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Manufacturing Company Gives College $100,000

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Susanna Kemerling
Published August 22, 2022 at 8:00 AM CDT
Matt Schmit, Dean of Applied Programs and Distant Campuses, Paula Arends, EICC’s Director of Continuing Education and Professional Development, Jeff Rose, Assistant Project Director of Advanced Manufacturing, Ellen Bluth, Vice Chancellor of Economic and Workforce Development, & Steven Jennings, Arconic Manufacturing Director
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges
From Left: Matt Schmit, Dean of Applied Programs and Distant Campuses, Paula Arends, EICC’s Director of Continuing Education and Professional Development, Jeff Rose, Assistant Project Director of Advanced Manufacturing, Ellen Bluth, Vice Chancellor of Economic and Workforce Development, & Steven Jennings, Arconic Manufacturing Director

A grant will help the Eastern Iowa Community Colleges to encourage students to work in manufacturing.

Arconic has given EICC 100 thousand dollars to make promotional videos for K-12 schools, and build awareness for jobs in manufacturing.

Ellen Bluth is the Eastern Iowa Community College's Vice Chancellor For Workforce and Economic Development.
"It's really an exciting opportunity for us to do something that's not only great for the college, but it is such a partnership, and such a great opportunity to fill jobs in our area."

Bluth says she hopes this investment in potential future students, and the future workforce, can lead to growth, enrollment, and workers for everyone involved.
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Susanna Kemerling
Susanna Kemerling is WVIK Quad Cities NPR's 2022 Fellowship Host/Reporter. She graduated from Northern Illinois University for Media Studies in Communication and spent the last year working as a Teaching Assistant through the graduate program at NIU.
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