May 4, 2004
INFORMATION: John McElwain or Pamela Welden, (661) 362-3494 or 3245
College to Host VIA Business Breakfast
SANTA CLARITA College of the Canyons will open its doors to the local business community on June 11 when it hosts a business breakfast for members of the Valley Industrial Association. The event, complete with tours of the college for participating business leaders, is one of the VIA-In-Action Breakfast Series. The event will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. and will begin with a networking breakfast in the college’s library. VIA members may attend for $5, while non-members will be asked to pay $15.
“Employers will hear about and tour a variety of college departments and programs that offer benefits to employers,” said Dena Maloney, dean of economic development for the college. “It will come as a surprise to some attendees that we are offering biotech programs and clean-room training; we are providing new programs in the state-of-the-art solid-modeling arena; and that we are creating programs for the hospitality and security industries in response to employer requests.”
Attendees will be able to choose from a wide variety of tours that include in-depth looks at the college’s Radio/Television/Film Department; manufacturing technology activities; biology and biotech departments; science facilities; and the on-campus Career Center. Tours of the college’s off-campus computer labs, solid-modeling and CNC equipment locations will also be available.
Pamela Welden, director of the Employee Training Institute at the college, is organizing the breakfast event. “I am particularly excited about showing off the many exciting programs and opportunities that College of the Canyons can offer the business community,” said Welden, “and I hope that Santa Clarita employers will realize the many benefits of working with the college. Last year a local firm benefited from the creation of a successful radio campaign that was developed as a course project through our Radio/Television/Film Department.”
Key faculty members will be available to answer questions about their programs during the tours. For more information about the VIA-In-Action Breakfast at College of the Canyons, please call Welden at (661) 362-3245 or Kathy Norris at (661) 294-8088.
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