Press Contact: Chris Chesrown
Media Relations Manager
480-731-8503
| WHAT:
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MARICOPA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES MAKE WORKFORCE TRAINING COMMITMENT TO BIOTECH
INDUSTRY Chancellor Fred Gaskin will announce a major financial
commitment to establish quality programs that train the segment
of biotechnology workers expected to experience the greatest and
most immediate demand. The announcement is aimed at strengthening
Arizona's bid to attract the International Genomics Consortium (IGC)
and support activities of the Arizona Bioscience and Biomedicine
Institutes (ABBI). |
| WHEN: |
Wednesday,
April 24
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
| WHO:
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Dr. Fred Gaskin,
Chancellor, the Maricopa Community Colleges
Dr. Mary Vanis,
Director, Center for Workforce Development
Dr. Michael
E. Berens, Co-Chair Arizona BioIndustry Cluster Board of
Directors and Director, Division of Neurology Research, Barrow
Neurological Institute
Greg Stanton,
Phoenix City Councilman, District 6
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| WHERE: |
Mesa Community
College - Science Building (New building - West side)
1833 W. Southern Avenue - Life Science (LS) 105 |
| PHOTO
OP: |
A biology
lab, with students studying in the biotech program at Mesa Community
College, will be available for press photography at 11:00 a.m.,
immediately following the prepared comments. |
| MORE:
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Arizona
is one of four cities being considered for the new headquarters
of the International Genomics Consortium, a nonprofit group headed
by prominent scientists involved in genetic research. If the Consortium
chooses Phoenix, the 21st century scientists who come here to work
will require biotechnically trained employees to help them reach
their goals. Additionally, biotech industries are growing rapidly,
and their impact on our economy and community will become increasingly
more apparent. |
The Maricopa
County Community College District is one of the largest community college
districts in the nation. It includes 10 colleges - Chandler-Gilbert
Community College, Estrella Mountain Community College, GateWay Community
College, Glendale Community College, Mesa Community College, Paradise
Valley Community College, Phoenix College, Rio Salado College, Scottsdale
Community College and South Mountain Community College. The District
also includes the Maricopa Skill Center, Southwest Skill Center, several
satellite campuses and business/industry, technical and customized training
institutes and serves more than 277,000 students annually. For more
information: 480-731-8000 or www.maricopa.edu
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April 17, 2002
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