MCC Economic & Workforce Development Center: Impact Report 2015-17

Perkins Grant: Career Center Activities Connecting students with opportunities to gain experience and employment.

With support from a U.S. Department of Education, Carl Perkins grant award, EDIWS has partnered with the MCC Career Center to identify local career opportunities for students enrolled in career technical education (CTE) programs. This is accomplished by developing and maintaining partnerships with companies who can offer CTE students employment and co-op/internship opportunities, promoting employer-facing events and helping CTE students to gain effective job search skills. This program is a winning solution for all: our students get jobs and valuable work experience; business partners get qualified workers and the local economy gets another employed member of the community.

Additionally, this project also focuses on the recruitment of non-traditional audiences into career technical education programs. Impact:

We have advised 2,532 students, both traditional and non-traditional, and established relationships with more than 77 regional employers willing to hire or offer work experience to MCC’s career technical education students.

SPECIAL SERVICES: DIGITAL PRODUCTION Getting the word out using video. The EDIWS Digital Production team provides a range of services from video documentaries and creative pieces, to educational assets and digital presentations. Through audio visual engagement, stakeholders remain abreast of the organization’s progress and strategic direction.

A few of EDIWS’ greatest hits from the past two years include:

View the video developed in support of the MCC men’s soccer team: http://bit.ly/AthleticFundraising. Mechatronics: Developed to explain the field of mechatronics, the opportunities it provides, and the type of training necessary to pursue this work. View it here: http://bit.ly/MechatronicsCareer. Middle-Skills Bridge Program: A look inside the MCC Middle-Skills Bridge program, a 10-week program designed to prepare participants to move directly into a post-secondary career technical education program upon completion. View it here: http://bit.ly/CareerBridge.

Creating the 21st Century Worker: Developed to promote understanding of the purpose of EDIWS. View it here: http://bit.ly/MCC21stCenturyWorker. SUNY TEAM: A series of nine videos developed in support of a $14 million Trade Adjustment Act Community College Career Training grant managed by EDIWS. View them in the video library at: www.manufacturingminds.com. Crowd Fundraising: A series of five videos which served as an essential part of the Monroe Community College Foundation’s fundraising pilot program in support of MCC student-athletes. In 2015 – 2016 this project raised $28,205 from 581 donors.

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