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Garrett College asks for $50,000 ARC grant to update welding lab and expand offerings
Summary
Garrett College requested $50,000 from the ARC to buy multiprocess welders and a band saw for its continuing-education welding program, enabling instruction in stick, MIG and TIG welding and allowing new classes such as aluminum and pipe welding; the dean said enrollment demand exceeded capacity this year.
Garrett College requested $50,000 in Appalachian Regional Commission funding to expand its continuing-education welding program.
Julie Hoder, Dean of Continuing Education and Workforce Development at Garrett College, told the commissioners the welding program — offered through the Wendell R. Beitzel Career Technology Training Center since 2010 — currently includes three courses (preparation for…
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