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MANKATO — Minnesota State University received three workforce development grants to partner with businesses to develop and deliver customized workforce training programs.
Minnesota fabricating community bands together to support welding program
Financial donations for South Central College welding lab aim to develop local manufacturing talent
Photos courtesy of South Central College
When Sarah Richards went to work for the family metal fabricating company, Jones Metal Inc., Mankato, Minn., in the latter part of the first decade of the 2000s, one of the first things she tackled was recruitment and employee retention. Early on she saw the difficulty in trying to entice young people into considering a career in manufacturing.
Today Richards and other nearby manufacturers who joined the cause see the fruition of their commitment to promoting manufacturing. With the help of state funding and additional financial support from the Jones family’s charitable foundation and those local metal fabricating companies, the North Mankato campus of South Central College now has a state-of-the-art welding lab and a waiting list of students to get into it.