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MiraCosta College has a new degree and certificate program in engineering technology aimed at providing students with the education and training needed to secure well-paying, middle-skilled jobs as engineering technicians in as little as a year. The new program began enrolling its first students this fall. “This is a great opportunity for students to get an in-demand degree for a high-demand profession,” said Professor Paul Clarke, who helped design the program. “It also provides a ladder of sorts, in that students can earn their degree, get a good job, work for a few years, then come back and earn a bachelor’s degree to further their career opportunities.” Caltrans and SANDAG will break ground to extend the carpool lane on I-5 in each direction between Manchester Avenue in the City of Encinitas and Palomar Airport Road in the City of Carlsbad. The double tracking of the coastal rail line, bike/pedestrian path improvements, restoration of the San Elijo Lagoon, and replacement of the I-5 highway and rail bridges over the San Elijo Lagoon are already underway in the community of Cardiff-by-the-Sea. These improvements are known as Build NCC, the first phase of construction on the North Coast Corridor (NCC) Program in the cities of Solana Beach, Encinitas and Carlsbad. The Oceanside Promise partners are aligning our collective resources to better support the college, career and life readiness of Oceanside’s students with an emphasis on Latino young men. The Latino Young Men Success Initiative was launched in late 2018 in order to rally the community to provide additional supports and opportunities for some of our community’s most vulnerable youth. Your business or www.oceansidechamber.com | Winter 2019
organization can support the initiative by providing internships, offering job shadowing opportunities, or financing an intern through sponsorships.
Scripps Health has achieved a 25 percent reduction in the average number of tablets per opioid prescription ordered for patients at its hospitals and outpatient centers across San Diego County during the first year of its Opioid Stewardship Program (OSP). Scripps created its OSP last year with the goals of reducing prescription opioid usage, preventing opioid addiction and taking advantage of other pain management options before considering opioids. “We want to return our patients to healthy function as soon as possible, without putting them at risk for opioid dependency or the side effects of opioid usage,” said Ole Snyder, M.D., a Scripps-affiliated family medicine physician and chairman of Scripps’ OSP. “We’ve designed a multifaceted approach to achieve these goals, which includes educating patients and doctors, and implementing consistent prescribing and tapering standards.” The Business Explosion (affectionately known as “BOOM!”) brings together local business professionals from all over San Diego and surrounding counties for an afternoon of networking, exhibiting, marketing (yes, this a great opportunity to market yourself and your business), mixing, mingling and socializing in a “laid back”, nopressure environment with a high-energy, explosive atmosphere! Strategically held in January to help you fill your pipeline for the year, BOOM! is your first, mustattend business event in North County combining a mixer, expo, a “flavor explosion” and the ever-popular “BOOM! The Talk Show” for one amazing afternoon. Read full versions of these stories and more at www.oceansidechamber.com/news. Oceanside Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Business Journal | 17
