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Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
DeWine announces Super RAPIDS Grants to educational institutions
Apr. 14—CCTC to receive $113,582 COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel, and Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor Mike Duffey announced that $8.3 million was awarded to 39 universities, community colleges, and career technical centers across Ohio through the latest round of Super RAPIDS grants. In Lawrence County, Collins Career Technical Center was awarded $113,582. Awardees will use this funding to update equipment to enhance training opportunities for over 6,600 students — preparing them for careers in Ohio's expanding manufacturing industries. "We're seeing historic investments in Ohio that are creating thousands of new jobs, and we need a workforce ready to step into those opportunities," DeWine said. "This Super RAPIDS funding will ensure students are training on the same state-of-the-art equipment they'll use on the job, giving them a direct path to these careers." The Super RAPIDS grants were awarded through a competitive process that prioritized employer input. Over 130 businesses, spread across Ohio's seven JobsOhio regions, played a key role in shaping the proposals, ensuring that the funded projects address the specific skill needs of regional industries. This approach allows Ohio's training institutions to rapidly adapt to changing workforce demands and prepare students for the jobs that are most in demand in their region. The entirety of the $8.3 million available through this round of grant funding will be awarded to help schools upgrade their lab and classroom space with new, modern equipment. Ohio's Super RAPIDS program provides additional one-time funding to supplement ODHE's traditional Regionally Aligned Priorities in Delivering Skills grant program. RAPIDS grants are used to purchase equipment for use in classrooms specific to regional workforce needs. Equipment purchased by grantees is often shared among multiple campuses, expanding the reach of the equipment and allowing more students to get an affordable, high-quality education.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
CCTC teacher selected for Silent Heroes webinar series
Feb. 17—CHESAPEAKE — A Collins Career Technical Center teacher has been selected as part of a Researching Silent Heroes webinar series, in coordination with the American Battle Monuments Commission. Darla Carpenter was chosen for her research of World War I soldier Pvt. Curtis Crawford Bryant of the U.S. Army. Bryant, Ohio, is buried at Meuse Argonne American Cemetery in France. Carpenter was one of the 55 educators selected for the series, a cost-free learning opportunity, where they receive hands-on training to research and create a profile for a Silent Hero, an individual who served in the United States military. The men and women researched for this webinar series died during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War and are buried or memorialized in an American military cemetery cared for by the ABMC. From now until March, teachers meet monthly with both a historian and a research specialist to set their Silent Heroes into historical context and learn strategies to research their lives. They discuss effective research strategies and discuss how to deal with roadblocks that historical research creates, such as missing or incomplete records, alternate spellings, or reconciling memories with the historical record. When the teachers complete their research in April, they will write a profile for NHD's Silent Heroes website for publication in late spring/summer. This work will be shared with the American Battle Monuments Commission for future use in their educational materials. "National History Day's Researching Silent Heroes program is essential to our work to improve the teaching and learning of history," Cathy Gorn, Ph.D., executive director of National History Day, said. "Thanks to ABMC, teachers across the country and around the world get to dive into primary source research about the lives of service members from twentieth century conflicts. I can't wait to read the impactful profiles the teachers will write about these fallen service members' lives." The 55 teachers selected for this program represent 32 states and two Department of Defense schools overseas. Their Silent Heroes are buried or memorialized at 17 ABMC Cemeteries.
