The hyperlink e-zine. June 2008: Volume II

THE PATH TO YOUR FUTURE

June 2008:  Volume II

IN THIS ISSUE:

*       FOCUS on the LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
*       YOUR MONEY WELL SPENT
*       LAST CHANCE to SUBMIT PHOTO: Deadline June 30th
*       FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Business Education and Computer Information Science Statewide Advisory Committee

Visit the BESAC Website for Valuable Professional Development Resources and much more... @

www.calbusinessed.org

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Excerpt from AB 1725

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

The community colleges educate hundreds of thousands of Californians every year, are the route to higher education for the majority of our people, provide access to language and citizenship for tens of thousands of immigrants annually, retrain workers in an economy changing more rapidly than any in history, and are the last hope for older citizens seeking skills and involvement in their communities. To do these things well, to bring excitement and power into the lives of students so diverse and needing so much, to serve the economy and society through its service of these students, requires a deep commitment from all who teach and learn, from those who administer and counsel, from those who fund and regulate.

Link to the bill: http://www.faccc.org/advocacy/bills/historical/ab1725.PDF

Quote: Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself.
Anonymous

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Did You Know?

With a new national commitment [to hydrogen powered vehicles], our scientists and engineers will overcome obstacles to taking these cars from laboratory to showroom, so that the first car driven by a child born today could be powered by hydrogen, and pollution-free.

Quote from http://www.usautoparts.net/bmw/hydrogen/

Focus On the Los Angeles Community College District

The Los Angeles Community College District will continue to attract national and international attention in the coming years with the completion of a $2.2 billion "sustainable construction and renovation program" currently underway.  The LACC District is the largest in the nation with a $1 billion annual budget and serves 200,000 students on 9 campuses.  The project is funded by two voter-approved bond measures for "construction funding including money to develop a green curriculum."

In 2002 the LACCD Board of Trustees was the first community college district in the nation to adopt a "district wide policy to ensure that Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) sustainable building standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council are incorporated into bond-funded improvements."  There are 230 projects "currently in process [and] all are expected to be completed by 2011."

One of the major goals of the project is "the onsite generation of several megawatts of solar power at each campus to tak[e] all 9 of its campuses off the grid."  In addition to the "power-generating windmills" and alternative energy projects, sustainable, renewable, and recyclable products will furnish and decorate the building interiors.  With a budget of $100 million for furniture many companies responded to the "bulk bid that called for every piece to be sustainable and 100% recyclable."  The company chosen to produce the carpeting changed their factory processes to meet the District's standards and produced "backing that is 100% recyclable and a face that is 40% recyclable" for "less than $15 a yard."  The carpet is guaranteed to last 30 years and is 100% recyclable.

What Does This Mean for Your Campus?

Because of the size and nature of the project 'the District made the furniture and carpet contracts "piggybackable," meaning that any public entity can order under these contracts and get the same prices and quality.'  All California community colleges are eligible to receive the discount prices and move toward a more sustainable environment and healthy workplace.

The project does not end with the completion of 44 new buildings.  "Students will be tracking their school's energy usage at kiosks as they learn from the new curriculum being developed to train them for green collar jobs."  Faculty are working to develop a curriculum to train students for 21st century environmental and sustainable careers in response to the current and future need for a new green technology workforce.  This training is especially important to transition underserved and disadvantaged students out of poverty and unemployment into jobs with a bright future and high-growth.

LACCD Builds Green Fact Sheet

Faculty Green Curriculum Development Resources Webpage

National Database of Course Syllabi and Outlines

Link to Sustainable Furniture Manufacturers

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Attend the Fall 2008 Conference

Green Community Colleges: Sustainable Campuses and Programs

October 18-21

Austin, Texas

Last year's NCWE Conference attracted over 450 attendees representing 191 institutions and organizations from across the nation and internationally.  Be part of this exciting event.  Major focus is paid to Career Technical Education.

Visit the website for registration and program information:

http://www.ncwe.org/conference/

Local Events

Northern California

Business for Social Responsibility

Corporate Responsibility Leadership Workshop: Embedding CR in Your Operations and Management

July 8 - 9, 2008

UC Berkeley

http://execdev.haas.berkeley.edu/ApplicationFiles/web/WebFrame.cfm?web_id=978

Southern California

GreenXchange Expo

October 1 - 3, 2008

Los Angeles Convention Center

The 2008 conference will be coupled with a comprehensive exposition providing the opportunity to take sustainability from theory to practice "under one roof."

http://www.greenxchangexpo.com/live/50/

Your Money Well-$pent

Many companies and individuals refuse to join the movement toward sustainability and green technology based on the fallacious argument that it is too expensive.  CalPERS recently negated that argument with two investment strategy policies designed to reap major rewards in the future for you, its investors.

CalPERS took a bold stance at the recent United Nations investor summit on climate risk and joined with other investors to "pledge $10 billion in green technology over the next two years."  CalPERS made a similar move hailed by the Nature Conservancy to "adopt a far-reaching forest investment policy that requires certified sustainable forest management, directing $10 - 15 billion towards environmentally-friendly forest projects."  That's a very "friendly" policy!

These moves come four years after CalPERS initiated an Environment Technology Program to support Clean Technology based on the viewpoint of Russell Read, the Chief Investment Officer, that "Environmental investing has emerged from a small niche opportunity to a core focus for institutional investors, worldwide."  Today, CalPERS continues in the forefront of socially responsible investment strategies to support the environment and sustainability.

For Financial and Investment Faculty

Socially Responsible Investing:  Greening the Global Economy

Summer 2008: 15th Anniversary Special Edition Newsletter

http://www.greenmoneyjournal.com/index.mpl?newsletterid=43


For Entrepreneur and Marketing Faculty

Eco-Entrepreneur Interview on Marketing Organic Products

http://www.greenmoneyjournal.com/article.mpl?newsletterid=44&articleid=611


For Business and Management Faculty

10,000 Women Initiative

In an unprecedented move the global investment firm of Goldman Sachs has set aside $100 million towards the 10,000 Women Initiative.  The initiative is a partnership between leading education institutions and third world and underdeveloped countries to utilize the tremendous power of women in the marketplace.  The initiative will offer women the chance to pursue a business and management education to "reduce inequality and ensure more shared economic growth."

Education Partners include such prestigious institutions as Brown University, Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the University of Cambridge.

Read the article: http://www.greenmoneyjournal.com/article.mpl?newsletterid=44&articleid=616

Visit the 10,000 Women Website to learn how you can tap into the underserved market on your campus:  http://www.10000women.org/

For Small Business Faculty

New Service from the U.S. Department of Labor

The Department of Labor just announced a new service designed to ease the burden of small business owners.  The new webpage can assist employers, non-profit organizations, private sector businesses, and government agencies to stay abreast of current federal laws that pertain to the running of their business. The elaws - FirstStep Employment Law Advisor is an online interactive tool that guides users through the Recordkeeping, Reporting, Notices, and Poster requirements to remain in compliance with current laws.  Direct students to the website for more information:  http://www.dol.gov/elaws/firststep/

Last Chance to Submit a Photo to the Foundation for California Community Colleges Photo Contest

Enter for a chance to win $500 in CASH and an Adobe Creative Suite 3 package.

Deadline is June 30th !

Show 'em what you've got!

http://www.collegeseen.org


FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES - Federal

Computer Science Study Group (DoD)

Deadline:  August 11, 2008

This RFA is to solicit interested participants to join in the Computer Science Study Group (CSSG). The objective of the CSSG is to rapidly identify ideas in the field of computer science that will provide revolutionary advances, rather than incremental benefit, to the Department of Defense (DoD).

Link to Grants.gov Announcement

Technical Assistance and Continuing Education Centers (DOE)

Deadline:  July 31, 2008

The purpose of the Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program is to support training centers that serve either a Federal region or another geographical area and provide for a broad integrated sequence of training activities that focus on meeting recurrent and common training needs of employed rehabilitation personnel throughout a multi-State geographical area.

Link to Grants.gov Announcement

Expeditions in Computing (NSF)

Deadline:  Preliminary Proposal - September 10, 2008

Final Proposal:  February 10, 2009

The Expeditions in Computing program is to provide the CISE research and education community with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, fundamental research agendas that promise to define the future of computing and information.

Link to Grants.gov Announcement

Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow: Programs for Baccalaureate degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Critical Foreign Languages with Concurrent Teacher Certification (DoE)

Deadline:  July 21, 2008

The purpose of this program is to develop and implement programs to provide integrated courses of study that lead to a baccalaureate degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or a critical foreign language with concurrent teacher certification.  2-year institution must partner with 4-year institution.

Link to Grants.gov Announcement

Manufacturing and Construction Machines and Equipment (NSF)

Deadline:  Check NSF Website for Details

The MCME program supports fundamental research leading to improved machines and applications for both manufacturing and construction. Key goals are to advance the transition of these industries from skill-based to knowledge-based activities and to develop them as activities with minimal environmental and societal impact.

Link to NSF Announcement


Manufacturing Enterprise Systems (NSF)

Deadline:  Check NSF Website for Details

The MES program supports research on design, planning, and control of operations in manufacturing enterprises.

Link to NSF Announcement

Materials Processing and Manufacturing (NSF)

Deadline:  Check NSF Website for Details

The MPM program supports fundamental research on the interrelationship of materials processing, structure, performance and process control.  Emphasis is placed on environmentally benign manufacturing and virtual manufacturing.

Link to NSF Announcement

The hyperlink e-zine. is published by Coastline Community College in partnership with the California Community Colleges Business Education and Computer Information Science Statewide Advisory Committee.

If you would like to suggest a topic for a future issue please contact Karen Joy in the Planning, Development, & Government Relations Department at Coastline Community College.

Karen Joy
e-mail:  kjoy@coastline.edu