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Calhoun Community College wins grant for welding, manufacturing workforce work
Calhoun was awarded $198,000 to purchase training equipment to strengthen robotic welding programs on its Decatur and Huntsville campuses.
Posted: Mar 3, 2021 5:46 PM
Posted By: Josh Rayburn
Calhoun Community College issued this news release:
Calhoun Community College was selected as one of five grant winners by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) for their Advanced Welding Workforce Initiative (AWWI), which is a partnership to invest $1 million in education and training for advanced technical workers in Appalachia.
Projects were selected based upon their anticipated impact on the Region’s advanced welding and manufacturing workforce, particularly their capacity to meet growing demand across a number of industries.