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Open house celebrates 15 years in NKY for jobs agency

Open house celebrates 15 years in NKY for jobs agency

NEWPORT, KY (FOX19) - The Center for Employment Training (CET) at 601 Washington Ave Newport, KY will be hosting an Open House on Friday, April 13, 2012, from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. 

Celebrating 15 years of employment training and career assistance to the communities of Northern Kentucky, CET will be offering tours of the facility.  Following the guided tours will be refreshments including Mr. Softie ice-cream and hotdogs!

The open house will provide members of the community an interactive opportunity to have an inside look at how CET has changed over the last 15 years and to learn about the three skill divisions they offer in Medical Assisting, Microsoft Office and Technology and our newest skill Construction and Manufacturing Technologies. 

The 15 Year Anniversary Open House runs Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Gateway Schedules Plumbing CEU Courses for May

Florence, KY (April 5, 2012)—The Workforce Solutions Division of Gateway Community and Technical College has scheduled three continuing education courses for journeyman and master plumbers in May.

The four-hour courses will take place on Saturday, May 19, at the college’s Boone Campus. The cost for each course is $60, and lunch is included in the registration fee. The registration deadline is Wednesday, May 19.

Participants must bring a photo ID and plumbing license(s) to class.

From 8 a.m. to noon, the two classes offered are: “Water Treatment/Filtration” and “Saving Energy @ Work/Workplace Security.” “Flammable & Combustible Liquids/Hazardous Communication” will be offered from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Gateway offering HVAC CEU Classes in May

Florence, KY (April 3, 2012)—The Workforce Solutions Division of Gateway Community and Technical College has scheduled three continuing education courses in May for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning technicians who have journeyman and master license(s).

The four-hour courses will take place on Saturday, May 19, at the college’s Boone Campus. The cost for each course is $60, and lunch is included in the registration fee. The registration deadline is Wednesday, May 16.

Participants must bring a photo ID and HVAC license(s) to class.

From 8 a.m. to noon, the two classes offered are: “Building Science/House as a System” and “Refrigerants.” “Flammable & Combustible Liquids/Hazardous Communication” will be offered from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Kentucky license holders take a combination of CEU courses to equal eight hours. Ohio license holders take courses equal to 10 hours.

You're invited to arena as 10 local schools join robot battle

You're invited to arena as 10 local schools join robot battle

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - 56 Teen teams from10 local school districts, 13 surrounding states, Canada and Brazil will participate in the FIRST® Robotics Competition Queen City Regional at the CINTAS Center at Xavier University for an opportunity to win regional recognition for design excellence, sportsmanship, teamwork, and more, and advance to the FIRST Championship competition.

The public is encouraged to attend, catch the excitement of this intense competition, and cheer on their favorite teams. Admission is free.

The 2012 “Rebound Rumble” robotics game is played between two Alliances of three teams each. Each Alliance competes by trying to score as many of the basketballs in the hoops as possible during the two-minute and 15-second match. Balls scored in higher hoops score teams more points. Team Alliances are awarded bonus points if they are balanced on bridges at the end of the match.

Gateway Official to Speak at International Skills Gap Conference in Cincinnati May 16

Covington, Ky. (March 29, 2012) – Angie Taylor, vice president of Workforce Solutions and innovations for Gateway Community and Technical College will address the European-American Chamber of Commerce’s May 16 conference on solving the skills gap.

Taylor is one of an impressive list of international speakers at the one-day conference that will address the issues and challenges the United States faces in rebuilding its skilled labor force. Gateway is a leading provider of career education for the manufacturing workforce and other technical fields.

The conference, “Skilled Labor Workforce: U.S. and European Perspectives,” is designed to enable networking and create a transatlantic dialog about successful European apprenticeship models that have proven effective in creating a skilled workforce.

Northern Kentucky takes on Baltimore in contest to host social media event

Northern Kentucky takes on Baltimore in contest to host social media event

COVINGTON, KY (FOX19)  - The Symposium on the Use of Social Media in the Tourism Industry will be held November 7-9, 2012.

The question is, where?

The event’s organizers have turned that into a Facebook contest. It’s in a tournament format, and as of early Wednesday evening, Northern Kentucky was trailing Baltimore by a small number of votes, with 4 hours to go.  Oddly, the photo for Northern Kentucky is of Downtown Cincinnati.  In another bracket, Kansas city had a significant lead over Cleveland.

The inaugural symposium - which hosted 110 attendees - was held in 2010 in Loudoun County, Virginia.  The second inaugural symposium in 2011- which hosted 183 attendees - was held in Tunica, Mississippi, a casino town a couple of counties south of Memphis.

Here is the page for Northern Kentucky vs. Baltimore.

Bengals' Rucker opening Orange Leaf location at The Banks on Reds’ Opening Day

Bengals' Rucker opening Orange Leaf location at The Banks on Reds’ Opening Day

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Cincinnati Bengal Frostee Rucker and his partners will open an Orange Leaf frozen yogurt franchise, part of a small but fast-growing new frozen yogurt chain, on April 5th on Walnut Street in The Banks.

The Banks’ franchise is controlled by Bengal’s defensive end Frostee Rucker and has as its partners several of Rucker’s teammates including Robert Geathers, Kevin Huber, Pat Sims and James M. Gould, Rucker’s agent and Managing General Partner of The Walnut Group, a Private Equity Firm. 

Other investors include Ken Griffey Junior’s baseball agent Brian Goldberg, and several local business associates of Mr. Gould’s including, Roger Lautzenhiser of Vorys, Dick Satterfield, Bill Swaim, Brad Tilford, several of the Walnut Group associates, and also Lucas Gould, James Gould’s 16 year old son, a partner in Lucas Management Group who introduced Orange Leaf to Rucker.