| 1967-68 |
Identification Project by Hartford College for Women reports a need for career counseling to help women wishing to enter or advance in the workforce. |
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| 1968 |
First Career Counseling Center for Women is established in Connecticut and is one of the first in the nation to provide career counseling services for women (it now provides services for women and men). |
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| 1968 |
Applied Partnerships in Teaching (APT) is launched in response to teacher shortages. As a result, one hundred and thirty-eight teachers are placed in 17 school systems in Connecticut. |
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| 1969 |
Finding a Focus, the first group career counseling for women re-entering the paid job market, begins. |
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| 1969 |
In an effort to help eliminate the shortage of qualified social workers, Partnerships in Welfare is created to train women for casework positions. |
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| 1970 |
The Urban Generalist program addresses the need for urban public service workers. |
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| 1970 |
Specialty career information programs are started for health care and early childhood education. |
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| 1970 |
The Talent Bank service begins by working with area corporations to place adults re-entering the workforce. Over 11 years, it serves 1,057 women. |
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| 1972 |
The Center addresses the need for Continuing Education and creates non-credit courses for professional development. |
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| 1973 |
Affirmative Action Legislation starts to affect companies. The Center launches Career Development for Women in Business. |
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| 1974 |
The Center begins the Legal Assistant Program in response to a need identified by area law firms. This program is now part of the University of Hartford's academic credit programs. |
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| 1975 |
Money Matters, a financial planning program, is developed and meets women's needs to understand their personal finances. This program is conducted for five years. |
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| 1976 |
Stepping-Stone Math is created to combat math anxiety among women. Over six years this program is a major force in helping women overcome their fears of math. |
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| 1977 |
The Center begins special training programs for women interested in non-traditional occupations with a seminar on the topic. |
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| 1978 |
Two hundred and fifty women attend a workshop on the new program, Access for Women to Technology, marking the beginning of the Center's technology programs. |
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| 1979 |
The Center begins to provide career counseling for corporate employees. The first such service is on-site at Northeast Utilities. |
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| 1980 |
Look Forward, a program for displaced homemakers, begins. For 24 years, the program offered guidance and career education for women who were divorced, widowed or separated. |
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| 1981 |
Drafting and word processing training, called Target Jobs, is started with government job training funding. |
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| 1982 |
Another non-traditional job training program, Cable TV Installation Training, is created and runs over the next four years. |
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| 1983 |
For five years, the center offers Advanced Secretarial Skills Training to help women improve their skills to employable levels. |
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| 1983 |
The American Bar Association approves the Legal Assistant Certificate Program. |
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| 1983 |
The Women's Research Institute is founded to meet the needs of women in unaffiliated schools and women interested in feminist research. |
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| 1983 |
The New England Type Institute is formed to train professionals in the use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator $reg; (MBTI). |
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| 1984 |
In order to prepare Latino high school girls for college, the Center begins Project CRECER ("to grow"), which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2003. |
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| 1984 |
The Association of Entrepreneurial Women is launched to help women business owners network with each other. After five years, it becomes an independent group. |
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| 1985 |
The Entrepreneurial Center makes its debut in the creation of Entrepreneurial Training, which address the needs of women developing small businesses. Over the years, the program expanded and currently provides services in Hartford and other areas in the state. |
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| 1986 |
The Center starts The BRIDGE Program for Career Development, an academic program offering six college credits to employed women who want to return to school. After 11 years, it becomes the prototype for a new academic delivery system called Academic Express. |
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| 1986 |
Non-traditional training for women continues with the development of the Electro-Mechanical Training Program. |
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| 1987 |
The Center's Look Forward Program is chosen to be one of four Displaced Homemaker Multi-Purpose Service Centers funded by the CT Department of Labor. |
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| 1988 |
HCW faculty vote to create an Associate in Science degree, with the Legal Assistant Program as the first area of concentration. |
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| 1989 |
The Center serves over 2,300 people in 1988 to 1989, a 34 percent increase over the previous year. |
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| 1991 |
Hartford College for Women merges with the University of Hartford. The Career Counseling Center establishes its unique position in the University structure. |
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| 1991 |
A shortage of trained childcare aides leads the Center to create the Childcare Assistant Training program. |
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| 1992 |
The college's renowned Adult Lecture Series becomes the administrative responsibility of The Career Counseling Center. |
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| 1993 |
As a spin-off to the highly successful Project CRECER, the Center begins the After-School Computer Academy for inner-city high school girls. |
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| 1994 |
The Computer and Employability Skills Training Program is created from the 14-year-old Look Forward program for displaced homemakers and single parents. |
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| 1995 |
The Entrepreneurial Center enters into a partnership with the CT Development Authority and People's Bank to create a $5 million loan pool that enables them to provide loans to eligible center graduates. |
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| 1995 |
The Center partners with the Hartford Club to create WomenConnect and host lectures by renowned women, such as Gloria Steinem and Judith Viorst. |
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| 1996 |
The Center's corporate career counseling services expand to serve additional area corporations and organizations. Aetna and The Hartford use these services to meet the career development needs of their employees. |
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| 1997 |
The Center signs a contract to provide on-site career development services for Pratt & Whitney employees. |
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| 1998 |
UTC Corporate Headquarters signs a contract for the Center to provide on-site career development services for employees. |
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| 1998 |
The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women and the Center work together to provide Pre-apprenticeship Training for women. |
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| 1999 |
The Center is awarded a five-year grant for $750,000 from the Small Business Administration to open the Office of Women's Business Ownership as part of the Entrepreneurial Center's programs. Tipper Gore is the keynote speaker at the kick-off event. |
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| 2000 |
Work begins on the Center's Web page, and careercounselingcenter.org and entrepreneurialctr.org are secured as registered domain names. |
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| 2001 |
A new Department of Continuing and Professional Education is created to provide professional education for lawyers, real estate professionals and construction industry professionals. |
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| 2001 |
The Center purchases a satellite dish to receive professional broadcasts for continuing education for lawyers. |
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| 2002 |
A comprehensive evaluation of Project CRECER leads to a revision of the program and the decision to open the program to a more culturally and ethnically mixed group. |
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| 2003 |
A new Youth Development Practitioner Academy is launched to train adults to work effectively with youth. |
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| 2003 |
The Human Resources Institute for Talent Development & Retention is formed and offers seminars to prepare HR professionals for leadership roles in the development of multi-faceted, strategic approaches to employee development and retention. |
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| 2003-04 |
The Center celebrates its 35th year. |
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| 2005 |
Strategic planning leads to a new name, new focus and renewed energy. |
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| 2006 |
The Center officially changes its name to the Center for Professional Development.
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