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Global Offshore Wind Training

Starting in January 2024, SUNY Maritime College, in partnership with RelyOn Nutec, will offer all five modules of the internationally recognized offshore wind Basic Safety Training (BST). This training is certified by the Global Wind Organization (GWO). Maritime College will be one of only two of the seven Maritime Academies in the US offering GWO-certified offshore BST training. The BST program offers hybrid courses, with the classroom portion taught online and assessments taking place on campus utilizing our offshore wind training facility. More information about this training can be found on our website at https://www.sunymaritime. edu/global-offshore-wind-training Offshore wind power or offshore wind energy is the

energy taken from the force of the winds out at sea, and transformed into electricity and supplied into the electricity network onshore. It is predicted there will be a need for 58,000 full-time offshore wind industry workers needed annually by 2030. Maritime College is in an ideal location to train workers and seafarers involved in the construction of wind farms taking place off the coasts of New York and New Jersey as well as other locations. It is a wonderful opportunity for SUNY Maritime to offer the training and certification. Maritime College is also working with RelyOn Nutec to develop certified GWO Basic Technical Training (BTT). The BST and BTT course development, GWO certification, and training facilities were made possible by a US Department of Labor Community Program grant sponsored by Representatives Ocasio-Cortez and Tom Suozzi as well as a NYSERDA grant. The grants, totaling $ 1.5 million, are also being utilized to establish the Maritime College Center of Excellence for Offshore Wind, focused research and scholarship, academic programs, workforce development programs, and outreach and education.

Student Union Opens As our students returned to the campus in August, they were welcomed by the opening of the new Student Union. SUNY Maritime renovated the space below the Mess Deck by closing it in and creating a space for our students. The Student Union has two conference rooms, a multipurpose room, an SGA and MAP office, and a game room (with a pool table, table tennis, fosse ball, and gaming consoles). There is a large space for our students to gather and relax. It didn’t take long for our students to find the space. You can find them studying, working, relaxing in the Student Union daily. Office of Student Affairs maintain the Student Union as a student space by limiting reservations to students or events with a student focus: student organization fair, student services fair, student employment fair, and peer educators counseling services. We expect more activities to occur in the Union as students see how to utilize their space.

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