By
THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE FOR NEW AMERICANS AND THE COOPER UNION
ALBERT NERKEN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING OPEN REGISTRATION FOR FALL 2015
FREE JOB RETRAINING FOR HIGH-SKILLED NEW AMERICANS
IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH
New York, NY (July 8, 2015) – The New York State Office for New Americans (ONA) and The Cooper Union Albert Nerken School of Engineering opened registration today for free professional courses and job placement assistance for high-skilled New Americans for the Fall 2015 semester. This innovative public-private partnership with the Retraining Program for Immigrant Engineers is part of ONA’s focus on developing and leveraging the professional skills of New Americans.
All participants must be permanent residents, have work authorization, have completed courses of study in their home country and be seeking retraining in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). To get more information and check for available courses, please visit http:
“We are pleased to continue this partnership with The Cooper Union Albert Nerken School of Engineering to offer eligible New Americans the opportunity to improve their future work opportunities in STEM-related fields,” said Jorge I. Montalvo, Director, New York State Office for New Americans. “We encourage New Americans engineers and scientists to take advantage of these free courses to further develop those skills that the employers of our state need.”
Eligible immigrants are able to enroll in introductory and high-technology courses designed to update participants’ engineering, computer programming, and business skills. Classes are taught by The Cooper Union faculty and experts in the field and program offerings are flexible based on demand in the marketplace and needs of students.
The Fall 2015 semester will start in September and the list of courses are:
- Analytical Chemistry: Spectroscopy & Chromatography
- Green Building Guidelines & Environmental Safety
- Heating, Ventilation, Air-Condition & Refrigeration
- Building Operation, Maintenance & Safety Regulations
- National Electrical Code (NEC) & its applications
- Bridge, Highway, Tunnels and Buildings:
- Professional Practice for Cost Estimating
- AISC Structural Steel Design
- ACI Structural Concrete Design
- Introduction to AutoCAD for engineers
- Advanced AutoCAD and Revit
- Data Architecture Principles, Data Structure and SQL
- Java Programming
- Microsoft .NET and C#
- Software Quality Assurance – Manual Testing
- Software Quality Assurance – Automated Testing
- Linux (UNIX) Administration
- Android Software Development
Established in 1987, the Retraining Program for Immigrant Engineers provides high-skilled New Americans with courses and workshops aimed at equipping them with tools to strengthen their opportunities for meaningful employment. The program is offered free of charge. Since its inception, the program has enrolled over 4,400 immigrant engineers and has placed more than2,520 in jobs that have improved their professional and economic circumstances.
As part of the partnership and the program, The Cooper Union provides students with instruction and training through its Albert Nerken School of Engineering, one of America’s foremost undergraduate engineering schools, and offers approximately 30 courses per academic year. The program provides students with the skills necessary to negotiate their way into the marketplace and provides personalized career counseling and support to immigrant engineers, while they are enrolled in the program and thereafter. The program also coordinates job referrals, contacts companies about the details of job openings, and provides students with resume-writing assistance and one-on-one interview advice. ONA provides classroom space, tablet computers, and other equipment so that additional classes are offered in order to ensure greater access for high-skilled New Americans. Further, ONA assists graduates of the program with securing positions in the STEM sectors by linking them to the State’s many job placement services.
ONA is the first statewide office dedicated to assisting our State’s immigrants in their efforts to contribute to the economy and become a part of the family of New York. Learn more about ONA by visiting the ONA website at www.newamericans.ny.gov , liking us on Facebook atwww.
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Contact:
Laz Benitez/Edison Alban (NYS Office for New Americans) 212-417-5803