Laredo College will offer free training to local businesses
Courtesy of Laredo College
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Laredo College has received a grant from the Texas Workforce Commission to offer local businesses an opportunity to train workers during the pandemic.
Through the Skills Development Fund COVID-19 Special Initiative Grant, TWC will assist businesses in Texas in fast training to upgrade their employees’ current skills or train new employees in a new skill. Laredo College applied for the funding and was awarded the maximum $250,000 available under this initiative.
The trainings will be administered by the Laredo College Economic Development Center and the LC Continuing Education Department. The college works with representatives from the TWC Office of Employer Initiatives to apply for the funding and once the funds are awarded, they continue to provide support throughout the duration of the grant.
College, friends pay farewell to local professor, activist Cardenas
Jan. 1, 2021
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Lucy Cardenas, second from right, is pictured at The Knights Gala in 2018 at IBC Bank s Sanchez Neiman Suite along with other honorees. Cardenas, the first woman chancellor for the Diocese of Laredo, a former Laredo College professor and a community leader died onDanny Zaragoza /Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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Laredo lost an exemplary woman in Lucy Cardenas as her former employer and friends reminisced recently after the major role model died at 75 following years of fighting for the community.
Cardenas was a former professor then-known Laredo Community College, now Laredo College. She was a female leader in the college’s own commission for women. She was considered as the first woman chancellor for the Diocese of Laredo. And she was very active in the local Democratic Party, where she even served as precinct chair for many years.