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Attention #communitycollegeinstructors: Would your students like to earn a Google Career Certificate in #DataAnalytics as part of their community college education? Do you want to give them a leg up for when they apply for jobs in the tech sector? Stanford Digital Education, along with the Bay Area Community College Consortium and Grow with Google, published today a playbook that helps instructors to figure out how to integrate the certificate material into a community college curriculum. The goal is to enhance the teaching of data analytics while also boosting students’ career prospects. Read more about why we decided to produce this playbook and check out the hands-on advice it provides. Available online as well as to download at no cost. Visit https://lnkd.in/gxN2MQXH Kudos to Stanford Digital Education's Michael Acedo, who led the project, along with Rob Magliaro of Google, Raymond Kaupp, MBA, Ed.D. of the Bay Area Community College Consortium; and Dan Montoya of 66 Training Services, LLC . The playbook would not have been possible without input from Jeffrey Bergamini at Cabrillo College; Gampi Shankar at Ca?ada College; Brian Palmer at Hartnell College; Kyla Oh at Laney College; Debbie Fields at Las Positas College; Sandy Jones of Los Medanos College; Sanjay Dorairaj and Kidane Sengal at San Jose City College; Bill Andreopoulos at San Jose State University; Bryan Swartout at Skyline College; and Nicholas Hinojosa, Saeed Molki, and Dr.Ali Esmaeili of South Texas College. Thanks also to the following educators at Stanford who contributed to the effort: Pamela Levine, Callan Monette, Sanne Smith, Zac Painter, Kritika Yegnashankaran, Andy Saltarelli, Valerie Goren, and Elizabeth Wilsey. #DataAnalyticsCertificate, Grow with Google and Grow with Google - Data Analytics,

Special Thanks to the Niagara USA Chamber of Commerce for awarding me with the Collaboration and Innovation Award 2024 this May. We are looking to heat up the summer with keeping the momentum going with a few breakthrough initiatives. If you're from The Greater Niagara Region of New York please follow: Greater Niagara Digital Education (GNDE) by PipeDreamers Foundation. GNDE is a pioneering initiative under the Silicon Falls Initiative by the PipeDreamers Foundation's TECHPLOY unit that is committed to transforming the Greater Niagara region into a dynamic hub for tech talent, leveraging the unique backdrop of the world-famous Niagara Falls. Transformation Through Revitalization (TTR) is a non-profit community development organization committed to revitalizing and empowering the Niagara Falls community. Founded in 2006 by Bishop Kevin Dobbs and Norschenia Payne-Dobbs TTR endeavors to uplift the socioeconomic conditions of residents by providing a comprehensive array of services that address immediate needs while fostering sustainable personal and professional development. Launching the "South End Community Revitalization Hub"! The Silicon Falls Initiative is in progress please join us and catch up on our vision here: https://lnkd.in/eUAfNhtP #powerupniagara #siliconfalls #niagarausa #niagarafalls #buffaloniagara #innovation *** Video produced by Vincenzo Bianco at Cataract Media

It was truly an honor to cross the YLS commencement stage with my two beautiful children yesterday. Attending Yale Law School has been life-changing in so many ways – as an inner-city kid from Brooklyn, I never imagined that Yale Law School was in the cards for me. It also feels like yesterday when I was pitching investors at Gary Stewart's cross-disciplinary course, “Think Like a (Start-up) Founder,” sponsored by the Tsai Leadership Program. That course wedded my love of the law with entrepreneurship and innovation. I’m now happy to say that, after six wonderful semesters at YLS—and two semesters earning a degree in manufacturing technology at a local technical college—I founded Thurgood Industries, an alpha-stage startup that’s working to address the existing skills gap in our advanced manufacturing sector. I’m also thrilled to be joined by two brilliant co-founders, Dan Scellen and RC Johnson, who are truly mission driven to help solve one of our nation’s most pressing challenges. As we officially launch in the coming days, I look forward to offering frequent updates on our efforts to connect people with meaningful careers in the skilled trades and advanced industry. Stay tuned! That said, I want to give a huge thanks to all the Yale alumni, staff, and faculty who inspired and supported me on this journey, including Miriam Ingber, James Forman, Jon Perdue, Matt Blodgett, Gary Stewart, and so many others. I also want to give a special thanks to the Tsai Leadership Program and Brooklyn Nets CFO Peter Stern for his support throughout law school. Thank you – I’m forever grateful!