Corporate College and The Center for Healthcare Professionals Launch Dental AssistantTraining

HOUSTON [June 11, 2012] – To meet the changing needs of the dental industry, Houston Community College’s Coleman College for Health Sciences and Corporate College department are pleased to announce the availability of Dental Assistant Advanced Certification Training. This new training addresses recent changes to the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners that now allows [...]

HCC partners with La Cámara de Empresarios Latinos de Houston

Entrepreneurship skills for Hispanic-owned businesses. HCC Corporate College recently partnered with La Cámara de Empresarios Latinos de Houston (CELH) to bring much needed entrepreneurship skills, presented in Spanish, to Hispanic business owners. The Curso de Capacitacion de Empresarios (Training Program for Business Owners) that was designed for the Camara de Empresarios Latinos provides the small-business owner [...]

City of Houston Solid Waste Update

HCC helps the City save money by maximizing it’s resources by:  DeandreaWoody,  HCC Corporate College Program Manager    In today’s world of shrinking tax revenues, public service employers are expected to do more with less. One way to combat this problem is to focus on employee development and expand the skills of the existing workforce. City [...]

HCC participates in TWC training grant consortium

Houston Community College received more than $300,000 as part of a Texas Workforce Commission grant totaling more than $1.2 million to provide training to CHRISTUS Health System Associates. HCC delivers technical training for the IT staff of the CHRISTUS Health Support Center including system managers, software engineers and computer field service technicians. Training is also [...]

Mayor Parker announces $25 million partnership with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative in Houston

HOUSTON – Mayor Annise Parker today announced that Houston has been selected to join the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative. The initiative, already in place in several other cities, comes with a $25 million commitment to provide loans to help local small businesses. Additional grants will be provided to subsidize business education for current [...]

Corporate College helps Goodman promote from within

HOUSTON, TX [July 24, 2008] – Promoting from within can create both opportunities and challenges for today’s growing companies. Goodman Manufacturing Company, however, found creative ways to meet these unique challenges. Goodman recognized a growing gap in the skills and capabilities of hourly workers who had been promoted to supervisors. The best factory workers often [...]