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n southeastern
Indiana, more
than 25 percent of
employed people
work in advanced
manufacturing. As
the jobs become more technical, a
regional higher education partner-
ship, the Advanced Manufacturing
Center of Excellence (AMCE), aims
to supply local employers with a
pipeline of highly skilled workers.
Norma G. Kent, Executive Editor
turers are starting to hire again.
But they’re hiring for higher-skill
jobs—and they’re having difficulty
filling those positions.
“Attracting people to those jobs is
a challenge,” said Sue Smith, ITCC’s
corporate executive director of
manufacturing technology.
AMCE allows the colleges to take a
“grow your own” approach to training
future workers.
Alone, none of the three colleges
had the resources or space to meet the
industry’s needs—just maintain-
ing the training center was
cost-prohibitive. To-
gether, they can offer
students a centrally
located, state-of-the-
art facility with the
latest training and
equipment.
“Everything in this building
is designed for ease of
learning and to advance
education.”
Susan Sullivan,
director of communications and marketing at IUPUC,
said the collaboration is a “win-win.”
—Susan Sullivan,
communications
director, IUPUC
The new facility
includes high-tech
classrooms and laboratories for on-site
and virtual learning.
Students can get
hands-on training in
mechanical engi-
neering, robotics, and metrology—
whatever the training needs of the
community demand.
The new center also gives growing
colleges such as IUPUC and ITCC
additional space to accommodate rising
enrollments.
“Everything in this building is
designed for ease of learning and to
advance education,” Sullivan said.
PELLI CLARKE PELLI ARCHITECTS
AMCE partners include
Ivy Tech Community
College (ITCC), Indiana
University–Purdue
University Columbus (IUPUC), and
Purdue College of
Technology. The
group recently
celebrated the
opening of a new
43,000-square-foot
training facility in
Columbus, Ind.
Organizers say
the new facility and
partnership will
enable participating colleges to offer
two- and four-year
technology and
engineering-related
degrees. The center also aims to make
the region’s advanced manufacturing companies more competitive and
inspire students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
careers.
During the recession, the manufacturing industry downsized, particularly
among lower-skill positions. As the
economy rebounds, advanced manufac-
