OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College is exploring an opportunity to enhance its manufacturing course offerings, President Jerry Corcoran announced at Thursday’s board meeting. Corcoran said IVCC is considering joining a consortium of community colleges representing more than a third of central Illinois’s manufacturers to pursue one of two manufacturing academies being offered by the state. Up to $15 million is available from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) to build the academies in central and southern Illinois.
“We’re interested in partnering with other colleges to offer students more advanced manufacturing opportunities,” Corcoran said. “If our consortium were to be selected for funding, the academy would be located at one of the colleges and IVCC would be one of the satellites.”
Foundational credit and non-credit-bearing courses would be offered at the satellites; advanced manufacturing would be offered online and at the Academy college.
“We believe this will benefit traditional students, non-traditional students upgrading their skills, and employers in need of incumbent worker training,” Corcoran said.
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