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Continuing Education & Customized Training Abbreviated History


 

1970-71  Credit and non-credit workshops; customized training at Minco and City of Minneapolis
1974-75  19 credit offerings, 531 participants; 66 non-credit offerings, 7,775 participants; courses at Medtronic
1979-80  39,750 individuals use college facilities; co-sponsor Coon Rapids Summer Concert Series; Minnesota State Arts grant recipient
1985-86 Classes at 10 locations; 1000 credit students, 2000 non-credit students; client list includes Federal Cartridge, Sperry Corporation, Onan Corporation, Anoka County Courthouse, FMC, Medtronic; College for Kids Computer Camp
1987-88 Credit Business Seminars begin, 500 students; MN Japanese School relocates to Coon Rapids Campus
1989-90 1500 students in 71 credit classes at seven locations; enrollment increases 26%; 400 students in business seminars; clients served includes Unisys, United Power Association, Anoka Electric Company, Anoka County, Pillsbury/Totino, Determan Welding; summer drawing classes for youth 12-14; 1,000 participants at Community and College Job Fair; CECT moves to current building location (Training and Development Center)

1992-93

Training and Development Center (TDC) building addition and remodel complete; first Qigong courses offered by Chunyi Lin; first Elder Hostel and first RN refresher course

1993-94

Computer lab added to TDC Building

1995-96

Nursing/Health Care Professions program with North Hennepin; Chunyi Lin Qigong classes grow; first KIDU program includes 71 classes and 418 students

1996-97

St. Cloud University Connections program begins

1997-98

First MJSP grant received ($200,000 Possis Medical, Inc); CISCO non-credit classes begin, Extension Program moves to Educational Services

1999-2000

BMED credit program begins; $385,000 MJSP grant results include dedication of CR computer lab for Mercy Hospital staff training

2000-01

New MJSP grants with East Central Allied Health Consortium, Mercy and Unity Hospital, and Data Sciences, International

2001-02

New MJSP grants with Boston Scientific Corp., Minneapolis Speaker Co., American Medical Systems and ADC Telecommunications/Hickory Tech Corp.

2002-03

Extension Program returns as College on Your Corner; BMED and GIS credit program return, new MJSP grants with Oak River Tech, 3M Stillwater, E & O Tool and Plastics, Inc., CIMA Labs, Inc., Synovis Interventional Solutions, and MedSource Technologies (now Accellent Cardiology)

2003-04

Leadership Center established; BMED on-line curriculum grant; Integrative Health & Healing and Holistic Coach programs; new MJSP grants with Transoma Medical and Cambridge Medical Center/Grandview Christian Ministries; IT game development/program; KidU expands to Cambridge Campus; First NSF Grant for CSEMS; MDIEC Medical Device Industry Education Consortium, U.S. Dept. of Education grant; SBDC (Small Business Development Centers) established at Cambridge and Coon Rapids Campuses

2004-05

Steps-to-Success Partnership established with Anoka County Workforce Center; new MJSP grants, Metro-Sate grant with 3 Hospitals and 3 Colleges, Top Tool Co., Incisive Surgical, Minco and Acorn Cardiovascular; Midwest Preservation Institute begins

2005-06

New MJSP grants with Industrial Door/Industrial Spring, rms, and ev3; Anoka County Workforce Center partnership for Medical Device Assembly program, Integrative Health and Healing credit program begins

2006-07

New MJSP grants with NeoMetrics, Inc., John’s Auto Parts Inc., OakRiver; Anoka County Workforce Center; Universal Health Care Worker; First NSF ATE Medical Device Curriculum Grant; first Leadership Academy

2007-08

New MJSP grants with TapeMark, Dalco Enterprises, Inc., and General Label, Inc.; second MJSP grant awarded for E & O Tool; National Sports Center partnership begins

2008-09

New MJSP grants with Ultra Machining Company (UMC), Sign Zone Inc., and Len Busch Roses; new MJSP grant partnerships with Southeast Technical College for Fairview-Red Wing Health Services and with North Hennepin Community College for Gyrus Medical, Inc.; Center for Lean and Encore Institute established