Gene Haas Foundation to Give RCC Foundation $1 Million for Naming of Computer-Integrated Machining Program/Lab

The Randolph Community College Foundation has learned it will receive a $1 million gift from the Gene Haas Foundation to support RCC’s Computer-Integrated Machining program. Randolph Community College will name the machining program, classrooms, and lab – located in the Continuing Education and Industrial Center at 413 Industrial Park Avenue – the Gene Haas Computer-Integrated Machining Institute.

The $1 million gift will be used to expand the program, according to Dr. Robert Shackleford, RCC president. “The funds will help us close both the skills gap and the interest gap in Computer-Integrated Machining,” said Shackleford. “We’ll close the skills gap by continuing to provide the very best in machining education, and by producing more qualified workers; and we’ll close the interest gap by using some of the funds to expose high school students to the career possibilities in advanced manufacturing.”

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