Dallas College

This is a two year.

So you can go like down here to Dallas College and they have manufacturing, you know, with testing and all of that to get industry based certifications there.

and this is a two-year, and then this is a four-year.

And so they can see.

And you can go and you can do CAD or you can learn to be a machine technician.

This is a two year.

So you can go like down here to Dallas College and they have manufacturing, you know, with testing and all of that to get industry based certifications.

And this is a two-year.

And so what, what drove us, we had a workforce development summer where we worked with the high school counselors, um, to come in and see these are jobs that are available.

This is how they can be trained, and what can we do? Dallas College is awesome.

They've got a phenomenal, um, um, trade, trade school, and getting more c- counselors to recommend that to their students.

Not everybody has to go to a four-year university, you know, get four years like I did.

And always share with them, you know, introduce yourself, let people know what you're interested in, you know, kind of what you're working on or studying, because then when roles come about, you've got more of a likelihood of, of getting considered.

Because when I was teaching pen testing at Dallas College, there was a recent college grad in our area that went to Dallas Hackers Association and went to the OWASP meetups and I knew, you know, he had recently graduated, knew he was interested in the offensive security side of things, and I used to always get requests from people looking for junior pen testers, and I was able to recommend him and he was able to get his first job.

And part of that was he was not just showing up at the meetups, he was talking to people, sharing his interest, what he was doing, about his degree, and what kind of area of cybersecurity he went into, so I was able... easier to help him.

So when people go to these meetups and stuff or conferences and they don't say much, it's really kind of hard to, you know, to help them out.

Each episode, we explore how designers, builders, and product leaders navigate constant change, create meaningful products, and grow their careers.

Today, we have two speakers, Sandy Harris and Lisa Gabriel, both digital art and design educators at Dallas College.

Sandy is also the curriculum chair for the UX UI program at Dallas College.

In our last conversation, we talked about the value of learning live with other people.

And I want to start this episode by staying with one part of that idea that I think is especially important for product and design professionals.

It's going to go away only if we get absolutely focused on meeting the demand by creating the supply.

And that's why we partnered with Dallas ISD, Dallas College, UNT in Dallas, and 37 other training partners to begin making sure that we have access to the training needed to create the skilled people for the jobs that are there and the jobs we know can and will come.

That's going to be the key.

Wes Turrey knows his business.

So it wasn't, you know, a legacy business or anything like that.

He just was looking through a catalog, literally, at Dallas College and saw HVAC.

And so he went and enrolled, fell in love with HVAC.

He would come home with these books, and he's reading them front to back.

Each episode, we explore how designers, builders, and product leaders navigate constant change create meaningful products and grow their careers.

Welcome to today's episode with two wonderful speakers, Sandy Harris, and Lisa Gabriel, both digital art and design educators at Dallas College.

Sandy is also curriculum chair for the UX UI program at Dallas College.

Welcome ladies.

The world of work is changing fast.

What skills actually prepare us for whatever comes next? Today, we want to talk about the role education can play in answering that important question, not just learning a new piece of software or adding another credential, but building the critical thinking, confidence, communication skills, and other foundational skills that help us continue learning throughout our careers.

Sandy and Lisa have a really interesting perspective on this because they've both had long careers in design, some in technology and marketing as well.

while also preparing the next generation of professionals at Dallas College.

I'm Liz Clark, Vice President for Policy and Research, and I have two guests here with me to talk about risk and resilience and strategies for extreme weather.

I have with me today Juan Azcarate, Senior Managing Director of Dallas College, and Beth Kidwell, Risk Management Consultant with United Educators.

Juan, Beth, welcome.

Thank you so much, Liz.

Could you each tell our listeners a little bit about your role and the work that you do?

My name is Juan Azcarate.

I'm the Senior Managing Director with the Office of Risk Management at Dallas College.

I've been at the college for the last four years and total about fourteen years in higher ed experience, having served at Texas Wesleyan, which is in Fort Worth, and then prior to that, at Southern Methodist University.