Congrats and
HighFives!
Posted March 1, 2012
Congratulations, High Fives, and Best Wishes...
Know of someone or an organization across Greater Cincinnati who deserves a "pat on the back", a "high five", or
congratulations on their great efforts or achievements? Send an email to info@aboutgreatercincinnati.com.
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College was one of the stops on the three day “Community
College to Career” bus tour that Dr. Jill Biden and U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis recently launched to
highlight the unique role community colleges can play in creating a flexible, highly-skilled 21st-century
workforce to help businesses meet the specific emerging needs in their regions.
Dr. Biden, a community college instructor for 18 years, and U.S. Labor Secretary Solis, who began her
career in public service as a community college trustee, visit to Cincinnati State highlighted Cincinnati
State’s role in the 9-year-old Health Careers Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati. The collaborative, an
effort by local hospitals to help entry-level employees advance to higher level jobs, and has blossomed
into a nationally-studied partnership that helps not only incumbent workers, but also the unemployed
and underemployed in Greater Cincinnati.
Cincinnati State has worked with several of the region’s major hospital groups – including Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital Medical Center, TriHealth, Mercy Health Partners and University Hospital – along with
Great Oaks Career Campuses, Gateway Community & Technical College and a variety of community
organizations to help participants gain the training and skills needed to find a job, advance in a career
and achieve economic self-sufficiency.
The U.S. Department of Labor has named Cincinnati State the lead partner in two recent grants designed
to support and replicate this career pathway model. The first was for $4.9 million. The most recent award,
totaling $19.6 million, includes 10 community colleges in five states and the District of Columbia.
The Health Careers Collaborative (along with the Southwest Ohio Region Workforce Investment Board)
was recently featured by the U.S. Government Accountability Office as one of 14 national best practices in
collaborations between workforce boards and employers.
The “Community College to Career” bus tour by Dr. Biden and U.S. Labor Secretary Solis included stops in
Columbus, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Lexington, Kentucky; Knoxville, Tennessee and Wytheville, Virginia; and
Greensboro, North Carolina.
High-fives Cincinnati State and all involved in the Health Careers Collaborative!
Dr. Jill Biden speaks at Cincinnati State, one of the stops on the Community College to Career Bus Tour. pictured: Dr. Biden (at podium), and U.S. Labor Secretary Solis and Cincinnati State President Dr. O'dell Owens ( left-right behind Dr. Biden) photo provided by Cincinnati State
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"Community College to Career" Bus Tour Stops at Cincinnati State
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Lakota East High School students participating in a weekly after-school web-design
program in the East Web Design Club were selected as winners in the 2012 Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Art, Writing and Multimedia Contest sponsored by the Ohio
Civil Rights Commission. Team members were honored for their achievement at a
King celebration and contest award ceremony on February 23 in Columbus, Ohio.
The students' website, titled Contribute Now: Toward Peace and Non-Violence was
one of only two multi-media submissions selected for recognition out of 1,500
contest entries statewide.
“ I am proud of how this group worked together and how they captured the essence of
Dr. King's theme and ideals,” said Doug Noxsel, web design teacher and sponsor of
the project. “They could have spent their time on a mindless, shallow, short-lived,
contemporary topic but they didn't. They put forth effort into something that has
long-term value.”
The contest called on students to reflect on the peaceful tactics that served as the
foundation of King's leadership in the Civil Rights Movement. Students were asked
to incorporate examples from their lives that describe what they can do or have done
to contribute to a more peaceful and nonviolent world.
Student members of the web design team included Jason Shake, Alex Gilley, Angela
Ferguson (club president), Kaitlin Owens (video producer), Nick Starr, Aaron Jolliffe,
Matt Sepela and Drew Stauft. Students collaborated on the design and content of the
web pages, produced a video and created the coding for the site.
The website's video highlights the school's peer mediation program and discusses
defusing violent behavior. The volunteers who appear in the video are Katy Doyle,
Olivia Wrencher, Javiar Cubas, Jessica Hernandez, Kari Curry, Alexis Thomas and
Tyler Daniels.
Check out their winning website, click here . Be sure to watch the video and view
their thoughts on how YOU can spread Dr. King's dream of peace and non-violence.
High-fives and Congrats to all involved in this project to keep the dream alive!
Lakota East High School Students Win Award from the Ohio Civil Rights Commission
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