Sturm Family 和ANB银行 officials celebrate enhanced rural education with launch of Mobile Learning Lab
周四, 10月17日, Sue and Emily Sturm 和ANB银行 officials will climb into the cab of a new Mobile Learning Lab that they generously invested more than $450,000元建造. The family and bank officials will join CMU and Western 科罗拉多州 Community College on a tour that begins in Montrose and will end in Glenwood Springs, 科罗拉多州, during the course of two days.
“我们相信CMU, WCCC and local employers can work together to better align higher education with job opportunities,” said Emily Sturm. “我们的家庭, 和ANB银行, look forward to seeing the Mobile Learning Lab bring valuable skills to communities large and small along the Western Slope.”
The lab was funded with gifts from 斯特姆家族 和ANB银行 and features mechatronics training and high-tech learning equipment. The Bringing the Future to You tour will stop in Montrose, 大结, Parachute and Glenwood Springs on 10月17日-18 and will visit additional rural communities in the coming spring.
“The commitment from WCCC is that this facility will deliver programing and training to every community in western 科罗拉多州 who wants it,” said Vice President of Community College Affairs Brigitte Sündermann. “From the North Fork and Uncompahgre valleys to the Wyoming border and the Continental Divide, this lab has the capability to change how we think about delivery of education in our service area.”
Sündermann is already scheduling additional trainings and demonstrations with local businesses in the region with numerous organizations interested in signing up.
The new mobile facility came with external graphics that make the vehicle eye-catching from the outside, but the equipment inside is what really matters in terms of community benefit. The lab contains a host of advanced mechatronics equipment. Mechatronics is a manufacturing and technology discipline that integrates software, programmable electronic controls, 传感器, robotics and mechanical systems into automated equipment and advanced manufacturing processes. The equipment inside the truck is state-of -the-art.
During the midway point of The Bringing the Future to You tour, the mobile lab will stop at the ANB Bank’s location near CMU in 大结. The event will include the 大结 Area Chamber, 民选官员, university leaders and bank employees who will formally celebrate the grand opening of the facility.
“The fact that the launch of this educational milestone in our community happens to coincide in national manufacturing week is a testament to our partnerships and focus on manufacturing, and is why the 大结 Area Chamber will be on hand to help facilitate the ribbon cutting,” said 大结 Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Diane Schwenke. “Advanced Manufacturing continues to be a priority for our region’s economic future and this facility will play a meaningful role in preparing the workforce for that future.”
Event speakers will include ANB Bank Regional President Vance Wagner, CMU President Tim 福斯特, 斯特姆家族, 大结 Chamber and WCCC officials.
福斯特, also a western 科罗拉多州 native and former rural legislator, remembers the challenges facing small communities when it comes to education infrastructure.
“This is the kind of project that communities like Gateway, Collbran, 台面, DeBeque and 五月bell, to name just a few, 可以从中受益. While we are in 大结 today, tomorrow this lab could easily be in Paonia, 科罗拉多州, delivering workforce training. That’s the versatility that mobility brings to CMU and WCCC and the communities we serve.”
周四, the lab will stop in Parachute, 科罗拉多州 at Caerus Oil & Gas where students from Grand Valley High School plan to experience what the lab has to offer. The baking soda and energy industries based in Parachute stand to benefit from the lab's future programming.
The Bringing the Future to You tour will end in Glenwood Springs in celebration with community leaders and Glenwood Springs Bank employees.
为业务, schools and organization interested in training representatives should contact Brigitte Sündermann (电子邮件保护).