EMPLOYEE TRAINING INSTITUTE GETS NEW DIRECTOR PROFESSIONAL WITH 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE SELECTED.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA -- Kristin Houser, a longtime marketing and business professional, is the new director of College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. Employee Training Institute, which works with local businesses to train employees. Houser will assume her new post Sept. 5. Houser has 25 years' experience with pharmaceuticals, biotech, education and small business and now will oversee a program that assists businesses and industry partners in planning and delivering training to stay competitive. ``Kristin Houser brings a wealth of talent and experience to College of the Canyons,'' said Dena Maloney, dean of economic development. ``With her background in biotechnology, marketing and education, she will be a great resource to employers in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. , and a great addition to our economic development team.'' Most recently, Houser has served as general manager of Miltenyi Biotec Inc., a provider of sophisticated tools to the global medical research community. She also led the global efforts to launch novel cell-therapy products for Baxter Cellular Therapies as vice president of global marketing. Houser's resume also includes experience in the small-business sector, after having developed and run a successful medical marketing consulting business, focused primarily on market analysis and strategy development for new products and markets for specialty companies. She also taught marketing and management courses for five years at the University of Redlands The University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and sciences university located in Redlands, California. The university's campus sits on 160 acres (0.6 km²) near downtown Redlands. The university was founded in 1907 and was associated with the American Baptist Church. School of Business. She received her master's in business administration degree from the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. , her master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in clinical psychology from the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. and a bachelor's degree in English and psychology from Indiana University Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. . Established in 1989, the Employee Training Institute provides customized training to companies within the Santa Clarita Community College District. The institute's role at College of the Canyons was defined in 1991 as being ``the primary agency for retraining re·train tr. & intr.v. re·trained, re·train·ing, re·trains To train or undergo training again. re·train the segment of the work force displaced through the changing technology and economic conditions'' whose ``short-term training programs will be responsible for the majority of the technical upgrade training done in our valley.'' The institute has provided training to more than 1,500 firms and 10,000 participants since the early 1990s. For information about the program, visit www.canyonsecondev.org or call (661) 362-3245. |
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