Here is the latest TA3 Connections including information on the upcoming TA3 meeting hosted by Gateway Community & Technical College, Kentucky, October 1-3, 2012 on the Future of Manufacturing: Implications for Education and Training. You can also download a a pdf here.
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TA3 Connections March 2012 Volume 15, No. 1
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012Webinar on green building & sustainability in Denmark
Friday, March 2nd, 2012For those of you unable to make the February 21 webinar on green building and sustainability in Denmark, beginning with a visit to EUC-Syd, a technical vocational school in Denmark, you can still view and hear the material at this link.
April 2011 TA3 Connections
Thursday, April 14th, 2011The latest TA3 Connections provides updates on the May 1-4, 2011 TA3 Symposium in San Sebastian in the Basque Region of Spain and brings you up-to-date on member activities including an interesting outreach program by EUC-Syd with Dung Quat College of Technology (DQC) in Viet Nam. York Technical College in South Carolina, USA is profiled. Along with other innovations, York Tech has created the Hive Business Center (HBC), a work-based learning cooperative that opened in February of 2011. The cooperative offers start-up and small business support with a focus on Internet marketing and web design and development.
Download the issue here.
TA3 Webinar presentations available
Friday, February 11th, 2011TA3 members have participated in two exciting webinars during January and February of this year.
On January 14th members heard from Julian Alssid, executive director of the Workforce Strategy Center on opportunities to improve employment outcomes using the Career Pathways program. Click here to download the PowerPoint show.
The February webinar focused on funding opportunities available from the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education program. Dr. Gerhard Salinger described the program:
The ATE program promotes improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school level and the educators who prepare them, focusing on technicians for high-technology fields that drive the nation’s economy. The program, in its 18th year, focuses on two-year colleges and expects two-year colleges to have a leadership role in all projects.
Dr. Salinger’s presentation is available here. Click here for more information on the NSF program. Download the grant solicitation here.
January 2011 TA3 Connections
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011The latest TA3 Connections focuses on the upcoming TA3 Annual Symposium scheduled for May 1-4, 2011 in San Sebastian in the Basque Region of Spain. The symposium will focus on creativity and innovation in education. The issue also provides extensive member news, discusses a recent TA3 Webinar with Julian Alssid, executive director of the Workforce Strategy Center, and profiles TA3 member Ivy Tech Community College, Indiana.
You can download a copy of the newsletter here.
September 2010 TA3 Connections
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010The September edition of TA 3 Connections features a profile of a new automobile training program at Macomb Community College a new cooperative program between a college in Finland and a college in New York and a federally sponsored sustainability conference. You can download a copy of the newsletter here.
June TA 3 Connections
Friday, June 25th, 2010In the June issue of TA 3 Connections, you can read a review of our April symposium on sustainability, information about US-German cooperation, and a profile of TA3 member Kingsborough Community College. The issue can be downloaded here.
TA 3 Connections
Friday, January 22nd, 2010The most recent issue of TA3 connections previews our April conference, takes a look EUC-Syd’s role in the greening of a region in Denmark, and profiles member institution Gateway Community and Technical College in Covington, Kentucky. We also offer the latest news from across our membership and the world of community colleges. Click here to download the newsletter.