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Middlesex Celebrates Advanced Manufacturing Program Graduates

Twenty-four Middlesex Community College students received certificates in machining and electronics during a graduation ceremony for the first cohort of the Advanced Manufacturing Training Program held recently on the Lowell campus.

 

The Advanced Manufacturing Training program was developed as part of a $500,000 Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund Grant awarded by the Patrick Administration to the North Shore Workforce Investment Board. The grant supports partnerships between the Northeast Advanced Manufacturing Consortium and the region’s education and workforce organizations, including community colleges and vocational technical schools, career centers, workforce investment boards and local employers, to provide training and assists participants in finding jobs within the manufacturing industry.

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 “Our partnerships – and relationships – with vocational schools, workforce investment boards, and career centers are stronger. It was a lot of effort on everyone’s part, but the results are astounding,” said Judy Burke, MCC’s Dean of Corporate and Community Education & Training.

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Graduates of the Advanced Manufacturing Training Program completed more than 500 hours of training in basic machining or electronics, gaining hands-on experience to begin careers in the high-demand manufacturing industry, including working in aerospace, defense, medical devices, computers and electronics.

 

“A number of these students are already employed and we are confident all of them will find jobs,” reported Burke.

 

For more information about the Advanced Manufacturing Training Program at Middlesex, contact Lisa Tuzzolo, MCC’s Advanced Manufacturing Program Manager at tuzzulol@middlesex.mass.edu.

 

For more information about the Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative and the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund Grant, visit http://www.mass.gov/hed/economic/initiatives/manufacturing/advanced-manufacturing-collaborative.html

 

MCC is one of the largest, most comprehensive community colleges in the state. We offer more than 75 degree and certificate programs, plus hundreds of noncredit courses, during the day, evening and weekend, on our Bedford and Lowell campuses, and online. Middlesex – a great place to begin your future!


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