ACE Mentor and BEST Center are building on their collaboration that has spread across the country to create pathways from high schools to building technology and trades programs at two-year colleges nationwide. Through ACE’s after-school program in Architecture, Construction, and Engineering, students learn from volunteer mentors in the building industry. In Oakland, the ACE team is being hosted once again at Laney College, where students…
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Fulbright Scholars Visit Laney College
On Wednesday, February 28th, BEST Center was pleased to welcome scholars and staff of the San Francisco Bay Area Fulbright Visiting Scholars Enrichment Program to Laney College. The two Visiting Fulbright Scholars were: Jasmina Husanovic from Bosnia + Herzegovina who is currently conducting research on Cultural Studies at Stanford University, and Pradip Swarnakar from India…
Silicon Valley Working Group tours UCSF’s Sandler Neuroscience Center
On February 9, industry members of the Silicon Valley Working Group took a detour from their normal meeting site at the BEST Center/Laney College Campus, to be hosted by Alexandria Real Estate in San Francisco’s Mission Bay. After the meeting, there was a special tour of the UCSF Sandler Neuroscience Center conducted by Brian Raymond, Facilities…
News Release: ACE Mentor Program for High School Students Offered this Spring at Laney College
Career Exploration and College Scholarships Available (OAKLAND, CA) – Following last year’s successful effort, Laney College and BEST Center are excited to again host ACE Mentor’s afterschool program for Oakland and East Bay high school students. Led by volunteers from local design and construction companies, the program energizes students with hands-on activities and career…
Fall/Winter 2017 Newsletter
Happy New Year! We would like to wish you a wonderful and prosperous new year! The team at the BEST Center is looking forward to what’s to come and invite you to catch up on our news and activities. Annual Institute is Coming Soon. We are excited to welcome 43 faculty members from 32 U.S….
News Release: 32 Colleges Gather at BEST Center’s Annual Institute to Dive into “Buildings as Information Systems”
(OAKLAND, CA) – On January 3-6, 2018, BEST Center will host its fourth Annual Institute for community and technical college educators at Laney College in Oakland, and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) in Berkeley, CA. 43 faculty members from 32 U.S. colleges from 18 states will be seeking to improve or start new programs in…
College of DuPage Launches BAS Program
College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, near Chicago, IL started its new 1-year certificate program this fall. According to the college website: “The new certificate consists of 37 credits and includes six new courses: Heating Principles, Building Automation Systems Object-Oriented Programming (both I and II), Building Commissioning, Building Automation Systems Solutions and Building Automation Systems…
MATC Launches a BAS Program
By Ted Wilinski In the fall, MATC started a BAS program, Automated Building Systems (ABS). As with most technical colleges, this program required the input and support of local industry to develop and promote. The program was developed, lab space built out, and classes rolled out in less than a year. ABS was set…
A Recap of a K-12 BAS Outreach Opportunity
By Deb Hall I presented a hands-on workshop about the refrigeration cycle at Eccleston Elementary, an elementary school near Valencia College’s West Campus. There were four different classes back-to-back (one 3rd grade, two 4th grade, and one 5th grade). By the end, I thought the kids enjoyed it and now know the difference between a commercial and a…
Review: The 14th Annual Women in HVACR Conference
By Dr. Deb Hall On September 27th and 28th of 2017, the Women in HVACR Conference met for the first time as a stand-alone conference! In the past, they usually partnered with an existing HVACR related conference. Check out the web link below to see a few photos of what Texas-sized FUN was had…