Performance News

DECEMBER 2007

VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2

Purpose
Technology Programs
Learning Connection
Reference Shelf
New Programs
Hot Job Leads
Staff Contacts

Dr. Paul Pierpoint
VP, Community Education
Dean, Southside Center

A Balancing Act: Economic Development / Environmental Stewardship
Not that long ago, many people were still questioning whether global warming is a reality or a Chicken Little story.
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Workforce Development Center Opens
The Fowler Family Southside Center of Northampton Community Center continues to unfold with new educational resources. The latest: the new 25,000 sq. ft. Workforce Development Center with a 2,100 sq. ft. conference room called the WFD Center that can host up to 150 people in a theatre format or 100 in classroom layout. According to Dr. Paul Pierpoint, vice president, there is much demand for the conference space by many NCC and non-profit community groups for uses that benefit Northampton students, the College or the community. Contact Debra Weisbach at 610-861-5580 for more information.

Coating and Ink Research Institute (CIRI) Opens
ETAC is pleased to announce the official opening of the Coating and Ink Research Institute (CIRI). CIRI is a union of the coatings research group at the Electrotechnology Applications Center (ETAC) on the main campus of Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, PA and the research group from the former National Printing Ink Research Institute located at Lehigh University from 1946–2004. Read More >

ENERGY DEREGULATION IS NOT GOOD
FOR PENNSYLVANIA

POINT
by Preston Roberts,
Manager, Energy Management Institute
NCC

Energy deregulation has and will continue to benefit Pennsylvanians and Pennsylvania businesses. Let's look at some of the benefit's we've realized from energy deregulation.

COUNTERPOINT
by Mike Vasilik, Ph.D.,
Director, Electro-Technology Applications Center
NCC

Energy deregulation is benefiting the utility companies (check out their recent earnings statements), but may not be so good for residential customers.

TECHNICAL OVERVIEW

Water Clean Up: Let's Finish The Job

by Leo Thielmann, Director, Technology, Center for Business & Industry

A recent AP news article highlighted the high levels of water pollution violations in Pennsylvania , making our state sixth worst in the nation, some 35 years after the passage of the Clean Water Act. Read More >

CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT
Innovator's Focus on Rapid Inventions for Global—And Local—Markets

Walking down the halls of the Ben Franklin Technology Partnership's TechVentures building on Mountaintop campus of Lehigh University , one finds corridor after corridor filled with new ventures and the inventors behind them. Read More >

Sustainability = Learning

by Don Robertson, Co-Director, Leadership Development Institute

I believe one of the keys to an organization's capacity to be a part of the future is its ability to learn from the past. Mistakes are a part of everything we do. Read More >

WEDNet: STATE OVERVIEW/PLAN
Industry Partnerships: Building Sustainable Business Practices for the Long Haul
by Michele Pappalardo, Director, Business Training Resources

Businesses need a highly skilled workforce; workers need good jobs and career opportunities. Read More >

ENERGY DEREGULATION IS NOT GOOD FOR PENNSYLVANIA

TECHNICAL OVERVIEW

Water Clean Up: Let's Finish The Job

CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT Innovator's Focus on Rapid Inventions for Global—And Local—Markets

Sustainability = Learning

ENERGY DEREGULATION IS NOT GOOD
FOR PENNSYLVANIA

CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT
Innovator's Focus on Rapid Inventions for Global—And Local—Markets