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Alpena Community College Receives $1.9 Million Community-Based Job Training Grant
U.S. Department of Labor recently announced the awarding of a $1.9 million grant to Alpena Community College as part of President Bush’s Community-Based Job Training Grants program. ACC’s proposal, entitled “Concrete Opportunities and Solutions,” will build upon established ACC academic programs at the World Center for Concrete Technology and expand educational opportunities for incumbent workers in the concrete industry. The grant is for three years and will be used by ACC to provide four main services: · Expansion of the current ACC Concrete Technology degree program with a second cohort comprised of out-of-state students. · Development of an online certificate program with concrete-related content that targets incumbent workers. · Creation of a 2-year academic program track to accommodate students with leadership ambitions in the concrete industry. This new track would include business, management, and supervision courses. · Creation of a 1+1 program allowing students to transfer to ACC after fulfilling their general education requirements at another institution. A major goal in the first year of the grant is to recruit 20 out-of-state students for enrollment in the existing Concrete Technology degree. To assist students in funding their education in a concrete degree, the Community-Based Job Training Grant will provide a limited number of tuition free scholarships to these out-of-state students on a first come first served basis. In order to accommodate these additional students the college will be hiring additional faculty along with a media technician. The purpose of the Community-Based Job Training Grants program is to build community colleges’ capacity to equip workers with the skills growing industries require for success. A total of 72 community college partnerships were awarded a share of $125 million; 429 entries were submitted in response to the competition, which was announced on July 3, 2006. For more information about ACC’s grant, please contact Don MacMaster, Community-Based Job Training Grants project director, at (989) 358-7344 or for enrollment information Mike Kollien, Director of Admissions, at (989) 358-7339 or toll free 1-800-468-6222, ext. 7339.
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