Randolph Community College will receive over $1.7 million from the U.S.
Department of Labor as a member of a multi-state consortium of community
colleges intended to serve as leaders in integrating a regional
economic, workforce development and education partnership approach to
improving the skills and employment of individuals.
Dr. Robert S. Shackleford, RCC president, announced the news at the end
of the bi-monthly RCC Board of Trustees meeting Thursday evening. “The
focus of the grant is manufacturing, which is what we focus on in the
Piedmont,” said Shackleford. RCC is the only Triad school among the
group to receive funding.
The grant money is part
of an Obama administration announcement on Sept. 18 of $474.5 million in
grants to expand demand-driven skills training and strengthen employer
partnerships.
Randolph Community College and
Vance-Granville Community College in Henderson will be part of the
Southeastern Economic and Education Leadership Consortium led by
Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tenn. Other colleges
in the group are Northeast State Community College in Blountville,
Tenn., Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, Fla; and Polk State
College in Winter Haven, Fla.
For more on this story, go to
http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-09-20.php.
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