Tag: Westerly Education Center
School of hard hats: College-bound? EB’s hiring surge convincing more grads...
Approaching graduation, Lincoln Aldrich was only certain of two things: he wanted to work on boats, and he wanted to make a decent paycheck.
“I...
MEET THE MAKERS: Westerly factory specializes in crucial, mostly concealed, construction...
(Editor’s note: This is the 41st installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
$3.6M in community-development grants awarded to 10 municipalities
PROVIDENCE – Ten municipalities have been awarded approximately $3.6 million in federal community-development grants, Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced Wednesday.
Administered by the U.S. Department...
Westerly Community Credit Union donates $100K to planned Tower Street Community...
WESTERLY – Westerly Community Credit Union has committed $100,000 to support the Tower Street Community Center project, a developing nonprofit space focused on health,...
Summer 2025 Blue & You Regional Speaker Series launches June 18
NEWPORT – The fifth annual Summer 2025 Blue & You Regional Speaker Series, a collaboration between Innovate Newport, Ocean Tech Hub and the Grow Blue Strategy,...
CCRI’s process technology program gives Rhode Islanders a new career option
PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024
EXCELLENCE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTIVITY: Community College of Rhode Island
JUST BEFORE 2018, officials at the Community College of Rhode Island...
Curry College will offer graduates a job guarantee. Should local colleges...
PROVIDENCE – Less than a year after becoming Curry College’s new president, Jay Gonzalez needed to find a way to make his Milton, Mass.-based...
Class of their own: More employers partnering with local colleges
Although he had some experience working in construction, Kolby Gomes says learning the ins and outs of pipefitting was like studying a foreign language.
But...
State awards $5.9M in housing, community development grants
PROVIDENCE – Fourteen local cities and towns received 31 housing and community development grants totaling $5.9 million from the state, Gov. Daniel J. McKee...
CCRI names Fino new executive director of workforce partnerships
WARWICK – Cody Fino, who has served as the Community College of Rhode Island’s director of industry partnerships, has been promoted to executive director...
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