2010 UCEA Workforce
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2010 UCEA Workforce Development Forum

January 13-15, 2010 — Chaparral Suites Resort Scottsdale — Scottsdale, AZ

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Thursday Morning Sessions

Enhancing Health Care Quality for Pennsylvania Residents through Resilient Engagement

Janetta DeOnna, The Penn State University
Jeff Warner, Penn State York
Annie Haines, Penn State York Continuing Education
Theresa Shank, Penn State Mont Alto

This session examines a highly successful healthcare initiative to provide leadership and diversity programs to over 2,500 incumbent healthcare workers in 35 Pennsylvania counties.  What it took was active engagement with workforce partnerships, multiple educational institutions and other public and private entities. Participants will learn ways to engage with Workforce Investment Boards and how to broaden collaboration within their organizations and with outside partners.

Let’s Stretch our Labor, Education, Governments

Anna Lopez, GateWay Community College
Cheryl A. Rider de Martinez, Phoenix Workforce Connection
Kimberly Faust, Maricopa Workforce Connection
Tim C. Valencia, Phoenix Workforce Connection
William Higgins, Phoenix Bricklaying and Tilesetting Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee
Mark Minter, Arizona Builders’ Alliance
Paula Burnam, Arizona Department of Commerce

GateWay Community College, the City of Phoenix, Arizona Builder’s Alliance, The Department of Commerce and Phoenix Bricklaying and Tilesetting Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee joined forces to tap labor and education entities for support in their efforts to apply for grants that would benefit youth, displaced and under skilled workers, and also provide continuing education for skilled workers.   By combining programs and establishing partnership agreements, additional funding resources were obtained in the form of Pell Grants, student financial aid, labor program scholarships, payment vouchers, and WIA training funds.

A New Time, A New Degree: Four Campuses of the University of Wisconsin and Extension Lead the Way

John Skalbeck, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Greg Trudeau, University of Wisconsin-Superior
Anne Hoel, University of Wisconsin-Stout

Academic directors representing three University of Wisconsin campuses will discuss the process of developing and implementing an online Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Management degree completion program. The program is a collaborative degree offered by four independent campuses, supported by Extension, which builds on associates degrees from the two-year colleges. Technology is a central tenet.  The degree is offered fully online and targets non-traditional students.

Thursday Afternoon Sessions

New Partnerships in Allied Health

Jeffrey Rosen, Loyola University of Chicago

Loyola University Chicago's School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) has collaborated with the University's Stritch School of Medicine and Loyola University Health System to create new bachelor's degree programs in allied health care, including clinical laboratory science, exercise physiology, and healthcare emergency management. Programs are open to returning adult students, community college transfers, traditional full-time undergraduate students, and to individuals pursuing a second bachelor's degree. The university health system also encourages job-training from within, with the intention to fill vacancies or replace workers who will be soon retiring.

Embracing the Future Workforce:
How American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants have stimulated enrollments during an economic downturn

Wendy Evers, San Diego State University

SDSU College of Extended Studies is developing and marketing new programs across the country with Workforce Partnership.  This presentation will discuss ways to link community needs with ARRA grant funding and contemporary workforce needs.  In response to the demand for new energy and healthcare “education to career” based programs, SDSU has developed three green professional certificate programs and multiple healthcare certifications that address the need for “replacement careers”  in a changing workforce

Collaborations for Innovative Workplace Solutions

Vincent Deberry, University of Oklahoma
Juna Stovall, University of Oklahoma

This presentation will discuss how OU has collaborated with state partners to provide development, training and outreach services.  The presentation will examine online learning, web-based videos, web-based assessments, new worker and experienced worker academies, and learning management systems for state agencies including the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.

Friday Morning Sessions

Adapting Student Services to a Changing Technology Environment

Nancy Sherman, Oklahoma State University
Anne Mahoney, Oklahoma State University
Kristi Wheeler, Oklahoma State University

Providing distance learning is a challenge and an opportunity for today’s universities. Higher Education is catering to a changing student base with more nontraditional students. A weakened economy and employment setbacks have students seeking new tools. This practical session will give you tools, based on best practices, to build an effective website and offer services which can enable you to attract and retain students and faculty in a changing technological environment.

How One Small College is (Trying) to Enter the World of Green Workforce Development

Dr. Ty Handy, Vermont Technical College
Jay Paterson, Vermont Technical College

This session will provide a case study of how one small public college in Vermont, faced with limited resources and tight state financing, is leveraging existing infrastructure, assets, and new funds available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to establish a Center for Sustainable Practices.  Successes, hurdles, opportunities, and lessons learned will all be discussed.

A + B + M = C2  (Associates + Bachelors + Masters = Career – Squared… or Rounded!)

Linda S. Lange, Regis University
Barry Martin, Regis University

This session will review several collaborative efforts including articulation plans and co-enrollment programs with community colleges, our consortium for delivering online classes to students from partnered independent colleges, a new combined Bachelors and Masters degree plan, and some international collaborations in bilingual delivery. 

For more information: contact Tim Sloate, UCEA Director of Research, at tsloate@upcea.edu or 202.659.3130.