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systems, where a large portion of the global population lives and which are critical economically and as a natural resource.
The department will begin offering classes in the spring semester of the 2017-18 academic year. The first year will also be spent on strategic planning to define the de- partment’s exact mission and what degree programs it will offer, and to formulate a faculty hiring plan.
University of San
Francisco Purchases
Organic Farm
The University of San Francisco has purchased Star Route Farms, the oldest con- tinuously operating certified organic farm in the state of California. The 100-acre prop- erty is a working farm which has, since the early 1970s, provided organic produce to top Bay Area chefs and restaurants and directly to the community via farmers markets.
Farming operations will continue uninterrupted with the property’s current employees. The university will ultimately develop plans to introduce community partnerships and academic opportuni- ties — ranging from cross-disciplinary research and sustainable agriculture to field learning, community education and programs focused on nutrition, biodiver- sity, sea level-rise education and more.
Peirce College
to Develop Holistic
Training Program
Peirce College, a 152-year-old Philadelphia institution for working adults, has received its first grant from United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey to develop a program that delivers work and life skills to improve the lives of the participants and their families for generations to come.
The $60,000 grant will support a 12- to 14-week workforce training program. Slated to launch in February 2018, the program will teach the skills under- or unemployed individuals need to succeed in front-line, customer service roles in the non-clinical
healthcare industry. Additionally, Peirce will partner with experts in financial literacy and human services to help participants build the economic assets and social networks they need to put their families on a path toward self-sufficiency and emotional well-being.
Plans for the Peirce program call for an
inaugural class of 25-30 individuals over 18 years old with at least one child in their household. Everyone who completes the program will be presented interview op- portunities in the healthcare industry, ac- cess to college credit and guided pathways to degree completion. CPM
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