53:13
but i want to also highlight some of our
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educational partners
53:18
i'm really excited and proud to announce
53:21
that we have
53:22
educational partners in this program and
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two of them
53:26
are here with us today
53:30
and you know as industries look to
53:32
create registered apprenticeship
53:33
programs
53:34
with more complex roles that require
53:37
upper division coursework developing
53:40
partnerships with our
53:41
four-year academic institutions across
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the state becomes
53:45
ever more critical and so we're just
53:48
again really fortunate about the assets
53:50
in the inland empire so
53:51
the cal state university san bernardino
53:54
or csu san bernardino
53:56
is a national leader in cyber security
53:58
education and workforce development
54:00
leading the 335 colleges and
54:03
universities that make up
54:04
the centers of academic excellence in
54:07
cyber security community
54:10
it is also home to the nice the nice
54:13
nice challenge project which is a
54:15
national
54:16
competency-based virtual cyber range
54:19
used by more than 400 colleges and high
54:22
schools to test students cyber
54:24
skills and employment readiness for
54:26
cyber careers
54:28
and then we also have cal poly pomona
54:30
which serves at the nexus of los angeles
54:32
county
54:33
orange county and and the inland empire
54:36
and as the nation's most diverse
54:38
polytechnic university
54:40
cal poly pomona is a national leader in
54:42
preparing career ready graduates through
54:44
world-class academic training
54:46
unique learn by doing experiences and
54:48
close integration with a host of
54:50
industry
54:51
public and community partners and
54:53
president coley who is here
54:55
was also appointed by the governor to
54:57
his future of work commission and i was
54:58
so grateful to be able to work with her
55:00
closely there
55:01
so i'm actually going to start with
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president morales
55:05
president thomas morales would you
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please tell us
55:09
how the apprenticeship partnerships that
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you are developing with employers like
55:12
robert half and esri
55:14
will enhance student outcomes uh by
55:17
better preparing them to become
55:19
uh security professionals
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yeah you know i said thank you uh
55:24
secretary sue
55:25
and and congratulations to alma and
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gabriel and
55:29
and uh for their just incredible uh uh
55:31
motivation
55:32
and accomplishments and thank all of our
55:35
business partners
55:37
um you know as the only california state
55:39
university campus located
55:41
within the inland empire and ranked
55:43
number seven
55:44
in the country among the most
55:46
transformative colleges for graduating
55:49
economically disadvantaged students
55:51
into well-paying jobs cal state san
55:54
bernardino
55:55
stands ready to help lead this exciting
55:58
apprenticeship initiative
56:00
focused on our region by leveraging our
56:02
work
56:03
at the national level where we have
56:05
successfully partnered
56:07
with federal agencies to build a diverse
56:10
cyber workforce
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this apprenticeship initiative is about
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building on those successes
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by focusing on our efforts on engaging
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with our local employers in the region
56:25
no it's amazing president morales and
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you know apprenticeships really um
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work best right when they are paired
56:32
with uh you know
56:33
gold standard curriculum and training
56:36
that's offered through academic
56:37
institutions like yours
56:39
uh thank you also for bringing this back
56:40
to alma and gabriel um alma mentioned
56:43
that the strong connectivity between the
56:45
colleges and the employers
56:47
in the apprenticeship program has really
56:49
helped her
56:51
it's created a supportive framework and
56:53
environment in which
56:54
you know we really kind of put students
56:56
first can you talk about what
56:58
um csu san bernardino has planned to
57:01
to to to help make sure that this
57:04
happens
57:05
yeah you know at cal state san
57:07
bernardino we really um
57:09
we've really taken this challenge
57:11
head-on
57:12
including the recent submission of a
57:14
grant proposal
57:16
to the national security agency to
57:18
create a national model
57:20
for apprenticeships starting right here
57:23
in the inland empire
57:24
csusb has already internally approved
57:27
programs
57:28
and apprenticeship programs with
57:30
partners such as robert half
57:32
and soon with esri as well as with four
57:36
other organizations
57:38
in the inland empire and last week
57:41
we signed an mou with the american
57:43
council on education
57:45
or ace to develop apprenticeship
57:48
articulation agreements between
57:51
companies and colleges
57:52
throughout the nation this mou
57:56
is part of ace apprenticeship
58:00
pathway initiative and it will establish
58:03
a cyber pathway pilot program
58:06
at cal state san bernardino this will be
58:09
key to providing unique opportunities
58:12
for current and aspiring inland empire
58:16
cyber security talent
58:18
we have already been working with our
58:20
high school and community college
58:22
partners
58:23
develop a cyber security apprenticeship
58:25
pipeline
58:26
to grow the cyber talent in the region
58:29
and so
58:30
we're really well positioned and ready
58:33
to support this innovative regional
58:36
apprenticeship
58:37
model to help address the critical needs
58:40
for more cyber professionals
58:42
and more diverse cyber professionals in
58:45
private industry
58:47
in the public sectors oh thank you so
58:50
much president morales i just want to
58:51
also
58:52
acknowledge you you know our early
58:54
conversations about this were
58:55
uh you know your enthusiasm is so
58:57
infectious your leadership and
58:59
you know again assets in the ie um
59:02
you know what you've created and what
59:03
your leadership has brought has been
59:05
just really extraordinary
59:06
and maybe i'll just say um one more
59:07
thing you've already you know uh really
59:09
talked about the various partnerships
59:11
that you have
59:11
and i think this you know we connected
59:13
about the desire to retain
59:15
talent um you know in the area um and
59:18
um you know obviously we know that
59:21
there's there's the various partnerships
59:22
there's also
59:23
the national partnerships that you have
59:25
can you talk a little bit about what
59:26
your
59:27
local industry engagement strategy looks
59:29
like to incentivize more employers in
59:31
the region
59:32
to sign on to the cyber security
59:33
registered apprenticeship program i mean
59:35
it makes sense right because you are
59:37
educating um uh their workforce um
59:40
what how do you see your role in
59:42
bringing more employers to the table
59:44
well you know both kim wilcox from the
59:46
university of california riverside and i
59:48
co-chair
59:49
the ieep educational council
59:53
we work very closely with all of the
59:55
business partners
59:57
um that you invited today uh in this
60:00
launch
60:01
uh esri uh uh well all of us
60:05
uh you know obviously low melinda
60:06
university um
60:08
cal state san bernardino is is an anchor
60:11
institution
60:12
in riverside in san bernardino counties
60:15
we're stewards of place
60:16
um we work very closely i'm on the
60:19
executive committee
60:20
of i.e go which is really
60:23
one of our pillars is cyber security um
60:28
as as logistics as a logistics research
60:31
center
60:32
is another one where cyber security
60:34
plays an important role
60:36
so we're working very closely both with
60:39
our community college partners
60:40
our high schools and our business
60:43
partners
60:44
um to really this this is a really
60:46
exciting
60:48
um area of growth in the inland empire
60:51
thank you
60:52
to your leadership secretary for really
60:54
uh bringing this
60:56
uh to our region thank you thank you so
60:59
much president morales thank you