College gets workforce training funds

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The Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority closed March 27 on a grant of up to $500,000 to the Mountain Empire Community College Foundation to be used for workforce development and training.The funds will be used for scholarships, tuition, and assessment fees, including administering National Career Readiness Certificate testing, to create and administer relevant courses to train and retrain the workforce for new jobs in the region. Students must be residents of the VCEDA region, which includes the counties of Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell and Wise and the city of Norton.Left to right are Vickie Ratliff, MECC vice president, academic and student services; MECC President Dr. Kristen Westover; Jonathan Belcher, VCEDA executive director/general counsel; Fran Doyle, MECC dean, business and IT; and Amy Greear, interim director of institutional advancement, MECC Foundation.


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