{"id":4715,"date":"2013-06-20T19:53:10","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/clemsonworld\/?p=4715"},"modified":"2013-06-20T19:53:10","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T19:53:10","slug":"duke-energy-helps-fund-workforce-development-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/duke-energy-helps-fund-workforce-development-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke Energy helps fund workforce development initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p><div  style='height:20px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\nA $4.11 million grant from Duke Energy to Clemson\u2019s Center for Workforce Development will fund initiatives in South Carolina to help provide a next-generation workforce in key cluster areas. The grant will be used to manage educational, research and outreach activities in support of workforce development and STEM education. The Center for Workforce Development will oversee distribution of these funds to partner institutions that include universities, technical colleges, K-12 institutions and STEM-oriented organizations through competitive grants, scholarships and internships.<br \/>\nThe goal is to spur job growth by helping develop a labor force with specific skills in STEM \u2014 science, technology, engineering and mathematics \u2014\u00a0and specifically in advanced manufacturing to support South Carolina\u2019s burgeoning manufacturing industry.\u201cDuke Energy recognizes that workforce development and economic development go hand in hand,\u201d said Clark Gillespy, Duke Energy state president \u2013 South Carolina. \u201cThe Center for Workforce Development, through its far-reaching partnerships, addresses the challenges of creating next-generation engineers, technicians and scientists so the region and nation can continue to be competitive in a global marketplace.\u201d<br \/>\nThe center\u2019s e-learning initiatives focus on creating innovative educational tools \u2014 aligned with industry employment needs \u2014 to increase workforce capacity. The center also supports working professionals who wish to upgrade their skills and further their qualifications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A $4.11 million grant from Duke Energy to Clemson\u2019s Center for Workforce Development will fund initiatives in South Carolina to help provide a next-generation workforce in key cluster areas. The grant will be used to manage educational, research and outreach activities in support of workforce development and STEM education. The Center for Workforce Development will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":5434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[2690],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upfront","tag-spring-2013"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/Automotive-Eng_0012-e1398975781657.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4715"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}