http://tpr.org en http://tpr.org/post/alamo-college-welding-program-giving-jobs-boost-hill-country <p>The Texas Workforce Commission issued a $304,000 grant to train 135 new and current employees of Fox Tank, a manufacturer of steel-welded oil field tanks for the energy industry in Kerrville.</p><p>This is the latest grant-funded program by the <a href="http://www.twc.state.tx.us/" target="_blank">Workforce Commission</a> and the Alamo Colleges. Earlier this month the two set up a cloud computing program to help train Rackspace workers.</p> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:18:09 +0000 Joey Palacios 6623 at http://tpr.org Alamo College Welding Program Giving Jobs Boost To Hill Country http://tpr.org/post/alamo-colleges-teaming-rackspace-cloud-programming-classes <p>The Alamo Colleges have received a multimillion dollar grant from the Texas Workforce Commission to train 1,000 rackers. The Rackspace employees will receive special training for cloud computing from the Alamo Colleges.</p><p>The $2.5 million awarded to the school from the Workforce Commission's Skills Development Fund will create a tailored program called the Cloud Academy.</p> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:35:00 +0000 Joey Palacios 6114 at http://tpr.org Alamo Colleges Teaming With Rackspace On Cloud Programming Classes