PRESS RELEASE [DATE] CONTACT: [insert contact name and title] OFFICE: [insert number] CELL: [insert number] EMAIL: [insert email address] [insert company] named Strong Workforce Champion Award recognizes standout contributors to workforce and social mobility [LOCATION], California – [insert name, title and company] has been named a Strong Workforce Champion by [insert college name] for helping to advance regional efforts to build a strong workforce and enable social mobility by [insert brief summation of most notable achievement]. [insert name] has been a committed supporter of [insert college name] career education (career technical education) programs, which are the result of intense collaboration among a vast array of partners outside the community college system, among them industry and workforce development agencies. Strong Workforce Champions are individuals and organizations who demonstrate the essential components of the Strong Workforce Program. They: Advance work-based learning opportunities, including internships and apprenticeships. Collaborate with career technical education faculty to develop programs and curricula with the skills that industry demands. Support development of quality career technical education faculty. Support general career technical education efforts. Support sustainable funding for career technical education programs. [insert quote from community college CTE dean or other appropriate person about why person/business selected was a strong candidate.] -- MORE -- [provide details about why the organization or individual was selected for the award – what were the contributions?]
PRESS RELEASE [DATE] CONTACT: [insert contact name and title] OFFICE: [insert number] CELL: [insert number] EMAIL: [insert email address] [insert company] named Strong Workforce Champion Award recognizes standout contributors to workforce and social mobility [LOCATION], California – [insert name, title and company] has been named a Strong Workforce Champion by [insert college name] for helping to advance regional efforts to build a strong workforce and enable social mobility by [insert brief summation of most notable achievement]. [insert name] has been a committed supporter of [insert college name] career education (career technical education) programs, which are the result of intense collaboration among a vast array of partners outside the community college system, among them industry and workforce development agencies. Strong Workforce Champions are individuals and organizations who demonstrate the essential components of the Strong Workforce Program. They: Advance work-based learning opportunities, including internships and apprenticeships. Collaborate with career technical education faculty to develop programs and curricula with the skills that industry demands. Support development of quality career technical education faculty. Support general career technical education efforts. Support sustainable funding for career technical education programs. [insert quote from community college CTE dean or other appropriate person about why person/business selected was a strong candidate.] -- MORE -- [provide details about why the organization or individual was selected for the award – what were the contributions?]