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People: Week of Feb. 6, 2012

February 6th, 2012

Civil Engineering Santa Rosa-based 15000 Inc. hired Jacob Miller, a mechanical designer. Mr. Miller is a graduate of California State University, Chico and a current member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has volunteered his time with the Marin Municipal Water District shadowing the engineering design, drafting, surveying, and construction inspection departments. Commercial [...]
Wine Business Management Certificate online course applications due Feb. 6

February 2nd, 2012

Sonoma State University’s Online Wine Business Management Certificate launches its second round of foundation classes next week. Monday, Feb. 6, is the last day to apply. This new certificate program kicked off in the fall and concluded with great feedback on the four-week foundation level course taught by Tim Hanni.
Wine executive MBA coming to Napa Valley

January 17th, 2012

ST. HELENA — Sonoma State University’s master of business administration degree program targeted at wine industry executives is coming to Napa Valley this spring under a partnership with a large local trade association announced today.
SRJC wines to be the taste of The Wineyard

January 16th, 2012

SANTA ROSA — Santa Rosa Junior College’s Shone Farm Winery, part of the community college’s winemaking and viticulture training program, has teamed up with a new collective tasting room in the city to provide a higher-profile venue for the school’s award-winning wines and eventually other planned packaged agricultural products from the 365-acre west Sonoma County property.
As graduates face challenging job market, colleges help

January 16th, 2012

Recognizing challenges in the job market, institutions of higher learning have been making focused efforts to help their graduates find and be prepared for work, and North Bay colleges and universities are no exception.
Dominican hosts leadership event; upcoming seminars for business and finances

January 16th, 2012

Dominican University featured a number of the region’s business leaders during a breakfast event titled “North Bay Executives Share and Discuss 2012 Leadership Action Plans” last Wednesday. It was the sixth “Business Edge” event since March, sponsored by the school’s Institute for Leadership Studies. Speakers included Mike Cohill, president of Sutter Health – West Bay; [...]
Computer devices leaving art of touch typing behind

January 9th, 2012

SANTA ROSA — Everywhere you look these days you see young and old alike using two fingers, or thumbs, to input text on laptop keyboards or handheld devices.
2011 top stories: New hospital, tech advances define year of the economy

January 2nd, 2012

The national and local economy was on everyone’s mind in 2011. But as the Business Journal editorial staff set out to develop its Top Ten Stories of the Year, it quickly became clear that the North Bay was blessed with multiple economy-boosting projects and new commitments job creation.
National ’114th Partnership’ begins effort in San Rafael schools

December 19th, 2011

The effort seeks to reproduce the success seen in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland.
Dominican, company explore promising approach to graphene

December 12th, 2011

Dominican University in San Rafael has joined forces with a Marin company producing graphene from carbon dioxide.
Manufacturers, schools join in ’100-in-100′ program

December 12th, 2011

NORTH BAY – This week will see the kickoff for enrollment in “100-in-100,” an innovative program to put high school students up close with local manufacturers.
$20 million B. Robert Burdo Culinary Arts Center set to serve students and public

December 5th, 2011

In addition to serving the needs of the county’s only professional culinary program, the 22,000-square-foot building will also be serving up food and treats to the public.
SRJC names new president

November 22nd, 2011

Dr. Frank Chong will succeed Dr. Robert F. Agrella as superintendant and president of Santa Rosa Junior College, following the current president’s 21 years in the position. “I am grateful for the trust that the board of trustees has placed in me and honored to become part of the vibrant, growing Sonoma County community,” said Dr. Chong. Dr. Chong, currently the deputy assistant secretary for community colleges at the U.S. Department of Education, will begin in his new role on Jan. 11. He was formerly the president of Laney College in Oakland and Mission College in Santa Clara, as well as the campus dean and dean of student affairs at San Francisco City College. The Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees selected Dr. Chong from a field of 42 applicants.
Team Jaworski wins RCU’s ‘Amazing Savers’

November 17th, 2011

SANTA ROSA — When Redwood Credit Union President and CEO Brett Martinez took to the podium tonight to present the $10,000 grand prize for the institution’s first “Amazing Savers” contest, he had an unexpected surprise for the runners up.
Napa to host major wine-tourism conference

November 7th, 2011

NAPA — The Napa Valley will play host to the first North American Wine Tourism Conference, which aims to highlight trends and issues that impact stakeholders within two sectors that are often intimately intertwined.
A Dominican ‘Venture Greenhouse’ first: A startup is acquired

October 31st, 2011

SAN RAFAEL, NOVATO — Novato-based green energy contractor Evolvelectric has acquired the LED lighting consultant Illumalighting, making it the first company to “graduate” from Dominican University’s Venture Greenhouse.
World’s top young sommelier an SSU grad; technology initiative for Petaluma schools

October 24th, 2011

Ian Cauble becomes the world’s top young sommelier. … The National Science Foundation has awarded Sonoma State University’s School of Science and Technology with more than $1 million in grant funding. … McCormick & Company has donated $30,000 to the Culinary Institute of America, funding a scholarship that will be distributed to six Hispanic students in the coming semester. … The Petaluma Educational Foundation is looking for support from the business community for its new “Transforming Education in the Classroom”Initiative, an effort to act on the growing number of grant applicants who see technology as an asset in the classroom.
Barry Schuler: For the future to be ours, ‘become an education activist’

October 17th, 2011

It may seem a bit cliché, but I am a classic American Dream story. Very humble upbringing with a strong family emphasis on education. I was encouraged to pursue my dreams (as long as I became a doctor or lawyer first). I have been lucky enough to have been born during a period of history where technology has advanced more in a couple of decades than in the five prior millennia. Through the entrepreneurial formula of vision + hard work + blood sweat and tears, I have achieved more than I ever thought possible, and now get the reward of living in the North Bay, and being a farmer.
Education: Dominican ‘Venture Greenhouse;’ $110,000 for Schools Plus

October 10th, 2011

Dominican University’s Venture Greenhouse in San Rafael officially opened Wednesday with the goal of becoming a hub for green business in Marin County. … Sonoma State University’s Wine Business Institute has announced a series of fall classes for its Tasting Room Management Certificate Program. … Extracurricular activities at Santa Rosa middle and high schools will receive a financial boost after the volunteer fundraising organization Schools Plus held its second-annual “A Night Under the Lights” event on Sept. 24.
Dominican launches ‘Venture Greenhouse’

October 10th, 2011

SAN RAFAEL — With the official ribbon cutting of Dominican University’s Venture Greenhouse last Wednesday, Stuart Corvin continued his push against a trend that he said has plagued Marin for years: that so many of the county’s most talented professionals leave every day for jobs elsewhere. In a close partnership with Dominican’s MBA in Sustainable Enterprise program, Stuart Corvin said the building he donated in San Rafael is helping to cultivate companies that could take root and thrive in Marin, a county that lacks the “business culture” of the remaining Bay Area.