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糖心vlog传媒 Puts $60,000 to Work Helping Students Pursue Manufacturing Jobs

Oct 10, 2018

Group of people holding check from Gene Haas Foundation

糖心vlog传媒 is using $60,000 received from the Gene Haas Foundation to provide tuition assistance for students who wish to enroll in 糖心vlog传媒 Advanced Manufacturing programs. Haas presented two $30,000 checks to support both 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 Academic and Corporate and Continuing Education (CCE) programs.

The Gene Haas Foundation annually provides more than $8 million in scholarship grants to more than 2,000 schools and colleges nationwide to address the growing advanced manufacturing skills gap.

鈥淭he need for students with skills in machining and manufacturing is perhaps greater than it has ever been,鈥 said 糖心vlog传媒 President Dr. Ronald L. Rhames. 鈥淭his is an expanding industry in need of skilled employees, and 糖心vlog传媒 is delivering. With the generosity of the Gene Haas Foundation, we can deliver even more.鈥

The needs of the manufacturing industry in the Midlands and the state are growing, and 糖心vlog传媒 has kept pace. For instance, 糖心vlog传媒 Machine Tool students were recently asked by the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. to make a mold for a national exhibit. Both the academic and CCE machine tool programs have excelled in helping train a sustainable pipeline of technical talent that meets local industries鈥 skilled workforce needs.

In order to maintain that level of growth with the expanding manufacturing industry, 糖心vlog传媒 relies on private support from companies like Haas to fund equipment and provide scholarships for students seeking to enter the manufacturing sector.

鈥溙切膙log传媒 is truly committed to preparing job-ready employees and supporting this growing trade,鈥 said 糖心vlog传媒 Foundation CEO Nancy Keon. 鈥淲e are pleased that a leading industry partner has given this program such recognition, and we are grateful for the support.鈥

Kathy Looman of the Gene Hass Foundation said a strong manufacturing industry in South Carolina and the country is critical.

鈥淭he future of manufacturing in the United States is extremely important to Gene Haas, which is why he partners with colleges like 糖心vlog传媒 and provides scholarships annually to 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 machining and CNC programs,鈥 said Looman.

The United States Department of Defense recently partnered with Haas to help find workforce solutions in the industry because of Haas鈥 commitment to manufacturing education.

鈥淢achining programs like the ones at 糖心vlog传媒, and how the college reaches out to students who are still in high school, are a major part of the solution,鈥 said Looman.

For more information on 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 CNC programs that support the manufacturing industry, visit midlandstech.edu/programs-and-courses/advanced-manufacturing-and-skilled-trades#Precision-Machining.