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Siemens grant to LWC will benefit Adair, Russell HS students Grant to be used to develop energy and facilities management career academy; LIndsey will work with school districts, local businesses By Duane Bonifer Director Public Affairs, Lindsey Wilson College Lindsey Wilson College has received a $10,000 planning grant to develop a career academy focused on the rapidly growing field of energy and facilities management. The grant was provided by from Siemens Building Technologies Inc., in partnership with the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities. This school year, Lindsey Wilson will partner with the Adair and Russell county School Districts to plan the career academy. Lindsey Wilson's proposal was chosen from responses to a request for proposals offered to Kentucky's 20 private colleges and universities. "Siemens is delighted to partner in this one of a kind program in a rural area where demands for new energy technologies are just as important as in urban areas," said Dr. Marc McCulloch, director of Siemens' K-12 Education Division. McCulloch met with local education officials throughout the proposal's review process. The Energy and Facilities Management Career Academy establishes a clear pathway for high school students interested in energy-related careers. Beginning in the sophomore year, the career academy will combine hands-on instruction with academics to prepare students for postsecondary studies in facilities management, engineering, and other areas related to energy use and efficiency. The planning grant allows Lindsey Wilson administrators and faculty to work with leaders from Adair and Russell county high schools and local businesses to develop a career academy concept. Funding resources to implement the career academy are currently being identified. Pending the development of a successful career academy concept and adequate funding, the career academy will be implemented at the sophomore level at the participating high schools in an upcoming year. "The energy field and the career academy model both have a lot of potential to benefit people across Kentucky, and we're very pleased to partner with Siemens to provide this opportunity," said AIKCU President Gary S. Cox. "We're confident that Lindsey Wilson and these high schools will develop an outstanding program that can be replicated in other communities around the state." Energy/facilities management technology is a rapidly evolving profession with high growth potential for future careers. As organizations look to curb energy consumption and make buildings and workplaces more energy and cost efficient, the role of the energy/facilities manager will only grow. "Last summer's special energy legislation shows that that energy and stewardship of our resources have joined education as statewide priorities for Kentucky," Cox said. "We see this effort at Lindsey Wilson as another example of independent higher education's commitment to meeting the needs of the commonwealth." Career academies are an integrated approach to career and technical education with academic education, designed to simultaneously prepare students for career and postsecondary options. "Career academies are organized as small learning communities in which students traditionally stay with a core group of teachers over the years they are in high school," said Lindsey Wilson Vice President for Academic Affairs Bettie Starr. "Career academies help students connect what they learn in school with their career aspirations and goals." In addition to the two area high schools, Lindsey Wilson will also work with Green Mechanical Construction of Glasgow, Ky., and Wind Energy Corp. of Elizabethtown, Ky.Green Mechanical Construction is one of Kentucky's leading mechanical contractors in plumbing, heating, ventilating and air conditioning; and Wind Energy is a high-tech company that develops low-cost, high-yield wind turbines. "Creative uses and creative sources of energy are two of our nation's leading challenges, and these two companies are both on the cutting edge of their respective fields," Starr said.One of the major benefits of establishing a career academy is that it brings area high schools, businesses and local higher education together, Starr said. "By working together, high schools, colleges and industry can better prepare students to compete and thrive in the new economy," Starr said. This story was posted on 2008-01-15 20:10:28
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