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The reception and ceremony featured a keynote address delivered by Dr. Paul Brodie, president of Housatonic Community College, to the award recipients and their guests.<\/p>\n<p>As a national leader in regional workforce development, The WorkPlace shares ideas and best practices with lawmakers, foundations, think tanks, and other organizations around the country. The annual award ceremony recognizes individuals and businesses that support the organization\u2019s efforts to promote diversity and lifelong learning, volunteers who dedicate their resources to WorkPlace programs, and professionals who motivate and empower its clients. Jan was recognized in particular for the training in which she participates to prepare individuals for entering the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It has been an incredibly rewarding experience to interface with this very committed group of students,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janice Watts, Goodwin College\u2019s Nursing School Department Chair, was honored by the CT League for Nursing as one of The WorkPlace\u2019s 2016 Professionals of the Year in a ceremony in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on June 23. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/janice-watts-earns-workplace-professional-of-the-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Janice Watts Recognized as 2016 WorkPlace Professional of the Year<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":3002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1063],"tags":[268],"class_list":{"0":"post-3001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-university-news","8":"tag-featured","10":"fallback-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dept. 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