Cerritos College has received a $100,000 grant from Southern California Edison as part of the company’s $1 Million Green Jobs Education Initiative.

Cerritos was one of ten community colleges selected to receive the grant designed to support green education and job training.
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‘Southern California Edison looked for colleges that had a strong green curriculum,’ said Tammy Tumbling, Manager of Community Involvement at SCE, ‘we wanted to ensure that the colleges supported students who were enrolled in degree apprenticeship or certificate programs.’
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The grant will allow Cerritos to make scholarships available to students who are enrolled in green job workforce preparation and demonstrate financial need. Students who are awarded the scholarship will receive $2,000 each.
Cerritos can choose to invest the SCE grant funds in the California Community College Scholarship Endowment to receive an additional $50,000 match from the endowment’s lead benefactor, The Bernard Osher Foundation.
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Green Jobs Education Subject Areas include Renewable energy, energy generation, system installation and storage, green building and energy efficiency, water, wastewater,’ and waste management, transportation, alternative fuels, biofuels production and farming, environmental compliance or sustainability planning.’
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‘ ‘Our goal is to empower students to focus on the green workforce and to support programs which prepare them with marketable skills and training’ said Tumbling.’

Other community colleges who also received the grant are Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest; El Camino College, Torrance; Golden West College, Huntington Beach; Long Beach City College, Long Beach; Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles; Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, Los Angeles; Rio Hondo College, Whittier; San Bernardino Valley College, San Bernardino; Ventura College, Ventura.

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