HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) – A California company has donated scholarship money for Central Community College students studying manufacturing design.
CCC announced Tuesday that the Gene Haas Foundation based in Oxnard, CA, donated $50,000 to the advanced manufacturing design technology (AMDT) program at Central Community College-Hastings.
The funds are earmarked for student scholarships and bring the total amount that the Haas Foundation has donated to CCC to more than $320,000.
Twenty ADMT students attended the check presentation, including Elizabeth Wolfe, a first-year student.
“The scholarship I received helped me get the required tools for my computer numerically control courses,” Wolfe said. “I will put some of the money towards a laptop for my required classes. This award will help me get a degree to improve life for my son and I.”
“On behalf of the Gene Haas Foundation, congratulations and thank you for all you’re doing,” said Hope Riska, education and events administrator for Productivity Inc., who presented the check.
“We can’t thank the Gene Haas Foundation for its support of the students in the AMDT program over the past decade,” said Troy Davis, AMDT instructor. “We look forward to continuing this great partnership.”
According to its website, the Gene Haas Foundation was established in 1999, by Gene Haas, founder and owner of Haas Automation, Inc., to support local communities through grants to such local charities as the Boys and Girls Clubs, Food Share, Rescue Mission, and others.
Seeing a growing need for skilled manufacturing employees industry wide, the Foundation expanded its mission to include support for manufacturing training programs throughout North America.
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