The American Council on Education (ACE) recently completed a review and, in its preliminary report, recommended college credit for eight additional TEEX courses, bringing the total number of ACE-approved courses to 97.
The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) and Texas A&M University National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing (NCTM) have announced plans for the inaugural NCTM Summer Camp in June 2012. This camp, for 9th and 10th grade students, is made possible through a grant from the Texas Workforce CommissionÂ’s Summer Merit Program (SMP).
College Station, TX – The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) announced today that Robert McKee has resigned as Director of Disaster Preparedness and Response and Texas Task Force 1.
TEEX will train as many as 450 members of the U.S. Coast Guard in Coastal Oil Spill Operations through a five-year USCG contract. Those scheduled to attend the 40-hour spill control tactics and operations include members of the three U.S. Coast Guard Strike Teams, which would respond to an oil spill incident: the Gulf Strike Team, the Pacific Strike Team and the Atlantic Strike Team.
The upcoming Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC) 2012 Spring Conference in Rockwall, Texas, will promote economic development and job growth in rural Texas. The Texas Engineering Extension Service is partnering with the TEDC conference to host the 1-day Growing Green Communities conference track on April 19 at the Hilton Bella Harbor in Rockwall.
The industry-recognized TEEX Certified Safety & Health Official™ (CSHO) Degree and Certificate Program has added three new specialty tracks for safety personnel in electric power, wind generation and industrial emergency response. The fully accredited TEEX CSHO degree programs are now recognized by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) toward the Associate Safety Professional (ASP) and Certified Safety professional (CSP) educational requirements.
A new course, Sports and Special Events Incident Management (MGT404), helps ensure public safety and security by helping to prepare a multi-discipline team to handle a major incident that could occur at a large sports or special event venue. Participants learn the importance of planning and preparing for special events and developing key partnerships before a crisis occurs.
Registration for the 2012 Spring Basic Economic Development Course (BEDC) is open and spaces are filling up rapidly. The BEDC has been designed for anyone interested in economic development — at the local, regional, and state level.
The 24th Annual TEEX Spring Fire Training School (Spring School) has a record 387 students attending courses at the Brayton Fire Training Field this week. In addition to the Emergency Services Training Institute (ESTI) Spring School, regularly scheduled classes are being held bringing the total number of students at Brayton Fire Training Field well above 700.
Three Search and Rescue Canines, and three Canine Search Specialists from Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) have retired. Search and rescue dogs Rose, Blade and Maggie retired after a combined 25 years of service with the StateÂ’s Urban Search & Rescue Team, which also serves as one of the 28 FEMA Task Forces.
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