If you weren’t able to join us for the 2017 Pathways to Student Success Summit, you missed one of the most important, mind-shifting presentations about how to best connect education and career preparedness. Kevin Fleming, author of the viral video sensation, Success in the New Economy, presented a powerful case for rethinking how we point […]
The ever-widening disconnect between education and career readiness for young people is finally beginning to close thanks to a resurgence in Career and Technical Education (CTE). CTE aligns high school and college education to the demands of the labor market and provides students the technical, academic and workplace knowledge and skills they need for long-term […]
The power of Career and Technical Education (CTE) took center stage at the 2017 Pathways to Student Success Summit on April 28 and 29. Students, educators, counselors, business and non-profit community members, and workforce development representatives had the opportunity to connect the latest innovations nationally to opportunities and initiatives taking place locally, that together could […]
Las Cruces Sun News: 4/17/17 The important work to align workforce development with economic development, and funded with the support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is featured in this story by Jason Gibbs.
Want to help young people finish high school? Enroll in college and accumulate credit hours quicker? Finish high school with a certification that helps them start their careers at higher than minimum wage? Earn college degrees faster and with less debt? Then you should be a HUGE fan of dual credit courses! And those who […]
This African proverb is often quoted, but even in its repetition and potential overuse, the truth of its message is as firm as bedrock. One person or entity working alone is never able to accomplish quite as much as one can in partnership with others. And when you seek to create real, lasting change, time […]
Paul Harvey, the late radio broadcaster, was legendary in his ability to capture audiences with 33 years of daily radio shows about the “stories behind the stories” of historical events, significant (and not so significant) people, discoveries and places What people loved was that Harvey was able to look behind the story to find an […]
Article by Damien Willis, Las Cruces Sun-News, January 1, 2017 http://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/2017/01/01/movers-shakers-tracey-bryan-focuses-workforce/96000392/
Build My Future: Students get hands-on experience in construction industry
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About 500 students from Las Cruces area schools took part in the third Tyson Brown Memorial Build My Future event Tuesday.
Chamber, Bridge host Oct. 12-13 work summit
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What is the future of work in the Mesilla Valley? What information and emerging best practices do Doña Ana County’s critical industries and employers need to have to succeed in the future?
Governor announces satellite film school to open in Las Cruces. Here are the details.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Tuesday that the state’s Next Generation Media Academy will have a satellite location in Las Cruces.
New Mexico leaping ahead in next space race
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New partnership helps companies surmount barriers to success