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Lifelong Learning Promotes Adaptability
Lifelong learning helps individuals and industries keep pace with technological advancements and shifting demands. This article explores Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s three-tiered approach to workforce development—early career exposure, professional upskilling, and reskilling—to highlight how continuous education fosters adaptability and career resilience.
March 7, 2025Director's Corner
Learn the Fundamentals of Evaluation and Metaevaluation
To the uninitiated, terms like evaluation and metaevaluation might feel intimidating. But the truth is, informal evaluations are already part of your life.
March 3, 2025Process Improvement
Unlocking HR knowledge: Kimberly Jones expands her expertise with new HR Core Concepts class
After just two weeks in Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s new HR Core Concepts class, Kimberly Jones didn’t just gain a new understanding – she discovered a passion. What started as an introduction to HR has now turned into an eye-opening journey, leading her to pursue the HR Management Certificate and deeper knowledge of the field.
February 28, 2025Human Resources
From CFO and HR Instructor to Entrepreneur: Elizabeth Hennig’s journey in Corporate Training and Professional Education
Elizabeth Hennig has been teaching in some form or another for most of her life. Her first job? A harp instructor. Today, she shares her expertise in human resources, instructing several of the HR classes offered by Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education.
February 14, 2025Human Resources
Upskilling to improve lives: Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV grad earns project management certificate to better serve families in need of childcare assistance
Sonia Duraimurugan, a community outreach coordinator at the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County, helps families access crucial childcare services while managing large-scale events across the Tampa Bay region.
January 31, 2025Project Management
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education helps meet growing demand for skilled cyber and national security professionals
As threats to cybersecurity and national security rise around the globe, the demand for skilled professionals who can mitigate these critical concerns is greater than ever.
December 19, 2024Technology
Thinking beyond the classroom: High school teacher plans career transition with HR Management Certificate
After more than a decade of shaping young minds as a high school teacher, Lindsey Miller is changing careers and setting a new path toward HR.
December 19, 2024Human Resources
A Plea for Peace
As a student of world history, I’m fascinated by the World War I Christmas Truce of 1914. Along a great stretch of the Western Front, opposing soldiers from the Allied Powers and Central Powers—much to the dismay of their commanders—participated in an unofficial ceasefire.
December 16, 2024Director's Corner
Giving Thanks by Giving of Ourselves
Friends, it’s time to offer my annual Thanksgiving holiday blog entry. The year 2024 has proven to be one not soon forgotten, especially for those of us who call the Tampa Bay area home. Between two historic hurricanes only 13 days apart and—yet another—contentious election season, the collective mood out there remains cloudy.
November 26, 2024Director's Corner
For nearly 50 years, Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s BEDC has prepared professionals to lead in economic development
In an era of rapid economic change, Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s Basic Economic Development Course equips professionals with the skills and insights to drive sustainable growth in their communities. This November, 50 economic development professionals from across the United States, including representatives from as far as Delaware, Maine, and even California, traveled to Tampa for three days of immersive training.
November 25, 2024Business
From counseling to HR: How Bethany Miller found a new path
Bethany Miller went from helping people cope with life’s challenges to helping them acclimate to new jobs. The career pivot was a natural one – from counselor to HR professional, as many of the necessary skills overlapped.
October 28, 2024Human Resources
Project Management—a Valuable Competency
When I’m out in the Tampa Bay area speaking to business leaders and companies, I’m frequently asked about why Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Corporate Training and Professional Education’s project management programs are a worthwhile investment.
October 22, 2024Director's Corner, Project Management