State grants will bring improvements to campus safety and manufacturing programs at Terra State Community College
The Ohio Department of Education recently awarded two grants to Terra State Community College which will improve safety on campus and allow the college to purchase CNC machinery for its manufacturing training courses.
Terra State Community College received two separate grants from the Ohio Department of Education in the past month. One is a $224,783 Campus Safety Grant Program award, which is designated for security upgrades on campus. The other is a $107,413 Regionally Aligned Priorities in Delivering Skills (RAPIDS) grant which the college will use to purchase a Haas CNC Lathe and a Haas CNC Mini Mill.
Proposed safety improvements include new entry doors, an ID card printer, and an enclosed golf cart for responding to incidents on campus. While Terra State has not yet decided exactly how the money will be spent, President Ron Schumacher said in a news release that the college will make improvements to security. "Safety for our students, employees and visitors is one of our main priorities at Terra State. We want everyone who steps foot on our campus to feel welcome and safe during their time here. We thank Governor DeWine and Chancellor Gardner for their continued support of improving safety on college campuses across the state," Schumacher said.
The other recent grant announcement was detailed in a separate news release that noted how previous RAPIDS grants have been used and how the latest round will be spent. Earlier grants were used to purchase a collaborative robot and mobile training trailers to support partnerships with other schools. The latest grant will be used to acquire CNC machinery in order to provide students with updated technology being used by local employers.
Dean of the Technology and Skilled Trades Division, Dr. Andrew Shella, said, "The installation of the new equipment will allow Terra State to modernize and expand its offerings of CNC-related education in our credit and non-credit programs. Specialized education, regular refresher training and troubleshooting ever more complex CNC systems is in high demand. Expanded CNC education will allow students and incumbent workers to obtain the skills required in the modern manufacturing workplace."