AREAS OF STUDY
Construction and Sustainability
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Our students become experienced industry professionals in the areas of project management, estimating, scheduling, construction law and sustainability in the public and private sectors. See how the knowledge, tools and skills gained in our courses can advance you on your career path.
Building Sustainability in Our Communities
May 6, 2024
Justine Manaid was born and raised in the Phillipines’ Marikina City—”a town known for making beautiful shoes and leather goods...
9 min
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A Career From Designing to Project Managing Sites
Mar 25, 2024
Like many of us, Jessica Raab Holmgren didn’t know what she wanted to do for a living after high school. Growing up on a sailboat in a...
7 min
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Breaking Ground to Career Advancement
Mar 12, 2024
Since graduating from high school in the spring of 1998 in Mexico, Juan Resendes has built—brick by brick—his career in...
4 min
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From Chemistry to Construction Management
Apr 10, 2023
The career connections between psychology, chemistry and construction might not have been apparent at first to Alex Guidici. The path he...
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Create Your Educational Path in Sustainability Now to Take Advantage of American Jobs Plan
Apr 20, 2021
On the 51st anniversary of Earth Day, we are focusing on upcoming job opportunities in the green economy. While it’s still too soon to...
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Establishing Sustainable Roots
Nov 18, 2020
In September 2019, Jenais Zarlin was looking for a way to make a social and community impact.
Wanting to build up her practical...
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Solving Sustainable Management Challenges
“Philosophy prepared me for anything and everything. It taught me how to think; how to examine an argument; and to think of all...
138
Finding Solutions to the Climate Crisis Through Meaningful Job Creation
There is a crisis in America’s workforce today as more and more jobs are lost to automation and potential workers are opting out of...
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Sustainable Success
You can be forgiven a feeling of optimism when you talk with Construction and Sustainability department director David Brotherton about...
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