Lorain County Community College

NextFlex Announces Lorain County Community College as First Education & Workforce Development Innovation Center

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

NextFlex®, America's Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute, announced its first Education & Workforce Development Innovation Center to recognize Lorain County Community College (LCCC) located in Elyria, Ohio.

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  • NextFlex®, America's Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute, announced its first Education & Workforce Development Innovation Center to recognize Lorain County Community College (LCCC) located in Elyria, Ohio.
  • This special recognition is for NextFlex members who demonstrate leadership while making an extraordinary contribution to NextFlex’s education and workforce development program.
  • “Lorain County Community College has been the ultimate partner, in every sense of the word since the very beginning.
  • "LCCC is proud to accept the distinguished designation as NextFlex's first Education & Workforce Development Innovation Center," said LCCC President Marica Ballinger, Ph.D. "Building a strong, diverse, skilled and plentiful workforce is never the task of one institution.

Ohio ICU nurse builds drone agriculture business

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Friday, December 1, 2023

“They all ask, ‘Is that what I think it is?’”

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  • “They all ask, ‘Is that what I think it is?’”
    Yes, it’s an impressively large drone.
  • In 2022, Moore launched Lake Erie Drone, LLC, a company offering a new type of pesticide and fungicide application for local farms.
  • “What’s really cool about the drone is that it pushes the chemical into the canopy of the crop,” Moore says.
  • And he had to jump through several regulatory hurdles, involving both the Federal Aviation Association and the Ohio Department of Agriculture, to get to this point.

CHIPS for America Leaders Visit Lorain County Community College

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Elyria, Ohio, Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For more than a decade, Lorain County Community College has been training students for careers in the semiconductor and microelectronic manufacturing industry.

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  • Elyria, Ohio, Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For more than a decade, Lorain County Community College has been training students for careers in the semiconductor and microelectronic manufacturing industry.
  • Leaders from CHIPS for America visited LCCC to learn more about how the college works with local employers to prepare students to meet an expected boom in industry demand.
  • “The college was founded 60 years ago, in part, to help meet the demand for skilled workers in the manufacturing sector,” LCCC President Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D., said.
  • Based in Washington, D.C., the CHIPs for America team travelled to LCCC to learn more about the college’s microelectronic manufacturing programs – and the talent pipeline the program fills for local industry.

ACUE Study Demonstrates High-Quality Courses in Evidence-Based Teaching for Faculty Improve Confidence, Foster Positive Mindsets Regarding Teaching, Learning & Students

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) released a study demonstrating that when college and university faculty participate in high-quality comprehensive courses in effective teaching practices, they report substantial increases in their confidence in using these proven practices. They also see significant, positive changes in their mindsets about their ability to impact student learning and their students' ability to learn.

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  • They also see significant, positive changes in their mindsets about their ability to impact student learning and their students' ability to learn.
  • It's more evidence that the best way to educate many more students for purposeful lives is to ensure effective instruction in every class."
  • Students enrolled in gateway courses taught by faculty who participated in ACUE's comprehensive Effective Teaching Practice Framework courses, were also surveyed.
  • ACUE will use this enhanced understanding of how confidence and mindset develop alongside teaching practices to deliver even more effective strategies to support faculty growth and foster positive learning environments."

Lorain County Community College Selects YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to Provide All-In-One Multimedia Creation and Distribution Solution

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Ohio-based Lorain County Community College (LCCC) has selected the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to provide the institution with powerful tools that will facilitate the creation of engaging and collaborative course content.

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  • Ohio-based Lorain County Community College (LCCC) has selected the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to provide the institution with powerful tools that will facilitate the creation of engaging and collaborative course content.
  • After a rigorous review and trial, YuJa’s Video Platform will replace the college’s previous tool.
  • The institution was seeking an easy-to-use solution that integrates with Canvas, its learning management system.
  • In addition, built-in tools within YuJa, including automated production, processing, publishing, and managing of video content will help streamline workflows and enable instructors to create engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences.

FANUC America Introduces High-Payload Cobots, Demonstrates Industry-Leading Automation Solutions, and Sponsors the Education Pavilion at Automate

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Friday, May 19, 2023

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230519005055/en/
    Students at Lorain County Community College learn to program a FANUC CRX Collaborative Robot.
  • FANUC now has 11 cobot model variations that can work in a variety of industrial applications including assembly, inspection, material handling, packaging, palletizing, sanding, welding, and more.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    In addition, FANUC is sponsoring Automate’s Education Pavilion where students, parents, instructors, and job seekers can learn about automation career paths and the schools that provide workforce training.
  • FANUC has expanded the payload capacities of its CRX and CR cobot lines to handle products from 4 to 50kg.

Three Senior Team Members Named Partners at Fidato Wealth

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

"These three key contributors who are now Partners have significantly impacted our firm's ability to deliver the highest level of wealth planning and investment management services to clients," said Tony D'Amico, CFP®, Founder and CEO of Fidato Wealth.

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  • "These three key contributors who are now Partners have significantly impacted our firm's ability to deliver the highest level of wealth planning and investment management services to clients," said Tony D'Amico, CFP®, Founder and CEO of Fidato Wealth.
  • Brian Eberhardt serves as Lead Wealth Advisor at Fidato Wealth and leads client relationships and wealth planning to help the firm and clients achieve their goals.
  • Marissa Beyer CFP® serves as Senior Wealth Advisor and leads client relationships and their wealth planning to help them achieve their goals.
  • In addition, Fidato Wealth announced the next round of their interactive, continuing education course titled Retirement Planning Today®, which will be taught by Tony D'Amico, CFP®, Founder and CEO of Fidato Wealth.

Online adult high school program celebrates 500th graduate in 2022

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ohio 22+ Adult High School Diploma Program providers that partner with Graduation Alliance celebrated their 500th graduate of 2022 on November 3. Eight educational institutions throughout Ohio offer this state-funded program in partnership with Graduation Alliance, which allows Ohio adults to finish their high school requirements online at no cost.

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  • COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ohio 22+ Adult High School Diploma Program providers that partner with Graduation Alliance celebrated their 500th graduate of 2022 on November 3.
  • Eight educational institutions throughout Ohio offer this state-funded program in partnership with Graduation Alliance, which allows Ohio adults to finish their high school requirements online at no cost.
  • "Ohio 22+ provides adults who didn't graduate with their original cohort a second chance at earning a standard high school diploma," Graduation Alliance CEO Ron Klausner said.
  • "Our community college and school district partners recognized the need for an adult high school program in their communities and have helped more than 2,700 Ohio adults earn their high school diplomas and gain valuable employability skills."

Intel Breaks Ground in the Silicon Heartland

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Friday, September 9, 2022

Mike DeWine and other federal, state and local officials to celebrate breaking ground in the Silicon Heartland on two of the world's most advanced chipmaking facilities.

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  • Mike DeWine and other federal, state and local officials to celebrate breaking ground in the Silicon Heartland on two of the world's most advanced chipmaking facilities.
  • (Credit: Intel Corporation)
    Today marks a pivotal moment in the journey to build a more geographically balanced and resilient semiconductor supply chain.
  • The establishment of the Silicon Heartland is testament to the power of government incentives to unlock private investment, create thousands of high-paying jobs, and benefit U.S. economic and national security.
  • Intel, the Intel logo and other Intel marks are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries.

Lorain County Community College hosts U.S Secretary Martin Walsh to discuss Innovation Act's role in strengthening manufacturing, STEM education and economic growth

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Saturday, April 30, 2022

ELYRIA, Ohio, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lorain County Community College (LCCC) in partnership with NextFlex hosted U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh during his Ohio visit on Friday, April 29.

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  • ELYRIA, Ohio, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lorain County Community College (LCCC) in partnership with NextFlex hosted U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh during his Ohio visit on Friday, April 29.
  • If you can make it, you can manufacture in Lorain County, Ohio.
  • Walsh highlighted the importance of collaboration between STEM education and advanced manufacturing career pathways.
  • The outreach, recruitment and STEM education program familiarizes K-12 students with advanced manufacturing technology, entrepreneurship and the education and career pathways that can lead to a STEM career.