August 11, 2006—Green Cleaning University (GCU) was unveiled recently by The Ashkin Group as an online source for professional development tool and extensive resource of information about Green Cleaning and healthy building maintenance.
GCU was created by Stephen Ashkin and David Holly of The Ashkin Group, LLC, headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana. Ashkin and Holly each have more than 25 years of experience in the cleaning industry, managing product development, and sales and marketing.
GCU, the announcement states, is modeled after a traditional Ivy League campus, but with online programming designed for today’s busy cleaning industry professionals. The faculty includes some of the nation’s leading experts in green buildings, green Cleaning, and healthy building maintenance. Students have access to a wide variety of data and learning tools accessible via interactive classes, online discussion groups, special conferences, an extensive library and bookstore.
GCU’s initial class schedule focuses on how to maximize the sale of green cleaning products and services. Course titles include: Prospecting for Green Cleaning Accounts, Selling Green Cleaning & the Pilot Process; and Greening Health Care.
In the coming months GCU will offer programs from leading experts around the world on green buildings, the US Green Building Council and its LEED-EB program, sales management, conducting building audits, implementing various cleaning strategies, and more.
Online discussion groups will expand the networks and knowledge of industry professionals. A Conference Center will provide a forum for live meetings, presentations, and panel discussions.
The key supporters and founding sponsors of GCU are The Spartan Chemical Company, Pro Team, Bay West, and 3M, and Advanced Vapor Technologies.
For more information visit the Green Cleaning University Web site.
