News on Workforce Development

February 2, 2012 - Orientations are being held to determine eligibility into a new Academic Skills Enhancement for Energy-Related Careers training program. The program, which will begin February 27, offers skills enhancement to individuals living in Connecticut's Hartford and Enfield labor markets and helps prepare participants for careers in the energy industry. Learn More
January 20, 2012 - The nation's biggest employers in the nuclear industry are sending representatives to Indian River State College (IRSC) to discuss career opportunities in nuclear and recruit students. Sponsored by IRSC and Florida Power & Light, the Nuclear Science Career Awareness Open House is part of National Nuclear Science Week, a weeklong celebration focusing local, regional, and national interest on all aspects of nuclear science. Learn More
January 12, 2012 - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration announces the availability of Workforce Innovation Fund grants. Learn More
November 23, 2011 - IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) is working to attract more students to study for and enter careers in power and energy engineering. Learn More
October 19, 2011 - WXII in North Carolina reports on the job opportunities that graduates of the Get Into Energy Lineworker Boot Camp are able to find after completing the program. Learn More
October 18, 2011 - UIL Holdings Corporation applauds the state of Connecticut's recognition of Oct. 17-21 as Careers in Energy Week, announced on Oct. 6 by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. Learn More
October 18, 2011 - JobTrain is participating in CEWD's Careers in Energy Week by launching a job fair on Wednesday, October 19, featuring representatives from the Get Into Energy Career Pathways program and the College of San Mateo's Electrical Power Systems program. Learn More
October 10, 2011 - IEEE is helping to attract more students to study power and energy engineering with programs such as the IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholarship Plus Initiative, which launched in late 2010 and has just awarded its first scholarships. Learn More
September 26, 2011 - Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter announced nearly $500 million in grants to community colleges around the country for targeted training and workforce development to help economically dislocated workers who are changing careers. This installment is the first in a $2 billion, four-year investment designed to increase opportunities for the unemployed. Learn More
September 20, 2011 - ECT.coop reports on the Lineman Training Center at Kentucky’s Somerset Community College, which helps fill the vacancies being created by retiring linemen. The center opened in 2008 with assistance from Jackson Energy Cooperative and American Electric Power. Learn More
August 5, 2011 - Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce has released a new report that examines what a college degree is worth. The report is entitled The College Payoff: Education, Occupations, Lifetime Earnings. See summaries and the full report
August 5, 2011 - Early childhood education and economic development go hand in hand -- NewsOK reports on the alarming shortage of future workers with the math, science, and technology skills to fill the gaps in the skilled energy workforce. Learn More
August 1, 2011 - The partnership between the Maryland-based Constellation Energy Nuclear Group (CENG) and the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) leverages career oportunities in the nuclear energy industry, thanks to the Nuclear Uniform Curriculum Program (NUCP). Learn More
August 1, 2011 - The Department of Energy has awarded a $935,000 grant to the SRS Community Reuse Organization’s Nuclear Workforce Initiative, for use by five area colleges and universities to train workers for existing and future nuclear-related and other high technology jobs. Learn More
July 27, 2011 - A recent U.S. Department of Commerce report showed that science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) jobs grew at a faster rate than non-STEM jobs over the last decade, and that growth in STEM jobs is projected to grow at a faster rate (17 percent) than growth in non-STEM jobs (9.8 percent) between 2008 and 2018. Programs such as Corporate Voices for Working Families’ Learn and Earn initiative can help strengthen our nation's workforce to meet that future job growth. Learn More
July 19, 2011 - With input from CEWD, the Corps Network has released a new publication that illustrates how to prepare young people for jobs, postsecondary education, and careers in a growing green economy, titled, A Green Career Pathways Framework: Postsecondary and Employment Success for Low-Income, Disconnected Youth. Learn More
July 19, 2011 - CLASP is working with a coalition of other organizations to fight against potential cuts to the maximum Pell Grant, as well as harmful cuts in student eligibility. Help spread the word and take action today:
July 14, 2011 - The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) notes that the electric power industry will have to replace nearly 100,000 skilled workers—more than 25,000 of them in the nuclear industry—by 2015. This is driving industry partnerships with educational institutions and has spurred creation of the Get Into Energy website. Learn More
July 14, 2011 - Educational institutions like Richmond Community College in Hamlet, NC, are teaming up with area utilities to develop degree programs to help train a new generation of workers. Learn More
July 3, 2011 - Informed by CEWD estimates that the state could lose more than 40 percent of its skilled trade workers and nuclear workers in the next five years, North Carolina's utilities are aggressively trying to replace this expected shortage of workers. Learn More
June 14, 2011 - 30 Florida high school and college teachers completed their two-day Energy Industry Fundamentals course, the first course in the new statewide Energy Career Cluster curriculum. Learn More
June 13, 2011 - Community colleges are having difficulty attracting experts from the field to serve as instructors for their nuclear tech programs, which has resulted in a shortage of faculty. Learn More
June 11, 2011 - Despite concerns about nuclear energy safety following the accident in Japan, schools such as Cape Fear Community College in North Carolina and Three Rivers Community College (TRCC) in Connecticut demonstrate a demand and interest in the energy industry. Learn More
June 1, 2011 - South Georgia Technical College’s Economic Development and College Connections departments recently held the second annual Get Into Energy camp for local rising eighth and ninth grade students. The camp was designed to help students learn about sources of energy, conservation of energy, and careers in energy. Learn More
June 1, 2011 - The PEW Center on the States' Partnership for America's Economic Success presents Business Champions for Young Children.
May 31, 2011 - Ameren Missouri was announced as one of 15 recipients of the 2011 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. The Freedom award is the highest recognition given by the Department of Defense to employers for exceptional support of their employees in the National Guard and Reserve. Learn More
May 27, 2011 - Bloomberg reports on a 22-year-old who enrolled in electrical-lineman school, just one of many young workers taking advantage of the demand for new employees in the energy industry. Read the full article.
Gulf Power introduces its Solar for Schools program.
Military.com features the "Troops to Energy Jobs" pilot program by Dominion and CEWD.
May 17, 2011 - The Missouri Energy Workforce Consortium (MEWC), a state affiliate of CEWD, is partnering with the Missouri Career Center Veteran’s Program and U.S. Department of Labor-Veterans’ Employment and Training Service to assist veterans in finding enployment and training opportunities using their military experience. See the brochure
May 6, 2011 - CEWD is proud to join with Learning for Life’s career education program: Exploring. The program helps youth throughout the country discover and explore all aspects of careers in engineering and specifically energy.
Could attrition kill the smart grid? IEEE Power & Energy Society is attempting to bridge the gap by assisting engineering students. Read More
The University of California, Berkeley has released the California Workforce Education and Training Needs Assessment. The report suggest that although energy efficiency policies will create new jobs, the state must promote high-quality work. See the press release and the full report.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) announces the availability of up to $122 million in grant funds to be awarded under the Career Pathways Innovation Fund (CPIF) Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA, or Solicitation).
US Labor Department announces Green Jobs Innovation Fund Grant competition to support career training programs through community partnerships.
ACTE provides information on potential cuts to Perkins funding – See what you can do to help.
NAWB provides information on potential cuts to the workforce system – See what you can do to help.
Study: Students need more paths to career success - Associated Press, Feb. 2, 2011
The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (DOLETA) is now soliciting grant applications for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for community college and career training programs.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Notice of Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA)
National Energy Technician Education Summit - Dec. 8-10, Washington, DC
Utilities Seek Fresh Talent for Smart Grids - New York Times, Dec. 29, 2010

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Events

CEWD Calendar

All 2012 Dates Are Subject To Change

National Nuclear Science Week
January 23 - 27, 2012
www.nuclearscienceweek.org

Engineers Week
February 19 - 25, 2012
www.eweek.org

USA Science & Engineering Festival
April 28 & 29, 2012
Walter E. Washington
Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
www.usasciencefestival.org

National Energy Education Network /
Nuclear Uniform Curriculum Program
March 6-8, 2012
Sheraton National Hotel - Arlington, VA
Register here

South/Southeast Regional Meeting
April 19, 2012
Duke Energy - Charlotte, NC

Midwest Regional Meeting
May 16, 2012
Consumers Energy - Marshall, MI

MidAtlantic/Northeast Regional Meeting
June 19, 2012
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association - Arlington, VA

Northwest Regional Meeting
July 17, 2012
Site to be determined

West Regional Meeting
July 19, 2012
Arizona Public Service Co - Phoenix, AZ

State Energy Consortia National Forum
August 15, 2012
Georgia Power Co - Atlanta, GA

CEWD Annual Summit
November 14-16, 2012
Site to be determined