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Developing Green Careers And Entrepreneurship Student Success Summit August 3, 2011

COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV. Developing Green Careers And Entrepreneurship Student Success Summit August 3, 2011 Sharon A. Curry, WVCTCS Jill K. Redden, NRCTC. COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV. Entrepreneurship Education

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Developing Green Careers And Entrepreneurship Student Success Summit August 3, 2011

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  1. COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV Developing Green Careers And Entrepreneurship Student Success Summit August 3, 2011 Sharon A. Curry, WVCTCS Jill K. Redden, NRCTC

  2. COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV • Entrepreneurship Education • Grant from Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation • $300,000 • Increase Awareness of Entrepreneurship as a Profession within Community College Institutions • Entrepreneurship Consortia • Selected members of the ten CTCs throughout the state • Two day initial workshop

  3. COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV • Entrepreneurship Education • Entrepreneurship Consortia Cont. • Professional Development • NACCE • Infusion of Entrepreneurship into credit and non-credit curriculum • E-ship Components Integrated in Career and Technical Subject Areas • Skill Sets, Certificates, Associate Degrees

  4. COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV • Entrepreneurship Education • Programs with Entrepreneurship Emphasis • Allied Health • Building Construction Technology • Criminal Justice • Culinary Arts • Diesel Technology • Information Technology • Mechanical Engineering • Welding

  5. COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV • Entrepreneurship Education • Partners • Chambers of Commerce • Woman’s Business and Training Center • Center for Economic Option • WV Small Business Development Center • Entrepreneurship Alliance • Coldwater Creek • Kiki Angelos • Dominique Holl, Holl’s Chocolates, Inc

  6. COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV • Entrepreneurship Education • College Impact • Allowed technical and career faculty to see an entrepreneurial fit without losing the primary vision of their program • Wrap-around courses available for any program of study • Students provided an option of acquiring business skills in their particular program of study • Students can make a job rather than take a job

  7. COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV • Entrepreneurship Education • College Impact • Blue Ridge CTC: Academy of Culinary Arts and Hospitality • Led to retail outlet, named Bruin Café, a learning laboratory • WVU-Parkersburg: Developed a Center for Entrepreneurship • Received additional funding through Coldwater Creek for Entrepreneurial Lecture Series • Kanawha Valley CTC: Partnering with Center for Economic Options • Putnam County Farmers Market

  8. COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV • Entrepreneurship Education • College Impact • Mountwest CTC • Certificate and Skill Set for Entrepreneurship for Healthcare • Bridgemont CTC • Developed the wrap-around courses that can be added to all programs of study. They have 16 students who have declared entrepreneurship as a second major

  9. COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV • Green Entrepreneurship Education • Division of Labor Grant • Workforce WV – Fiscal Agent in State Energy Sector Partnership Grant • Supports the Development of Basic Green Courses • Combines Courses with Technical Skills • Working Closely with WVCTCS and CTCs • Bridgemont developed and held webinar • How to Green Any Curriculum

  10. COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV • Green Entrepreneurship Education • Division of Energy “Green Collar” Grant $1,000,000 • Four Projects - $250,000 each • Wind Energy: Eastern WV CTC • Educates students to be wind energy technicians • Certificate and Associate Degree • Entrepreneurship Emphasis • 40 students

  11. COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV • Green Entrepreneurship Education • Division of Energy “Green Collar” Grant Cont. • Solar Energy: WVU-Parkersburg • Skill Set, Certificates • 33 Students • Energy Efficiency for Buildings: Pierpont CTC and Northern CC • Skill Sets, Certificates • 22 Students • Energy Codes Efficiency: Bridgemont, New River and WVU-P

  12. COMMUNITY AND TECHNCIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF WV • Entrepreneurship Education • Green Entrepreneurship • New River CTC added entrepreneurship courses to their “green” grants • Additional information is being provided by Jill K. Redden, Instructional Specialist for Hospitality, Tourism, and Entrepreneurship

  13. Questions???? Sharon A. Curry WV Council for Community and Technical College Education 1018 Kanawha Boulevard, East – Suite 700 Charleston, West Virginia 25301 Phone: 304-558-0265 І Email: curry@wvctcs.orgІ Web: www.wvctcs.org

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