Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is celebrating what the college says will be a new opportunity to get area students into advanced careers.
“We received a $1.9 million grant from the Department of Education to build our manufacturing pipeline across the region and create local teams that bring education together in K-12, employers, the college, all of these stakeholders who want to see more people in manufacturing careers and provide the coordination and support needed to help make that happen,” Stith said.
That’s ECTC Chief Advancement Officer Megan Stith. ECTC is one of four institutions in Kentucky and 22 nationally to receive the grant, which will run through 2027.
Stith says the new program will be a collaborative effort.
“This is a really exciting opportunity to stand up a team approach to filling these advanced manufacturing skills gaps in our rural parts of ECTC’s service area, and with four years to bring this project to life,” Stith said. “We’re just really excited to see the potential that our region will have now to work together and help put more, especially, middle and high schoolers into these high-wage, high-demand skills.”
Stith says ECTC is excited that the grant will provide for a long-term mission rather than a short-term boost, and they are already looking for the personnel that will lead that mission
“This funding has created four full-time positions, three that will be posted in the coming weeks, and one is currently active right now: the director for the program,” Stith said. “We would love a wonderful pool to draw from with that opportunity, so folks are encouraged to apply.”
You can find more information on the program, and view that job opening, on ECTC’s website.
