In just 10 months, the Riverside City College student went from commuting to class on public transit to cranking up a career in commercial A/C. And now that his income is flowing, Marin is entitled to blow off some steam. Read More Conditioned to Conquer: RCC ‘Go-Getter’ Defies Setbacks in Search of Chill Career
The Trade Technician program is one of three non-credit career-training certificates BCC launched in Fall 2021, along with Customer Service and Cal OSHA Forklift Training programs. Read More 9 Weeks to Living Wages: Award-Winning BCC Trade Tech Program Builds Better Careers
Working behind the scenes in support of surgeons and doctors, Sterile Techs prepare equipment and supplies for hospitals and operating rooms. And though these health care professionals are life-and-death essential when it comes to keeping medical instruments and environments clean, they are becoming increasingly hard to come by. Read More Equipped for Success: Sterile Tech Program Tackles Critical Industry Shortage
In just 10 months, the Riverside City College student went from commuting to class on public transit to cranking up a career in commercial A/C. And now that his income is flowing, Marin is entitled to blow off some steam. Read More Conditioned to Conquer: RCC ‘Go-Getter’ Defies Setbacks in Search of Chill Career
For the first time in history, all 12 of the region’s community college presidents signed the “Presidents for Entrepreneurship Pledge.” The kickoff event was hosted by the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) and highlighted the schools’ commitment to developing a new regional entrepreneurship curriculum. Read More Empowering Entrepreneurs: VVC Makes Big Commitment to Small Business
Morongo Valley’s rugged, beautiful high desert is the gateway to Joshua Tree National Park, where nearly 3 million visitors flock every year. It’s a place where tourism, recreation and hospitality typically drive the economy. But when the pandemic shut down travel in the spring of 2020, it all came to a screeching halt. Read More ‘Pandemic-Proof’: CMC Virtual Marketing Internship Mines Digital ’Goldrush’
In December 2021, the pandemic-tempered classes became the first Chaffey nursing grads to attend an in-person graduation ceremony in three years. The event was also the first-ever nursing graduation in 115 cohorts to be livestreamed, with family and friends in attendance virtually around the country. Read More ‘Unstoppable Courage’: Chaffey Nursing Class of ’21 Defined by ‘Firsts’
From first responders to the last line of cyber-defense, health care heroes to supply-chain superstars, career education was on the cutting-edge as California continued to battle a crisis. While 2020 was a year of adaptation for our colleges, 2021 was a year of innovation. Read More ‘Ready’ to the Rescue: How Innovations in Career Ed Saved the Day in 2021