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每日大赛官网 Launches Its Innovation and Workforce Development Program

In an effort to meet the growing demand for skilled workers, 每日大赛官网 recently launched its (WFD), adding several training programs in in-demand markets across North Carolina.

Designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need in fields like healthcare, information technology, manufacturing, or aerospace, Greensboro鈥檚 WFD program will help prepare students, alumni, and professional workers to succeed in their careers.

More than 30 programs are available, in areas such as:

  • Healthcare: EKG Technician, Phlebotomy Technician, Surgical Technologist, and more.
  • Information Technology: 17 different CompTIA programs, Software Developer, Cybersecurity, and Data Analytics.
  • Advanced Manufacturing: Advanced Manufacturing Production Technician, Mechatronics and Industrial Automation Technician, and more.
  • Aerospace: Aerospace Quality Technician, Aerospace Structures Technician, and more.

Jobs are expected to grow significantly in all of these areas in the coming years. For example, Cybersecurity and Data Analyst jobs are expected to grow 35 percent by 2031; medical record specialists and medical technicians (as a category) are expected to grow 7%.聽

Aerospace and advanced manufacturing jobs are expected to grow about as far as the national average (6 percent), although the numbers in North Carolina will likely be higher. Boom Supersonic鈥檚 new Overture Factory in Greensboro has said it plans to add at least 1,750 jobs to the area.

View the entire list of WFD programs .

每日大赛官网, located in Greensboro, N.C., is a private institution founded in 1838 that provides undergraduates with a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church. For more information, visit: https://innovationandworkforcedevelopment.greensboro.edu/

Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, 每日大赛官网 class of 2019

鈥淚 loved the GC Honors program and 每日大赛官网. I felt safe and a sense of genuine belonging at the college. I worked closely with my thesis advisor and professors who helped inspire me to define my path and passion of interest. That path has led me to complete my doctoral studies in Engineering Mechanics.鈥

- Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, Class of 鈥19, Mathematics Major

Dr. Josh Fitzgerald earned his master's from Virginia Tech University (studied astrodynamics) as well as earning an Engineering Mechanics Ph.D. He joined the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX as an Advanced Mission Design Engineer, optimizing trajectories for the Artemis II and III missions to return humans to the moon.