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HireSmart Cares Grant Brings Industrial Laser Cutter to Empower College and Career Center
Local machine shops have a problem: they can't find enough workers who know CNC plasma cutters and laser cutting technology. Jackson County's Empower College and Career Center has a solution. Thanks to a $4,439 grant from HireSmart Cares, students in Don Loggins' mechatronics program are now working with a commercial-grade laser cutter that cuts metal,…
Building the Future: HireSmart Cares Awards Grant for Student Drone and Robotics Projects
HireSmart Cares has awarded a $3,063 grant to the mechatronics program at Empower College and Career Center in Jackson County, funding a project that allows students to design, build, and program fully functional drones and robotic devices. "Kids are super excited and interested when you throw out words like drones," said Don Loggins, Advanced Technology…