Month: June 2014

Governor Will Join Group of Community Leaders at 7:30PM Tonight at a Roundtable Discussion in Milford

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is joining a bipartisan list of leaders who have signed on to a Request for Information (RFI) to the gun industry to get a clear sense what companies are doing to improve public safety. Given the large number of firearms bought by public entities, it’s the hope of this group that market forces will help promote and encourage responsible practices within the industry. “For a generation, we’ve been hearing that it’s not guns that kill people, it’s people that kill people,” said Governor Malloy. “If that’s the case, then the gun industry has an obligation to tell us what they’re doing to keep guns out of the hands of…

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GOV. MALLOY: PROGRAM WILL INCREASE COLLEGE COMPLETION RATES

‘Go Back to Get Ahead’ Provides Incentives to Re-Enroll Students to Complete Degrees (HARTFORD, CT) - In a drive to give “lapsed” college students the opportunity to get their college education back on track, and to develop a better educated workforce and more competitive state economy, Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced that the Board of Regents for Higher Education today launched the Go Back to Get Ahead program, offering in-state residents who have started, but not completed a degree, free college courses when they re-enroll.   For a limited time, individuals who took college courses before Dec. 1, 2012, but left before completing their degree, can get up to three free 3-credit courses, by enrolling in one of Connecticut’s 17…

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CTWorks Career Coach in Westport June 19

Barbara Butler, Director of the Westport Department of Human Services announces the return of the CTWorks Career Coach at Westport Town Hall on Thursday, June 19. The Coach will offer a beginner’s class in Microsoft Word 2007 from 10 pm to 12 noon followed by an intermediate class in Word 2007 from 1 pm to 3 pm. Contact the Westport Department of Human Services for specific course description information. The Career Coach is a “training center” tour bus equipped with ten wireless computer labs offering free computer classes to residents in the greater Norwalk area. The mobile unit operates on a monthly schedule of visits to various community locations and is accessible to people with disabilities. Area residents interested in…

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