Monday, December 17, 2007
ATC honored by regional group
The Auburn Training Connection (ATC) was presented with a 2007 Innovator Award from the Southern Growth Policies Board on June 3 in St. Louis, Mo., as part of the Southern Workforce Summit conference.
June 23, 2007
The Auburn Training Connection (ATC) was presented with a 2007 Innovator Award from the Southern Growth Policies Board on June 3 in St. Louis, Mo., as part of the Southern Workforce Summit conference.
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt presented Auburn Mayor Bill Ham with the Innovator Award for the State of Alabama at the opening session of the conference.
This is the first time ATC has submitted their information for the award.
“I think it shows the efforts that we’re making to help with workforce development,“ ATC Director Cary Cox said. “It’s good that somebody recognized those accomplishments, so it’s something that we’re proud to get.
“One thing we really learn is that (other workforce organizations are) having the same problems we are,“ Cox said. “They are having difficulty finding skilled labor, something happening in the whole southeast.
“It’s good to go and look at the best practices of what other people are doing. We can learn from them, and hopefully, they can learn something from us,“ Cox said.
ATC is a partnership among industry, education, and government to provide skills training programs and manufacturing career opportunities for the citizens of Auburn, Lee County and surrounding counties in Alabama.
Formed in 2002 by Auburn University’s College of Business Outreach Program and the City of Auburn’s economic development department, ATC works with industry to create specialized programs that address both existing workforce needs, and to provide for a continually renewing skilled workforce.
Each year, Southern Growth Policies Board honors innovative Southern initiatives that are improving the quality of life in the region. The 2007 Innovator Awards were chosen in the context of creating an enterprising and globally competitive workforce in the South.
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