Category Archives: CEWD

CUNY CareerPATH- Green Manufacturing & Industrial Design at City Tech

If you’re interested in finding out more about CUNY CareerPATH programs, attend one of our information sessions. If you want to get started right away, fill out this quick surveyand a CareerPATH staff member will contact you with all the information you need to get your future moving.

**Most programs will be starting up information sessions in January 2014, so please check back then. If you would like to talk with a representative right away, fill out our survey (above) or call one of the programs and someone will get in contact with you soon.

New York City College of Technology (City Tech): 

GAMC–Green Advance Manufacturing Collaborative information sessions: 

Tuesday – February 11, 2014 (4:30 PM – 8:30 PM)
Thursday –  February 20, 2014  (8:30 AM – 12:30 PM)
Tuesday –  February 25, 2014 (4:30 PM – 8:30 PM)

To schedule an appointment and reserve your seat, call: 718-552-1157

To get more information on other CUNY CareerPATH programs visit:  http://cewdkbcc.com/current-programs/cuny-careerpath/information-sessions/

New Year, New GED at Project Rise

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Kingsborough’s Project Rise participants, Brooklyn, NY

Since our November post about the new GED, I met with Project Rise’s Associate Director, Dina LiMandri, to discuss the steps being taken to prepare for the new series of tests. Through meetings at the Young Adult Institute and at CUNY Central, Project Rise instructors have been receiving training to ensure they have the most updated information. Continue reading →

DCC & EMT CUNY CareerPATH Winter Info Sessions at BMCC

CUNY CareerPATH : www.cuny.edu/careerpath

For a full list of CUNY CareerPATH’s information sessions, check here.

Borough of Manhattan Community College:
EMT – Emergency Medical Technician program: Info Session, followed by testing. 

12/12/2013 11:00am
12/17/2013 6:00pm
12/19/2013 11:00am
1/7/2014 11:00am & 6:00pm
1/14/2014 11:00am
1/21/2014 11:00am
1/28/2014 11:00am

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The Non-Linear Workforce

Gone are the days that a worker stayed with a single company throughout their entire career. Times have changed so much that today, it’s rare to even find workers remaining in a single industry. While just saying this has given many people solace in the unpredictability of their job progression, it’s important to point out the more tangible reasons for this change; some have almost nothing to do with the individual worker.

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Nutrition Education

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Tomato harvest KCC Urban Farm, summer 2013

Great news from the USDA. A study on SNAP-Education finds that nutrition education programs can lead to healthier food choices by participants. The study followed programs in 3 US states (Michigan, Iowa and Kentucky) that were designed to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in children and seniors. Two out of the 3 programs showed significant increases of at-home fruit/vegetable consumption and all programs showed greater participation appreciation towards healthier food options. You can read more about this study here. 

At the KCC Urban Farm in Brooklyn, we encourage not only healthy eating, but also a more holistic understanding of larger food systems. Our demonstrations include side-by-side comparisons of conventional vs. farm-grown fruits/vegetables and a hands-on look at what happens to food we throw away (yay compost!). Kingsborough’s Culinary Arts program even benefits from our ultra-local harvests. We hope to have a Farm-integrated nutrition program on campus in the future, so stay tuned. 

 

Wrapping up a great season

Season extension: we’re still growing
2013 was a productive season at KCC Urban Farm. Despite smaller growing area due to construction, we grew over 3,000 lbs of fresh produce, all of which went to the KCC community!

While the weather is getting cold outside, it’s still a few degrees warmer in the hoop house, where we’ll be growing cold hardy crops through the winter.

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Working with KCC Reads

Food Day at KCC Urban Farm

Food Day at KCC Urban Farm


KCC Urban Farm has been working intimately with KCC Reads, since this year’s book, Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer, is all about our food system. We co-hosted an event on Food Day, a national celebration of healthy, affordable, and sustainably produced food, that brought over a hundred students to the farm. We led tours of the farm and discussions about our food system for dozens of classes that are reading the book, and produced a toolkit of resources for faculty who are teaching about food and farming.

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Direct Care Counseling (DCC) at the Borough of Manhattan Community College

The Direct Care Counseling at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) is a full-time training program, offered Monday-Friday from 9 am – 5 pm. The DCC program prepares student to work in the mental health field dealing with individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Training includes Approved Medication Administration & Personal, Strategic Crisis Intervention and Prevention and CPR/First Aid. Upon Completion of DCC training, students earn/bank 3 college credits towards an AAS Degree in Human Services at BMCC

For more information and to register for an upcoming info session, please call:              212-346-8435.

Upcoming Info Session Dates:

  • Wednesday, December 4, 2013
  • Monday, December 9, 2013
  • Friday, December 13, 2013
  • Wednesday, December 18, 2013
  • Monday, January 6, 2014
  • Friday January 10, 2014
  • Wednesday, January 15, 2014
  • Friday, January 17, 2014
  • Wednesday, January 22, 2014
  • Monday, January 27, 2014
  • Friday, January 31, 2014
  • Monday, February 3, 2014
  • Wednesday, February 5, 2014
  • Monday,  February 10, 2014
  • Friday, February 14, 2014
  • Wednesday, February 19, 2014
  • Friday, February 21, 2014
  • Monday, February 24, 2014
  • Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Composting in New York

KCC Urban Farm compost

KCC Urban Farm compost

Great news from PlaNYC! In the first 6 months of the city’s composting pilot program, over 2,500 tons of solid waste has been diverted from city landfills. That’s a lot of waste! The current pilot is running with curbside pickup in Staten Island and a handful of restaurants throughout the city. The Food Waste Challenge, which encourages restaurants to reduce food waste in city landfills by 50%, is part of the larger PlaNYC challenge to divert 75% of all solid waste from landfills by 2030. Despite still being in its adolescent stage, this initiative is expected to make significant changes to the way New Yorkers handle their waste.

Composting at KCC Urban Farm in Brooklyn is big! Our compost comes from Farm leftovers, as well as waste from Kingsborough’s Culinary Arts program. We have plans to revamp our current system as well as to develop a new, campus-wide collection and processing system. While this new program hasn’t yet gotten off the ground, our larger goal is engage the campus community with drop-offs for faculty, staff, students and other campus entities, as well as creating a more robust and collaborative system of learning for everyone involved. If you’re interested in learning more about composting or would like to be involved in this new initiative, contact the KCC Urban Farm (kccurbanfarm@kbcc.cuny.edu or 718.368.6578) for site visits or a list of our Continuing Education classes.

Career Tips

You’ve landed a job. Now, how are you going to rock it? Here’s some really great advice coming from thedailymuse.com 45 Pieces of Career Advice That Will Get You To The Top. A few highlights:

“2. Don’t take yourself (or your career) too seriously. Plenty of brilliant people started out in jobs they hated, or took paths that weren’t right at the beginning of their careers. Professional development is no longer linear, and trust that with hard work and a dedication to figuring out what you want to do with your life, you, too, will be OK! Kathryn Minshew, CEO of The Muse”

I’m not sure the opening wording is the best, but what comes after is…”Professional development is no longer linear” It’s rare that people end up in the exact career they planned for when they graduated. One bad job won’t define your future in a specific industry, and on the flip-side, one job in a completely different industry might change your future career path. With this in mind, work hard wherever you are. Find out what moves you and see where it, and you, can go.

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