Participants from seven community colleges in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois attended the first Industrial Training Assessment Consortia Kickoff meeting on Feb. 25 in the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center.
UWM received a $5.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to operate the ITAC Program, late last year. The program will provide workers with skills in energy assessment, in the manufacturing sector.
The event started with a welcome speech by Chancellor Mark Mone, Interim Vice Provost of Research Kris O’Connor, followed by Professor Ryo Amano, mechanical engineering, who is the center’s director. Also attending were partners from Focus on Energy, We Energies, and major industries.