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Fourth Quarter, 2009 -Knowledge - powered by MiBiz
As Michigan undergoes systemic economic change, community colleges are anything but asleep at the switch. Traditionally at the heart of workforce development, they stand at the forefront of this transition, providing workforce training to those moving from other industries into the new fields of alternative and renewable energies.
At Kalamazoo Valley Community College, both credit and non-credit trainings are available for people to retool.
"We try to offer a wide range of options," said Cindy Buckley, executive director for training at M-TEC at KVCC.
Some of those options include the wind energy technology certificate credit program, which addresses demand for skilled technicians that install, maintain and service modern wind turbines; and the wind turbine technician academy, a 26-week academy that trains utility grade technicians to install, operate and repair utility grade wind turbines.
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If you would like additional information regarding the Wind Energy Center, alternative energy or renewable resources, email us at windenergycenter@kvcc.edu
August 2009 - Upton secures funding for Wind Energy curriculum
August 2009 - Sustainability could secure a good future
June 2009 - Michigan college expands energy academy
May 2009 - Green motivation drives interest in wind power
April 2009 - Michigan Initiates Big Efficiency Program, Workforce Training for the Wind Industry
April 2009 - Congressman Upton hails KVCC Wind Energy Center Program
April 2009 - Senator Stabenow visits the Wind Energy Center
February 2009 - KVCC Becomes Wind-Power Training Hub
February 2009 - Entegrity Wind Systems Installs New Wind Turbines in Alaska and Michigan
February 2009 - KVCC's Wind Turbine Dedication A Success
February 2009 - Energy Will Be Blowin' In The Wind
February 2009 - KVCC students will build wind turbine learning tool
February 2009 - College and Businesses Launch Into Wind Power
January 2009 - Wind turbine erected at KVCC
November 2008 - Texas Townships Commission approves installation of wind turbine
August 2008 - Congressman Fred Upton highlights KVCC/WMU partnership
April 2008 - Wind Energy Center pursued by KVCC
April 2008 - Wind Energy Center proposal presented to KVCC Board of Trustees
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