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Contact: Henry DeVries
Email: hdevries@ucsd.edu
Website: http://www.extension.ucsd.edu
University of California San Diego Extension Company Profile
The mission of UC San Diego Extended Studies and Public Programs is to serve the critical lifelong knowledge and skill development needs of individuals, organizations, and the community. We do this through continuing education and degree-related programs; community initiatives that support economic and social development; and through a wide array of public service lectures, forums, and special events delivered on campus, at off-campus sites, and through print, internet, radio, and television.News from University of California San Diego Extension:
New UC San Diego Global Safety Center Recommends Four Mandatory Objectives
LA JOLLA, Calif., April 21, 2011 — The University of California San Diego’s new global safety center, which allows construction workers worldwide to receive critical safety training based on U.S. standards, has issued fou…
UC San Diego Survey Reveals Global Volunteers May Have Workplace Edge
LA JOLLA, Calif., April 4, 2011 — What can give a person an edge for landing a new job or being offered a promotion? How they spent their last break could give them the edge.
A 2011 survey by the University of California San Diego Extensio…
UC San Diego Summit: 10 Things Every Business Leader Should Know About Green Business
LA JOLLA, Calif., March 31, 2011 — What does the University of California San Diego, a nationally recognized living laboratory for sustainability that received $33 million last year for research, have to say to business leaders ab…
Attention Programmers: UC San Diego Offers New Certificate Program in App Development
LA JOLLA, Calif., March 30, 2011 — Surprising statistic: Today’s four billion global mobile phone users outnumber both Internet users and land-line owners. And now, yes, there is an app development certificate for that.
To…
UC San Diego Study Reveals Five Ideas State of Union Can Offer to Stimulate Jobs
LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 25, 2011 — The State of the Union address on January 25 is the opportunity to focus the national agenda on what Americans care about most: jobs. That’s according to a study published in a new book: Closing A…
UC San Diego Study Reveals Top Ten Ways New Congress Can Stimulate Jobs
LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 10, 2011 — Many great new jobs can be created by innovations in technology that are being developed through university research labs and innovative start-up companies across the nation if Congress can give Am…
UC San Diego Offers New Certificate for Clinical Trials Administration in Latin America
LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 9, 2010 — The clinical trials program at UC San Diego Extension, one of the first and most widely recognized educational programs of its kind in the world, is now accepting international students for its new Cli…
UC San Diego Survey Reveals Green Jobs Offer Great Salaries and Promotion Potential
LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 25, 2010 — Forty-three percent of sustainability professionals make $75,000 or more per year, according to a survey conducted by the University of California San Diego Extension in collaboration with Susta…
Job Study: Top Ten Hot Career Trends for College Graduates
LA JOLLA, Calif., May 17, 2010 — In a time of persistently high unemployment rates, a new trend study from the University of California San Diego Extension reveals some of the hottest career options for college graduates in this chal…
Study: Interest in Global ‘Voluntourism’ Continues to Grow
LA JOLLA, Calif., June 23, 2009 — The number of Americans interested in volunteer vacations continues to climb, according to a new University of California San Diego Extension survey, but there are dramatic differences between th…