New Year, New Faces!

Nancy Moydell
Business Development Specialist

The UNF Division of Continuing Education is so pleased to welcome Nancy Moydell to our team. As a Business Development Specialist, Nancy will concentrate on developing relationships with potential students and industry related companies in several key areas: Transportation and Logistics, Lean Six Sigma, Leadership Development, Certified Financial Planner, and the Paralegal Program. UNFCE Director Tim Giles states, "We are excited to have Nancy join the CE team. She brings years of experience in business development and has a real passion for helping individuals and organization achieve their goals."

Florida Ready to Work®: An Economic and Community Approach to Improving the Workforce in Florida

by +Robert Wood, Dean of UNF Division of Continuing Education

Leaders throughout the state of Florida have indicated that in order to stay competitive in recruiting industry and in expanding existing industry we must have a well trained workforce.  Michael O’Leary, President of the Grimes Companies, said; “One of the problems that we are facing is to make sure that the workforce of tomorrow will have the basic skills to compete in the new high tech based economy.”  This is indeed an economic issue in Florida.  We must have a well trained workforce to keep up with the new cluster based economy that we are striving to develop. It is important that when companies are seeking to expand or move to Florida the workforce is capable and ready.  There must be a systematic approach to improve the workforce in the state and in K-12 to ensure that students that graduate have the necessary skills to compete for the available jobs in Florida. This is absolutely critical in recruiting high tech manufacturing companies to the state and Northeast Florida.