A new training program will help train students to work in the homebuilding industry. The Baldy View Chapter of the Building Industry Association of Southern California and the San Bernardino Community College District have partnered to start the Entry-Level Residential Construction Trades Training Program, according to a statement. The program …
Read More »Construction to start on CSUSB union expansion
A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled to be held Tuesday at the Santos Manuel Student Union at Cal State San Bernardino. Plans call for a three-story, 120,000 square-foot expansion to be built immediately north of the current student union, according to a statement. The $90 million project, which has been approved …
Read More »University of Redlands, Riverside Community College form partnership
The University of Redlands and Riverside Community College have formed an alliance that will make it easier for the community college’s business students to transfer into Redlands’ School of Business, where they can pursue a bachelor’s degree. Students who obtain a bachelor’s degree may then enroll in the university’s masters …
Read More »UCR gets grant for job incubator
UC Riverside has received a $2.5 million grant from the Riverside County Economic Development Administration. The grant, which will be used to help buy equipment for the Inland Empire’s first wet incubator lab, will be matched by another $2.5 from the state of California and UC Riverside, according to a …
Read More »Cal Poly professor receives NSF grant
Alex John, an assistant professor at Cal Poly Pomona, has received a $240,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The money will allow John and his students to continue working on finding a biomass based alternative to petroleum products, according to a statement. John and his students are developing catalysts …
Read More »Logistics training center announced for High Desert
Two major industrial builders and a community college are developing a training center at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville that will address a shortage of workers in the logistics industry. Stirling Capital Investments in Foothill Ranch and ProLogis in San Francisco have partnered with Victor Valley Community College …
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