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PDCCC receives workforce development grant
Published Friday, February 5, 2010
FRANKLIN—Paul D. Camp Community College will soon upgrade equipment in its Workforce Development Center, thanks to a $10,000 grant award.
The award from the Valley Proteins Endowment Fund is designed to support workforce development programs at Virginia’s Community Colleges in the areas of environmental science, commercial truck driving, heating and air conditioning and office technology in areas where the company operates.
“The division of workforce development at Paul D. Camp Community College is very grateful to the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education and Valley Proteins for this most generous grant,” said Randy Betz, the vice president of workforce development at the college.
PDCCC’s division of workforce development will use the award to provide up-to-date audiovisual and remote meeting capabilities in the “technology theater” at the Regional Workforce Development Center on the college’s Franklin campus. The technology theater is used for hosting classes training sessions and meetings with participants at remote locations.
“This grant will enable us to dramatically upgrade technologies for interactive video capabilities,” said PDCCC President Dr. Doug Boyce. “In these tight budget times, this is a huge help.”
Betz said the new equipment in the technology theater would enable the college to serve its regional businesses and organizations “with top quality audio-visual conferencing capability.”
Valley Proteins is a 60-year-old company based in Winchester. Its processing facilities recycle food waste materials into useable products and bio-fuels for feed and industrial applications.
“As our industry continues to move forward with using technology, so does the need for our workforce to move forward with it,” said Michael A. Smith, vice president of Valley Proteins. “In today’s busy lifestyle, we hope the technology allowing students to work from remote locations will assist full-time workers to take advantage of the ability to further their education.”
PDCCC is only the second college to receive the award, the first was given to Southside Virginia Community College in 2008 to support workforce development programs there.
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