruction and provide students with an enriched experience and more in-depth understanding of the knowledge necessary to progress in Athletic Training. (TOP 1228.00)
  • Medical Assisting: Purchase and replace outdated and broken equipment in the lab classes to allow the students to perform more hands-on training. (TOP 1208.00)
  • Pharmacy Technology: Enhance equipment, pedagogy, and professional connections.  Updated equipment will allow students to experience a simulated environment similar to the work place. (TOP 1221.00)
  • Associate Degree Nursing Program: Update and replace new patient care equipment, supplies, simulation manikins and scenarios to prepare students for the work force. (TOP 1230.10)
  • Dental Hygiene: Purchase new equipment to stay current with dental industry trends and prepare registered dental hygienists for employment in the professional workplace. (TOP 1240.20)
  • Child Development:  Send faculty to On Course I Workshop (TOP 1305.00)
  • Human Services: Create curriculum that is relevant to employment sites and how they train their employees. Utilize subscription for electronic health record to provide students skills in note writing. (TOP 2104.00)
  • Administration of Justice: Utilization of two live scan jump kits to enhance the program and give students the skills they need to be competitive for future employment in the criminal justice field.  (TOP 2105.00)
  • Architecture: Internships (TOP 0201.00) Hire adult hourly to support recruitment, retention, and job placement performance for the program. 
  • Automotive Mechanical Repair Technology: Purchase of transmission tools and components, and special testing equipment used for battery testing and charging. The tools will allow the students to be more prepared for entry into the workforce from skills gained in class lab settings. (TOP 0948.00)
  • Woodworking Manufacturing Technologies: Hire an adult hourly job coordinator to identify students looking for employment, potential employers, and facilitate student hiring.  Purchase of new CNC equipment that have computer interfaces that a student would encounter in industry. (TOP 0952.50)
  • Manufacturing and Industrial Technology: Acquire additional machines and tooling to reduce student sharing of machines and provide additional hands-on practice time to improve student learning. (TOP 0956.00)
  • Machine Tool Technology: Hire adult hourly to support recruitment, retention, and job placement performance for the program.  (TOP 0956.30)
  • Welding: Update welding machines to ensure students and faculty are supplied with dependable laboratory equipment and provide students a training opportunity with state-of-the-art equipment and prepare them to enter the workforce in the aerospace welding industry. (TOP 0956.50)
  • Cosmetology: Acquire 13 portable galvanic facial machines and other equipment for students to gain hands-on experience with skin care services and broaden their expertise. (TOP 3007.00)

Completed Projects:

  • Auto Collision: Purchase of new training equipment, specialty tools, and components necessary for implementation of the Honda Pact program.  (TOP 0949.00)
  • Culinary Arts: Add up-to-date technologies to the classroom and laboratory to connect with students. (TOP 1306.30)
  • Dental Assisting: Replace outdated digital sensors with state-of-the-art sensors for exposing dental x-rays to allow students to complete their clinical assignments on patients and receive the state x-ray license.  (TOP 1240.10)
  • Engineering Design Technology (Drafting) and Plastics Manufacturing Technology: Purchase Advanced Microscopy/Inspection equipment to expand skill sets in the area of materials and surface characteristics and inspections. (TOP 0954.20) & (TOP 0953.00)
  • Engineering Technology: Acquire rapid prototyping machine that allows production of injection molded parts and teaches students design, prototype, and production within a single semester course.  (TOP 0924.00)
  • Physical Therapist Assistant: Purchase industry-specific equipment and devices to help students develop skills and be better prepared for the job market.  (TOP 1222.00)
  • Speech-Language Pathology Assistant: Faculty will attend the annual On Course Conference to learn current best practices in teaching at the community college level. (TOP 1220.00)

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