MS Project Level 1 & 2 Seminars Offered Beginning in April
Use Microsoft Project 2002 to assist with project planning. Work with tasks, views, resources, calendars and critical paths. Along with Windows knowledge, students should have some prior project management experience. Familiarity of terms such as Gantt Chart, PERT Chart, task, critical path, and resource are helpful.

Level 1- Friday, April 28, 8:30AM-4:30PM
Level 2- Friday, May 5. 8:30AM-4:30PM

Introduction & Intermediate Level QuickBooks Courses Offered in May
CBI will be offering QuickBooks courses beginning on May 2. The courses will meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30-9:30PM .

Introduction- May 2-11
Intermediate- May 16-25

For additional information, pricing or expanded course descriptions please contact Jennifer Kszak at jkszak@northampton.edu or 610-861-5331.

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Energy Management Workshops
The Office of the Small Business Ombudsman of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Electrotechnology Applications Center (ETAC) of Northampton Community College are conducting a series of half-day workshops focused on energy management.

The workshops are funded by the U.S. Department of Energy; registration is free and open to the public. Workshops at all locations will be held from 8:00AM-12:30PM and include a continental breakfast.

On line registration is available at www.depweb.state.pa.us (DEP Keyword: "ombudsman").

April 18, 2006
DEP Southeast Regional Office
2 East Main Street
Norristown , PA 19401
484-250-5900

April 25, 2006
ETAC
Northampton Community College
Hartzell Hall, room 159, North Campus
3835 Green Pond Road
Bethlehem , PA 18020
610-861-5081

May 2, 2006
DEP Southcentral Regional Office
909 Elmerton Avenue
Harrisburg , PA 17110
717-705-4700

May 9, 2006
DEP Southwest Regional Office
400 Watgerfront Drive
Pittsburgh , PA 15222
412-442-4000

May 11, 2006
North Central PA Regional Planning and Development Commission
651 Montmorenci Rd.
Ridgway , PA 15853
814-773-3162

May 31st, 2006
Food Industry Tech Expo
8:00AM-12:30PM
Northampton Community College
Fowler Family Southside Center
Room 378

Co-hosted by the Electrotechnology Applications Center (ETAC) and the Bethlehem Keystone Innovative Zone (KIZ), this event will showcase the benefits of a cooking technology center for industrial kitchen efficiency for equipment manufacturers, commercial institutions, organizations and companies, restaurant associations and organizations, and dining establishments.

June 8, 2006
Philadelphia Society for Coatings Technology, Inc. will hold its meeting at ETAC. The agenda for the event is in progress, please visit www.psct.org for updates. The PSCT is focused on "creating an environment where coatings industry participants can thrive as professionals while providing customers with new technology, methodology, and tools to better understand paints and coatings for improved and environmentally safer products."