First lady Jill Biden was in Columbus Wednesday afternoon to officially kick off the region’s selection as one of five hubs nationwide meant to fully turn the multibillion-dollar investments being made in the region into good jobs.
The $15 million investment will allow students graduating from high school or its equivalent in 2024 and 2025 to attend any of Maine’s seven community colleges without paying any tuition or mandatory fees. That’s a value of more than $3,800 a year.
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Kirkwood Community College’s new aviation maintenance technology program, allowing it to become a certified aviation maintenance school — marking a step needed to enroll students this fall.
Unlike technical training, which gives inmates a skill that they can use once they are released, taking general education classes “changes the way that they see themselves and society as a whole.”
For decades, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College’s culinary department has churned out excellence. The proof of its success is evident in the awards its students and chef instructors win each year, as well as the careers the graduates forge in the hospitality industry in the years that follow.
