BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20180524T153000Z DTEND:20180524T170000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Community Conversations: Developing Tomorrow's Workforce through Career and Technical Education DESCRIPTION:Series Sponsor: Virginia Partners Bank\n\n\n\nKICK-OFF: MAY 24\, 2018\, 11:30 AM\, AT DOMINION RACEWAY\n\nDEVELOPING TOMORROW'S WORKFORCE THROUGH\n\nCAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION\n\nDr. Michael Wooten\n\n\n\nDr. Wooten serves as the Acting Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Career\, Technical\, and Adult Education. He provides leadership\, direction and management for over $2 billion dollars in initiatives supporting career and technical education\, adult education\, correctional and re-entry education\, and community colleges. These initiatives collectively serve over 25 million students annually. Dr. Wooten leads the Divisions that administer the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and the state formula and discretionary grant programs under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Dr. Wooten establishes national leadership activities to enhance the quality and rigor of educational programs\, and he promotes the development of strategies that support student success. He brings more than one third of a century of government experience to the department.\n\n\n\n\n\nNext in our series:\n\n\n\nJUNE 19\, 2018\, AT 8:30 AM\, AT JEPSON ALUMNI CENTER\n\nTHE NEW VIRGINIA ECONOMY\n\n\n\nGovernor Ralph Northam\n\n \n\nBefore he was inaugurated as the 73rd Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia\, Ralph Northam served as an Army doctor\, pediatric neurologist\, business owner\, state Senator and Lieutenant Governor. Please join us to hear how Governor Northam wants to shape and to advocate for Virginia's New Economy.\n\n\n\n$35 for Members\, $60 for Non-Members\n\nSEPTEMBER 19\, AT 8:30 AM\, LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED\n\nCONNECTING OUR COMMUNITIES: BROADBAND'S ROLE IN THE ECONOMY\n\nCongressman Rob Wittman\n\nRob Wittman was elected to represent Virginia's First Congressional District in December\n\n2007 and is currently serving his fifth full term in the House of Representatives. He serves\n\non the House Armed Services Committee\, where he is Chairman of the Seapower and\n\nProjections Forces Subcommittee\, and the House Committee on Natural Resources.\n\nLast year\, Congressman Wittman helped establish the Rural Broadband Taskforce. It is\n\nestimated that half of rural Virginians lack access to high-speed internet and another\n\n29 percent do not have any internet service at all. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Series Sponsor: Virginia Partners Bank
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\nKICK-OFF: MAY 24\, 2018\, 11:30 AM\, AT DOMINION RACEWAY
\nDEVELOPING TOMORROW&rsquo\;S WORKFORCE THROUGH
\nCAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
\nDr. Michael Wooten
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\nDr. Wooten serves as the Acting Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Career\, Technical\, and Adult Education. He provides leadership\, direction and management for over $2 billion dollars in initiatives supporting career and technical education\, adult education\, correctional and re-entry education\, and community colleges. These initiatives collectively serve over 25 million students annually. Dr. Wooten leads the Divisions that administer the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and the state formula and discretionary grant programs under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Dr. Wooten establishes national leadership activities to enhance the quality and rigor of educational programs\, and he promotes the development of strategies that support student success. He brings more than one third of a century of government experience to the department.
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\nNext in our series:
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\nJUNE 19\, 2018\, AT 8:30 AM\, AT JEPSON ALUMNI CENTER
\nTHE NEW VIRGINIA ECONOMY
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\nGovernor Ralph Northam
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\nBefore he was inaugurated as the 73rd Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia\, Ralph Northam served as an Army doctor\, pediatric neurologist\, business owner\, state Senator and Lieutenant Governor. Please join us to hear how Governor Northam wants to shape and to advocate for Virginia&rsquo\;s New Economy.
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\n$35 for Members\, $60 for Non-Members
\nSEPTEMBER 19\, AT 8:30 AM\, LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED
\nCONNECTING OUR COMMUNITIES: BROADBAND&rsquo\;S ROLE IN THE ECONOMY
\nCongressman Rob Wittman
\nRob Wittman was elected to represent Virginia&rsquo\;s First Congressional District in December
\n2007 and is currently serving his fifth full term in the House of Representatives. He serves
\non the House Armed Services Committee\, where he is Chairman of the Seapower and
\nProjections Forces Subcommittee\, and the House Committee on Natural Resources.
\nLast year\, Congressman Wittman helped establish the Rural Broadband Taskforce. It is
\nestimated that half of rural Virginians lack access to high-speed internet and another
\n29 percent do not have any internet service at all. LOCATION:Dominion Raceway 6501 Dominion Raceway\, Woodford Rd\, Woodford\, VA 22580 UID:e.492.7555 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260503T105841Z URL:https://members.fredericksburgchamber.org/events/details/community-conversations-developing-tomorrow-s-workforce-through-career-and-technical-education-7555 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR