Companies may select Austin Community College Renewable Energy interns

11/20/2008 - 11:30am
11/20/2008 - 1:30pm

Companies may select Austin Community College interns from the Renewable Energy Degree Program

The Texas Workforce Commission is providing $600 stipends for interns for the Spring 2009 semester. The Renewable Energy Business Internship Orientation Day will be held Nov. 20, 2008, from 11:30-1:30 –lunch included- providing companies the chance to ask questions and make final intern selections. Resumes will be sent out prior to the meeting for employers to review, so you must contact Cecilia Galliano (see below)prior to the orientation. This is a great opportunity to help train the emerging renewable energy job force in the state of Texas. If you are interested in attending the event and obtaining resumes, please RSVP:
Cecilia Galliano
Project Coordinator
512-223-6226
cgallian@austincc.edu
Event is held at the Riverside Campus
Building S/Frank Squires
1020 Grove Blvd, Austin, Texas 78741
No fee
This event is only for businesses interested taking interns.
For directions go to http://www.austincc.edu/locations/rvs.php

Submitted by softwarejanitor on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 1:09pm.

So what exactly does a "renewable energy intern" do? What do they teach in that degree program? Seems like a pretty broad field... do they specialize in Wind turbines? Eco-fuels? Hydroelectric? Solar cells? Or is it a political or marketing thing only?

Submitted by Cecilia on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 2:06pm.

To learn more about the Austin Community College Renewable Energy program go to http://www.coolaustinjobs.com/startcareer.html

Submitted by softwarejanitor on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 2:59pm.

Thanks, that is the kind of information I was looking for.