Brewers On Tap At Las Positas College

From LPC: Entrepreneurial expertise will be on tap at Las Positas College’s 6th Annual Business and Entrepreneurship Speaker Series event. “Brewing Up a Business: A Panel Discussion of Top Livermore Brewers” will be held at 6-7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 1, in the Multi-Disciplinary Building Lecture Hall, Room 2420. Presented by the college’s Business Studies Program, the series is free and open to the public. Parking is $2.

Panelists include the following brewers: Eight Bridges Brewing Company President George Beardsley, Shadow Puppet Brewing Company Founder and CEO Brian Blackburn and Altamont Beer Works Owner/Head Brewer Stephen Sartori. Rusty Skinner, an owner of Livermore’s Hop DeVine restaurant, will serve as moderator.

The Business and Entrepreneurship Speaker Series brings Bay Area business leaders to campus to share their expertise with students and the community. Business Studies, one of the most popular majors at Las Positas College, offers degree and certificate programs, career and workforce training and transfer preparation to four-year colleges and universities. Programs include Business Administration, Marketing, Accounting, Administrative Medical Assistant, Bookkeeping, Business Entrepreneurship, Retailing, Retail Management and Supervisory Management.

Las Positas College also offers a Work-Based Learning Program that fosters partnerships with area employers to build a strong workforce in the community. The program includes courses in Work Experience where students earn college credit for working while learning 21st century work skills and achieving learning objectives at their workplaces. Additionally, the program offers a website for internships and jobs, The Las Positas College Internship and Job Board, which is linked on the homepage. On the website, employers can post internships and jobs for free and connect with Las Positas College students and alumni. For information about the program, please email WBL@laspositascollege.edu.

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