Ithaca College

Are you interested in helping our students prepare for that “green job”? Could your support for community-based/service learning and civic engagement opportunities make Ithaca graduates more marketable and valuable to employers in this tight economy? Join us for a 90-minute webinar titled “Creating Successful Job Placements in Green Jobs – Key Strategies Using Policy and Civic Engagement” . This learning event will be held on Thursday, February 16th starting at 1:00pm in the staff training room in the Office of Career Services. Participation is free but seating is limited. Please register to attend.

During this 90-minute webinar, we will join national industry and college experts as they describe curricular and campus resources available to you to successfully engage our students in regional energy and sustainability policy efforts. Webinar speakers will include:

• An expert from Efficiency First will discuss the industry needs and the policy actions educators and students can take to grow green jobs. Efficiency First is a national nonprofit trade association that unites the Home Performance workforce, building product manufacturers and related businesses and organizations in the escalating fight against global warming and rising energy costs. Efficiency First represents its members in public policy discussions at the state and national levels, to promote the benefits of efficiency retrofitting and to help our industry grow to meet unprecedented demand for quality residential energy improvements.

• Debra Rowe will describe specific options and resources for colleges about how to effectively utilize civic engagement in the classroom and in the community to build a more sustainable economy and create more successes for our students. Dr. Debra Rowe has been a pioneering voice and leading advocate in sustainability education and initiatives for over 30 years. She is President of the U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development, which convenes members of the business, education, communities, government, and faith sectors of the U.S. and catalyzes sustainability initiatives.  At Oakland Community College, Dr. Rowe is a professor of energy management, renewable energy technology and psychology, focusing on harnessing energy from renewable sources in order to have a sustainable environment that will meet our present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.

• Todd Cohen, with the American Association of Community College’s Sustainability and Education and Economic Development (SEED) program, will discuss SEED’s green policy action community and ways to get involved.

This webinar is being jointly hosted on campus by the Office of Career Services and the Sustainability Initiative at Ithaca College.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Marian Brown at mbrown@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3787. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.