Innovation Series: Introduction to MAGNET

Location:
Eastern Gateway Community College
The Valley Center
500 Gypsy Lane
Youngstown, OH

Note:
Continental breakfast and registration begins at 8:00 a.m. As leading manufacturers in the Mahoning Valley, you are invited to attend this informational session to learn about Eastern Gateway Community College (EGCC) and the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET). EGCC is an accredited community college created to serve Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana and Jefferson Counties. The focus is on affordable programs and educational access. Classes are offered online, through video conferencing and in traditional classrooms at existing facilities. EGCC provides an opportunity for companies to grow and prosper, both now and in the future. But EGCC needs your help to deliver the best educational and workforce development programs needed by your company and in the Mahoning Valley. How can you help? You can assist by indicating areas of interest and regional needs for: Your current training and workforce development needs Your emerging talent requirements How does this help you? An educated and well-trained workforce helps your company drive top line revenue and improve bottom line profits. MAGNET will introduce programs that support growth in manufacturing by market diversification, product development, workforce transformation, productivity and process improvement and the new Eco-SMART program. Reply to Julie Michael Smith, Chief Development Officer, Youngstown Business Incubator at jmsmith@ybi.org or 330-259-7644 with your reservation. Innovation Series is a networking and educational forum that brings together innovative, progressive people with a vision â€" to catalyze a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment in the Mahoning Valley. Sponsored by Youngstown Business Incubator and the Advanced Manufacturing Initiative, a program of YSU’s College of STEM.
Innovation Series is underwritten by the Dominion Foundation.