ACE Mentor Program of Greater Charlotte will host a Trades Day on Saturday, October 29, that will introduce high school students to a variety of construction trades through demonstrations and hands-on activities with local firms. The organization is partnering with Central Piedmont Community College and Vannoy Construction on the event, which will be held at CPCC’s Harper Campus from…
Colleges
Making a Difference: Clemson Students Celebrate 25 years of Homecoming Habitat Builds
Every fall during Homecoming week, the Clemson community unites to build a home for a local family in need. The project, which is organized by Clemson University’s Habitat for Humanity chapter and supervised by the Pickens County Habitat for Humanity, marked its 25th year and 26th home in October 2018. Tradition calls for building the house on…
Clemson CSM Students Place in Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region 2 Student Competitions
Three teams from Clemson University’s Construction Science and Management (CSM) department were among those representing the Southeast’s leading collegiate Construction Management programs who gathered in Peachtree City, GA, this fall to compete in the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region 2 student competitions. Clemson CSM students won 2nd place in the ASC/AGC Concrete Competition under…
Clemson’s Wood Utilization + Design Institute Celebrates Five Years Promoting “Wood is Good”
CLEMSON – Trees have provided a viable building material for centuries, and although steel and concrete have taken center stage in contemporary construction, lumber is making a comeback. Building with wood has a number of advantages. For the past five years, Clemson University’s Wood Utilization + Design Institute (WU+D) has been educating individuals in the Southeast about…
Clemson CSM Department’s Dr. Joe Burgett: Winner of 2018 Alumni Master Teacher Award
As Clemson University students begin another semester of classes, Dr. Joe Burgett is beginning his sixth year as an assistant professor in Clemson University’s Construction Science and Management Department. As the Spring 2018 semester came to a close, Dr. Burgett was presented with the 2018 Alumni Master Teacher Award for outstanding undergraduate classroom instruction. This…
High Schools
CarolinaPower’s North Augusta (S.C.) Team Mentors Skilled Trades Students, Donates Time and Materials
CarolinaPower’s North Augusta, S.C., office epitomizes the company’s service-oriented nature. While serving as judges and mentors in a local AGC of Georgia Skills competition this past spring, CarolinaPower’s Tom Darst, and Clint Maxwell got to know one of the instructors, Jim Borum – a construction skilled trades teacher at Jefferson County High School near Augusta,…
Carolinas AGC Busy Spreading Word of Great Careers in the Construction Industry
From Mt. Airy, N.C., all the way to Charleston, S.C. and in between, through the first five months of 2018 Carolinas AGC’s Build Your Career initiative has shared the story of great careers in the construction industry with over 7,000 students. With a booth at 13 Career Fairs, six classroom visits and the aid of…
ABC Engages Charleston Area High School Students in Construction Competition
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the Carolinas–Lowcountry, in collaboration with the Charleston Metro Chamber, held its first annual Students’ Hands-on Experience Day (S.H.E.D.) competition on Friday, April 27, 2018, at the Exchange Park in Ladson, S.C. The purpose of the event was to introduce construction as not just a job, but as a…
Wake County Drafting and Carpentry Students Compete in ABC’s 2nd Annual S.H.E.D. Event
Cary, N.C. – As part of its ongoing partnership with the Wake County Public School System, the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the Carolinas held its second annual Students’ Hands-on Experience Day (S.H.E.D.) competition at Cary High School over a three-day period beginning Thursday April 26. The overall objective of the yearly spring event is to promote interest in…
Online Programs
Clemson University and MBI Announce New Online Course for Modular Construction
Modular construction has become a viable option for numerous types of facilities. To help facilitate the adoption of modular construction, the Modular Building Institute (MBI) worked closely with Clemson University to develop the new online course Introduction to Commercial Modular Construction. “We are excited to present this introductory course that is perfect for anyone interested…
Carolina Schools with Online Vocational Programs Ranked by AccreditedSchoolsOnline.org
The Community for Accredited Online Schools, a leader in higher education resources at AccreditedSchoolsOnline.org, has released the 2016-2017 list of Best Online Vocational Schools in the nation. Analyzing more than a dozen unique data points, the site scored and ranked schools offering vocational training programs online to determine the Best, with the following scoring highest:…
EdGate Creates the Largest Career Technical Education Standards Database
Publishers can accelerate sales to the fast growing Career and Technical Education market using EdGate’s CTE repository, correlation services and publisher tools. Career Technical Education (CTE) and Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) standards are provided through the EdGate repository. With the addition of 500,000 CTE standards, EdGate’s repository now houses over three million standards, making it the…
Technical Schools
Lowe’s Commits To Developing Future Skilled Trades Workforce With New Employee Pre-Apprenticeship Program
Mooresville, NC-based Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) announced Track to the Trades, a new workforce development initiative that aims to provide innovative career alternatives and financial support for employees to pursue a skilled trade. The program will be supported in partnership with Guild Education, an adult education company. The initiative comes at a time when…
