Stark State College

FirstEnergy's Ohio Utilities Welcome New Line and Substation Graduates from Training Program

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

AKRON, Ohio, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) Ohio subsidiaries Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison have hired a combined 46 graduates of Power Systems Institute (PSI), a two-year educational program that helps prepare the next generation of line and substation workers for FirstEnergy's 10 electric companies. This will be one of the last graduating classes of PSI as the company transitions to a new, paid apprentice program to best meet the needs of future line and substation personnel.

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  • This will be one of the last graduating classes of PSI as the company transitions to a new, paid apprentice program to best meet the needs of future line and substation personnel.
  • The new employees include 33 line workers and 13 substation electricians who completed the PSI training program in partnership with Stark State College in North Canton, Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) in Cleveland and Owens Community College in Perrysburg, earning their associate of applied science degree in Electric Utility Technology.
  • Since the program's inception, FirstEnergy has hired more than 2,800 line and substation personnel who completed PSI programs in New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia.
  • Ohio Edison serves more than one million customers across 34 Ohio counties.

Involta and HacWare Launch Inaugural Hackathon Event at Stark State College

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Monday, May 1, 2023

CANTON, Ohio, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Involta, an award-winning data center, hybrid IT, and cloud-forward consulting firm, in collaboration with HacWare, an AI-driven phishing simulation technology provider, launched its inaugural "Capture the Phish" Hackathon at Stark State College. 

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  • CANTON, Ohio, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Involta , an award-winning data center, hybrid IT, and cloud-forward consulting firm, in collaboration with HacWare , an AI-driven phishing simulation technology provider, launched its inaugural "Capture the Phish" Hackathon at Stark State College.
  • Involta launches "Hackathon", inaugural "Capture the Phish" cybersecurity competition at Stark State College.
  • First-place winners, Tyler Allen and Grant Hyne, local high school students participating in Stark State's college credit program, earned the opportunity to interview for a HacWare internship.
  • Notably, the event also included a cybersecurity discussion with Eric Hamer, Chief Technology Officer at HacWare, and Mark Cooley, Vice President of Security & Compliance at Involta.

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."

Ohio Edison, Penn Power Add New Line and Substation Workers from Power Systems Institute Training Programs

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Monday, July 25, 2022

AKRON, Ohio, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ohio Edison and Pennsylvania Power (Penn Power), FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) utilities, have hired 21 graduates of Power Systems Institute (PSI), the company's award-winning, two-year educational program that helps prepare the next generation of line and substation workers for FirstEnergy's 10 electric utility companies.

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  • AKRON, Ohio, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ohio Edison and Pennsylvania Power (Penn Power), FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) utilities, have hired 21 graduates of Power Systems Institute (PSI), the company's award-winning, two-year educational program that helps prepare the next generation of line and substation workers for FirstEnergy's 10 electric utility companies.
  • The graduates all recently completed the Power Systems Institute (PSI) training program in partnership with Stark State College in North Canton, earning their associate of applied science degree in Electric Utility Technology.
  • "Our Power Systems Institute develops top-quality, well-educated men and women for the electric utility industry," said Edward Shuttleworth, president of Ohio Operations.
  • Since the program's inception, FirstEnergy has hired more than2,400 lineworkers and substation personnel who completed PSI programs in Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

14 Ohio Community And Technical Colleges Build A Pipeline For Employers To Recruit Entry-Level Talent, for Free

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Thursday, November 21, 2019

Employers posting jobs today can simultaneously reach tens of thousands of job seekers from 14 community and technical colleges:Belmont College, Central Ohio Technical College, Cuyahoga Community College, Edison State Community College, Lorain County Community College, Marion Technical College, North Central State College, Northwest State Community College, Owens Community College, Rhodes State College, Sinclair Community College, Stark State College, Terra State Community College, and Zane State College.

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  • Employers posting jobs today can simultaneously reach tens of thousands of job seekers from 14 community and technical colleges:Belmont College, Central Ohio Technical College, Cuyahoga Community College, Edison State Community College, Lorain County Community College, Marion Technical College, North Central State College, Northwest State Community College, Owens Community College, Rhodes State College, Sinclair Community College, Stark State College, Terra State Community College, and Zane State College.
  • "The Ohio Community & Technical College Consortium provides employers with easy access to our state's community and technical college talent.
  • Our college's immediate focus is with Southwest Ohio employers, and now our career center reach has expanded statewide via the Consortium.
  • The Ohio CTCC site is a wonderful resource that provides a one stop platform for students seeking jobs and employers recruiting talent."

FirstEnergy Partners with Stark State College and The University of Akron to Offer On-Site Higher Learning for Customer Service Employees

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Known as "Educate to Elevate," the program is designed to assist FirstEnergy's local customer service employees in pursuing associate and bachelor's degrees.

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  • Known as "Educate to Elevate," the program is designed to assist FirstEnergy's local customer service employees in pursuing associate and bachelor's degrees.
  • As part of this process, NOCHE helped develop the initial program concept and served as a liaison with Stark State College and The University of Akron.
  • This is a 'win-win' situation, where employees can earn degrees and FirstEnergy builds a more knowledgeable, career-minded workforce."
  • Representatives from Stark State College and UA will be meeting with interested FirstEnergy employees in November to review enrollment requirements, course of study options, and financial aid availability.