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Husted highlights YSU initiatives for its share of $12M GM funds The future of the economy requires innovation, investment and talent that will lead to prosperity for a community and the state, the lieutenant governor said. Feb 10, 2021 4:52 AM By: Ellen Wagner Updated YOUNGSTOWN — Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted believes workforce investment in the Valley will help meet the needs of the region’s emerging high-tech markets, including electric vehicles and their batteries as well as additive manufacturing.  Husted visited Youngstown State University Tuesday to ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University, through its Center for Workforce Education and Innovation, plans to use part of $5 million from General Motors to invest in programs and services that zero in on inclusion and equality to best serve the unemployed and underemployed. “We need to remove the barriers to help those individuals to compete and to win in what we call the race to employability,” said Jennifer Oddo, executive director of strategic workforce education and innovation at YSU. Some of the money also will be spent on the creation of the YSU Energy Storage Innovation and Train...

February 9, 2021 From the left, Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted; Jennifer Oddo, executive director of the YSU Center for Workforce Education and Innovation; Lydia Mihalik, director of the Ohio Development Services Agency; and YSU President Jim Tressel. Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted joined Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel and other state and local officials today to highlight the Mahoning Valley’s numerous multi-million-dollar initiatives to develop a skilled workforce to meet the growing needs of the region’s emerging high-tech markets, including electric vehicle, battery and add...

Feb 9, 2021 YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University, through its Center for Workforce Education and Innovation, plans to use part of $5 million from General Motors to invest in programs and services that zero in on inclusion and equality to best serve the unemployed and underemployed. Some of the money also will be spent on the creation of the YSU Energy Storage Innovation and Training Center to support emerging technology industries in the Mahoning Valley by helping provide a capable workforce. The innovation and training center for now remains in the concept and development stage, but YS...

Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, January 2021 At the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, and for our many colleagues and partners, the ongoing and intertwined health, economic, and racial justice crises bring new urgency to our work to improve access to quality jobs, options to participate in business ownership, and the freedom to pursue economic opportunity. Below we share our monthly newsletter with highlights of recent work. As always, we welcome your feedback, thoughts, and partnership in advancing inclusive opportunity and an economy in which we all can thrive. Clic...