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Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) CEO Alicia Barton today announced MassCEC is now accepting applications for the fall session of the 2014 Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Internship Program.

The program provides paid internship opportunities for college students and recent graduates at Massachusetts-based clean energy companies. With 80,000 people working in the Massachusetts clean energy sector, the internship program helps to train the next generation with the skills needed to succeed in this growing industry.

Clean energy businesses interested in hosting an intern, and current students as well as and recent graduates looking to apply to the program can find out more information by visiting the program’s website page at www.masscec.com/intern.

During this session, MassCEC will provide Massachusetts-based clean energy companies with stipends of up to $12 per hour for up to 10 weeks for each full-time intern, with a cap of $2,400 per intern.

Over the past three summers, the program has placed well over 871 students and recent graduates in internships at more than 224 clean energy companies across the state. As a result of the internship program, more than 54 students gained full-time or part-time employment.

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) CEO Alicia Barton today announced $191,000 in grants to boost energy efficiency job training programs across the Commonwealth. 

The grants are part of MassCEC’s Green Workforce: Energy Efficiency program and are geared towards programs focused on giving students the opportunity to further develop their knowledge of energy efficiency.

“We must work hard to train the next generation of clean energy workers if we want to achieve our ambitious energy and environmental goals,” said Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Maeve Vallely Bartlett, chair of the MassCEC Board of Directors. “The Green Workforce program allows students to gain the knowledge and experience they need for careers in this growing field.”

“With more than half of Massachusetts’ clean energy workers focused on energy efficiency, we must make sure that growing companies have access to a skilled workforce as they expand in the Commonwealth,” said Barton.

Programs receiving funding through this program are:

Medford Vocational Technical High School (Medford) - $48,102 – Medford Vocational High School will purchase equipment to aid in the training of construction and engineering students in careers that promote high efficiency and sustainable energy for residential and commercial properties.

North Shore Community College (NSCC) (Danvers) - $48,659 – NSCC will offer training in the energy efficiency field, specifically in weatherization, to vocational high school students, recent vocational high school graduates and students enrolled in an alternative high school program.

Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School (Lexington) - $49,531 – Minuteman will upgrade equipment used to train students in industry standard practices in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration field.

Southern Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC) (Framingham) - $45,318 – SMOC will upgrade its combustion safety lab, which allows students to learn the skills necessary to safely work on appliances like furnaces, space heaters and water heaters, and offer classes for students who want to gain crew chief training.

The upgrades and improvements made possible through these grants will allow each of these programs to properly train and prepare students for the energy efficiency field, which makes up for more than half of the 80,000 clean energy workers in Massachusetts.

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Governor Deval Patrick today celebrated the success of internship programs run by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) and Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) and announced $435,000 in awards for the first round of MassCEC’s Learn and Earn program, which will provide funding for programs to prepare high school students for higher learning opportunities and careers in clean energy and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

“Training young people for careers in STEM will put them on the path for future success,” said Governor Patrick. “Internship programs are working to ensure that innovative Massachusetts companies have a rich pipeline of talented workers to help their businesses flourish here in the Commonwealth.”

The internship programs run by MassCEC, MLSC and MassTech have placed over 2,300 interns at companies across the Commonwealth over the past five years. Each of Friday’s grant recipients will receive $145,000 in funding for their programs.

“Massachusetts is a hub of innovation and having a strong talent pipeline is vital to the continued growth of our innovation economy,” said Housing and Economic Development Secretary Greg Bialecki. “These internships help our companies recruit and retain top talent in our Commonwealth.”  

“Employers need access to highly-trained workers as they look to expand their businesses here in the Commonwealth,” said Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Maeve Vallely Bartlett, who also chairs the MassCEC Board of Directors. “These grants will ensure that the next generation of clean energy workers is exposed at an early age to the benefits of careers in the growing clean energy industry.”

Institutions receiving funds are:

• Brockton High School – This program will allow 30 Brockton High School juniors and seniors to learn about various sectors of clean energy, and then work on projects, possibly including the construction of a solar-powered pump to water the school’s garden beds and building a solar-powered weather station at the school. Students will also have the opportunity to earn college credit through Bridgewater State University’s “Energy and its Social Uses” course
• Greater Lawrence Technical School - This program will train 24 students this summer, and 60 more over the fall and spring, in the installation of solar electric panels for both commercial and residential uses. The students will train on ground-level, full-sized practice roofs and students will install a fully-functional solar electric system at the school as a final project.
• Northeastern University and John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science – This program will educate 25 students around clean energy topics, while providing support for high school students preparing to pass Advanced Placement calculus exams, which can earn students college credit.

In April, Governor Patrick announced an economic development package that provides new tools and training so the Commonwealth’s workforce is prepared to meet the needs of employers, invests in its Gateway Cities to promote development across the entire state and provides incentives to create jobs and stimulate the economy. The Governor’s bill,An Act to Promote Growth and Opportunity, builds on the Administration’s proven growth strategy of investing in education, innovation and infrastructure that has led to record job creation in Massachusetts and made the Commonwealth a global leader in key innovation economy sectors. The bill supports the future workforce of the innovation economy by investing in internships and mentoring programs to ensure that the pool of potential employees in the Commonwealth is trained and experienced in our high tech industries. The Innovation Institute leads the MassTech’s technology and innovation initiatives. The internship program provides grants to qualifying high tech companies to hire interns, providing students with experience and networking opportunities. The mentoring program provides entrepreneurs with access to advice and support. 

In response to growing demand for more internship opportunities for college students, MLSC launched the Internship Challenge in 2009. The innovative workforce development program reimburses companies for 12-week paid internships, creating hundreds of new internships each year while supporting the growth of small businesses by enabling them to hire interns at no cost. The program enhances the talent pipeline for Massachusetts companies by providing students with necessary practical workplace experience and exposure to the life sciences industry, which helps motivate them to stay and work in Massachusetts upon graduation. The program runs year-round, offering full and part-time positions for students and recent graduates. To date, MLSC has invested more than $10 million in the creation of over 1,600 internships hosted by more than 400 companies across Massachusetts. Interns have represented over 150 different colleges and universities.

"Life sciences companies cite Massachusetts' talented workforce as one of the main reasons to locate and grow here,” said Susan Windham-Bannister, Ph.D., MLSC President & CEO. “The MLSC Internship Challenge has been a key investment by the state to ensure that our life sciences workers bring both classroom and hands-on experience to their employers. Since its launch in 2009 this program has funded over 1,600 internships at 400 companies all across the state and we’re pleased that our program is serving as a model for similar programs at our sister quasi-public agencies.”

Funded as a pilot program in the 2012 Jobs Bill, the MassTech Intern Partnership launched in spring 2013 and since that time has matched 180 interns at over 100 companies across the Commonwealth, including innovative firms in robotics, eHealth and big data, among other sectors. When the first year’s participants were surveyed, nearly 90 percent of the programs participants rated their experience as ‘very favorable’.

“The MassTech Intern Partnership, with the support from the Commonwealth, introduces students to new learning opportunities, as well as to the contacts, job prospects, and career opportunities that the Massachusetts innovation economy offers,” said Pamela Goldberg, CEO of MassTech. “The program is a win for startups too, as they benefit from the addition of talented interns who help the company to expand operations, providing a measurable boost in productivity at these small companies.” 

Since 2011, MassCEC’s internship program has placed 589 interns at more than 173 clean energy companies across Massachusetts, helping business grow in the Commonwealth while providing students and recent graduates with practical, on-the-job training as they begin their clean energy careers. Fifty-one interns have gone on to secure permanent jobs with their employers following their internships.

“The MassCEC internship program grows bigger every year and is an invaluable resource to the clean energy industry, which has grown by 24 percent over the past two years,” said MassCEC CEO Alicia Barton. “Employers gain access to a skilled, energetic workforce, while students and recent graduates have the opportunity to take the skills they learned in the classroom and use them in the expanding global clean energy sector.”

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) CEO Alicia Barton today announced MassCEC is now accepting applications for the summer session of the 2014 Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Internship Program.

“Internships at Massachusetts clean energy companies provide students and recent graduates with the opportunity to learn by doing, as they take the skills they learned in the classroom and use them in the expanding global clean energy sector,” said Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rick Sullivan, who chairs the MassCEC Board of Directors.

The program provides paid internship opportunities for college students and recent graduates at Massachusetts-based clean energy companies. Offered by MassCEC and the New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC), the program focuses on enhancing the talent pipeline for Massachusetts companies engaged in the clean energy industry.

“There are 80,000 people working in the Massachusetts clean energy sector, and the internship program helps train the next generation of workers who will continue to grow this already booming industry,” said CEO Barton.

Clean energy businesses interested in hosting a student can find out more information and students and recent graduates can apply to the program by visiting the program’s website page at www.masscec.com/intern.  

During this session, MassCEC will provide Massachusetts-based clean energy companies with stipends of up to $12 per hour for up to 10 weeks for each full-time intern, with a cap of $4,800 per intern.

Over the past three summers, the program has placed well over 500 students and recent graduates in internships at more than 120 clean energy companies across the state. As a result of the internship program, more than 49 students gained full-time or part-time employment.

Due to a growing interest in this program, MassCEC now offers fall and spring sessions, as well.

“This program is helping build a workforce in one of the fastest growing industries in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by connecting hundreds of students to companies that provide internships, and in many cases, full-time employment," said Peter Rothstein, President of the New England Clean Energy Council. “This kind of exposure to the clean energy industry is key to attracting talented new workers to this rapidly growing field.”

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) CEO Alicia Barton today announced MassCEC will begin accepting applications for the spring session of the 2014 Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Internship Program. The program provides paid internship opportunities for college students and recent graduates at Massachusetts-based clean energy companies.

For the spring session, MassCEC will provide Massachusetts-based clean energy companies with stipends of up to $12 per hour for up to 10 weeks for each full-time intern, with a cap of $2,400 per intern.

Clean energy businesses interested in hosting a student can find out more information and download an application from the program page.

Students and recent graduates can fill out an intern application form.

Since 2011, the program, a partnership between MassCEC and the New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC),  placed 395 students and recent graduates in internships at more than 110 clean energy companies across the state. As a result of the internship program, 40 students gained full-time and part-time employment at their host companies.