Connecticut Center For Advanced Technology, CT Community Colleges and Xometry Announce Full Tuition Scholarships For Manufacturing Students
September 28 2022 - 8:47AM
The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), Connecticut
community colleges and Xometry, a publicly traded technology
company (NASDAQ: XMTR) that helps organizations create locally
resilient supply chains, will announce Xometry’s donation of
full-tuition scholarships for community college students across the
state studying to become the next generation of skilled machinists,
technicians and engineers. Xometry celebrates the strategic role
Connecticut plays in advancing domestic manufacturing and is
funding the scholarships across nine community colleges with
advanced manufacturing programs, including:
- Asnuntuck Community College (Enfield)
- Capital Community College (Hartford)
- Housatonic Community College (Bridgeport)
- Manchester Community College
- Middlesex Community College (Middletown & Meriden)
- Naugatuck Valley Community College (Waterbury &
Danbury)
- Northwestern Community College (Winsted)
- Quinebaug Valley Community College (Danielson &
Willimantic)
- Tunxis Community College (Farmington)
WHO:
- Dr. G. Duncan Harris, CEO, Capital Community College
- Dr. Thomas Coley, EVP of Strategic Partnerships and Enterprise
Performance, CT State Community College
- Paul Lavoie, Chief Manufacturing Officer, State of
Connecticut
- Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch, Executive Director, College of
Technology and Executive Director and Principal Investigator,
National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing
- Laurence Zuriff, co-Founder of Xometry, Inc. and Managing
Director of Xometry’s Donor Advised Fund and ESG initiatives
- Dr. Jackie Garofano, CTO, Connecticut Center for Advanced
Technology
WHEN & WHERE:11:00 AM ET,
Tuesday, October 4Asnuntuck Community CollegeAdvanced Manufacturing
Technology Center170 Elm StreetEnfield, CT 06082
WHY:Investing in America’s small
and mid-sized manufacturers and cultivating the next generation of
workers is critical to helping address supply chain concerns and
inflation while also protecting the nation’s economic and national
security interests. Xometry believes in the importance of
manufacturing and the entrepreneurial and high-paying, high-growth
opportunities it presents for skilled workers everywhere. In
addition to Connecticut, Xometry is providing scholarships for
nearly 250 students at community colleges in five other key
manufacturing states: Maryland, Kentucky, Wisconsin, South Carolina
and New York.
Contacts:Illume PR for Xometry,
Inc.Debra BensonXometry@IllumePR.com
CT State Community CollegeMelissa
Lamarmlamar@tunxis.edu
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