Education

Cannabis sommelier Derek Gilman was featured on the “Today Show” last week as part of its On the Job series.

Tammy Pettigrew is founder of The Cannabis Cutie — an online, education-focused cannabis platform and community — and co-host of 106 & Spark, a cannabis-infused hip-hop countdown show.

Veriheal announced its third annual Innovation Scholarship Fund which is open to students seeking to become “the new generation of cannabis entrepreneurs.”

Rowan University in New Jersey now offers an MBA in Cannabis Commercialization with courses ranging from Cannabis Legislation, Regulations, and Policy to Advanced Chemical Analysis of Cannabinoids.

Maine’s Beal University now offers online associate and bachelor’s degree programs focused on cannabis business administration and plant science.

Lolita Korneagay is the nurse-turned-entrepreneur behind Cansoom, which offers cannabis-focused continuing education for medical professionals and more.

Rider University in New Jersey will offer an online cannabis studies certificate program including courses on accounting and finance, communications and marketing, sales, management, public policy, law, and research and development.

Tulsa Community College now offers three, eight-week cannabis education programs centered around certificates for dispensary associates, cultivation technicians, and manufacturing agents.

Arizona’s community colleges received more than $31 million from cannabis-derived taxes last year.

Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Michigan has partnered with Green Flower to offer cultivation technician, provisioning center associate, and advanced manufacturing agent cannabis certification courses.

The University of Denver’s Center for Professional Development is partnering with Green Flower to offer an online, non-credit cannabis certificate program consisting of three eight-week courses.

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The University of Arizona has partnered with cannabis education company Green Flower to offer three eight-week, online courses for certificates in the Business of Cannabis, Cannabis Law and Policy, and Cannabis Healthcare and Medicine.

The Jamaican government has launched “Good Ganja Sense,” a cannabis education campaign to provide information about cannabis consumption and debunk common cannabis myths.

The U.S. Cannabis Council and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation launched the Pathways to the C-Suite Internship program; the program places college seniors and recent college graduates with cannabis executives for mentorship.

Colorado voters rejected a proposal to raise cannabis taxes in the state as part of a plan to create an independent education agency.

The University of Nevada, Reno is offering three eight-week online courses as part of their new cannabis certificate program.