The Community College of Baltimore County has received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor for CCBC’s project titled “Expanding Healthcare Opportunities in a Recession Economy.” The grant will run through December 2011.
Grinell College (Iowa) has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish a program that encourages students, especially underrepresented minorities, to pursue college teaching careers.
Pine Technical College (Minn.) has been awarded a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to teach advanced manufacturing technology skills to high-school students and out-of-work or underemployed adults.
San Francisco State University has received $1.9 million to establish the Robert and Joyce Corrigan SF Promise Endowed Scholarship Fund. The funds will help put higher education in reach for all San Francisco public school students.
South Central College (Minn.) has received a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to support a new two-year mechatronics degree program that begins this fall.
Virginia State University has received a $325,000 grant from Altria Group, Inc. to help fund student support services and financial aid in VSU’s School of Engineering, Science and Technology.
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