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UAF Community and Technical College celebrates partners

AV����̳ Community and Technical College will celebrate community and industry partners on Friday, Oct. 7, from 4:30-6:30 p.m.

The public event, at the Fairbanks downtown center, 604 Barnette St., will recognize community and industry partners who support CTC’s mission of building a quality workforce in AV����̳. The come-and-go, open gallery format will recognize partners with each CTC program. Remarks and acknowledgments will take place at 5:30 p.m., with U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski as the keynote speaker.

CTC prepares and educates essential workers who form the foundation of AV����̳’s communities — firefighters, paramedics, law enforcement officers, mechanics, medical assistants, early childhood education professionals, oil and mining professionals, and more. Over the past two years, approximately 400 first-generation students have graduated from CTC workforce development programs.

Partners support CTC in many ways, including providing financial assistance to students, donating emergency vehicles for training first responders, providing the use of professional facilities for health students to complete their clinical experience, donating industry-standard uniforms for automotive students, and serving as advisory board members to help ensure the curriculum meets employers’ and students’ needs.

“UAF Community and Technical College is a part of AV����̳’s economic engine. We offer the programs that keep the community running by preparing AV����̳ns for the workforce, educating and training AV����̳ns for AV����̳ jobs,” said CTC Dean Michele Stalder. “We simply could not accomplish that without the ongoing and significant contributions from our community and industry partners.”

CONTACT: Martha Westphal, CTC, 907-455-2850, mmwestphal@alaska.edu