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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Sierra College’s </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Management Business Certificate&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">is a resource within the business department that prepares students for entry level management positions.</span>'''</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Sierra College has always seen the significance of changing the curriculum to match the ever changing demands of the workplace. Since around 2007, Sierra college has been improving makerspace ideas within the campus, constantly revolutionizing their STEM education. Throughout their push they have been constantly encouraging faculty to participate with students in this movement leading Sierra to be the leaders in the state for Innovation.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">There are several courses that are currently being implemented that encourage the design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship mindset into the classroom. One of which is the </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Manufacturing Process&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">which teaches students fabrication techniques, manufacturing processes and mechanical prototypes as well as the basics of prototyping. Another class is the </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Design Additive Manufacturing&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">which teaches an introduction of how to design geometric objects for 3D printing, how to operate a 3D printer, and introduction to the product design process. Lastly, the </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Entrepreneurship, Starting a Small Business&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">teaches students skills to a new product service offering as well as the steps needed to start a new business along with the logistics needed in establishing the business. Throughout these courses, faculty and students are expected to work together to create an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset that teaches the design processes, design thinking skills, as wells as an entrepreneurial idea of marketing.</span></span></span>'''</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Sierra College works with local businesses and high school campuses to improve the college’s course structure in order to better prepare students for the modern workplace. This </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Advisory Committee&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">meets two to three times a year, deciding on how to improve their curriculum. Not long ago, this committee met with Roseville’s Water and Electric companies, determining that PSI interpretation needed to be added to the curriculum. By the next semester, the topic was incorporated into the program to better prepare students for this kind of work. Also, Sierra College recently received the </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">CCC Maker Initiative&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">grant to expand their makerspace resources and improve learning through tech labs. The CCC Maker Initiative allows Sierra to place 40 students into internship positions where they can learn vital soft skills and critical thinking skills.</span>'''</span></span>