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Education
Intensive Training Course to Begin for Shale Jobs
Thursday, May 10, 2012BOARDMAN, Ohio – Fifteen students will be hitting the books Monday to learn everything they can about oil and gas well operations in two weeks through an 80-hour course designed to qualify them to work on rig sites.
All 15 slots to be paid for through a federal training grant were filled, and means are being investigated to pay for additional students to participate in the shale-certification course, said Steve Barnett, chief operating officer with Retrain America.
“We’re really happy with the individuals that will be in the class,” Barnett remarked.
YSU'S Trade Assistance Center Open for Business
Wednesday, May 09, 2012YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Small Business Development Center at Youngstown State University officially launched its International Trade Assistance Center last night with adjunct professor of economics Mousa Kassis overseeing the program.
“My role will be as an international adviser to advise companies in small size, medium size, and farmers in expanding their businesses internationally,” Kassis said.
Strickland Joins Educators to Make Case for Public Schools
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
BOARDMAN, Ohio – Ohio public schools have has fallen victim to rightwing dogma that private enterprise can do a better job of providing public services – including education – than government, says former Gov. Ted Strickland.
Strickland led a group of six educators and a member of the state school board to Boardman High School Monday night for a public forum to rebut this belief. The group would reverse privatization efforts enacted by the state Legislature and signed into law by Strickland’s successor, John Kasich.
Grove City College Gets $100,000 Grant
Monday, May 07, 2012GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Grove City College has received a $100,000 grant from the Arthur William Phillips Charitable Trust. The funds will be put toward construction of the new science, engineering and mathematics building.
Since 2009, Phillips Trust has provided $300,000 in support of this project.
Ex-Gov. Strickland to Address Schools Forum
Friday, May 04, 2012BOARDMAN, Ohio – Former Gov. Ted Strickland will be among the panelists Monday night to discuss “the protection of the public school system from privately operated schools,” the Mahoning County Education Service Center announced Thursday.
The meeting, sponsored by the educational service center, will be held at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of Boardman High School, 7777 Glenwood Ave.