CCAT was on hand for a recent Pratt & Whitney and United Way Leadership Reception hosted by Pratt President Bob Leduc and featuring Victor Sosa, a 2018 East Hartford High School graduate who successfully completed the CCAT/P&W Pipeline Program. CCAT facilitates a pre-screening process for manufacturers, including Pratt & Whitney,…
(WFSB, 10/31/18) CROMWELL, CT (WFSB) – Careers in science, engineering and manufacturing were all on display at a women’s summit in Cromwell on Wednesday. The message for young girls at the summit was “if you can dream it, you can do it.” Watch the news story here >
(WTNH, 10/31/18) Hundreds of girls got a taste of manufacturing Wednesday and organizers are hoping it could be a good fit. Watch the news story here >
Published with permission of the Waterbury Republican-American (Waterbury Republican-American, 10/17/18) SOUTHBURY – Some 200 middle school-aged students left their classrooms Wednesday and traveled to the Heritage Hotel in Southbury for Manufacturing Mania, an event organized by the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. For manufacturers it was a chance to introduce students to…
(WFSB, 10/17/18) SOUTHBURY, CT (WFSB) — A huge event in Southbury brought together middle school students from across the state on Wednesday. The task of Manufacturing Mania was to highlight career opportunities in the industry “We’re doing all these different kinds of engineering experiences and manufacturing to see what it’s…
Manufacturing Mania is 24 hours away and counting! Read more about what is happening in Southbury tomorrow and in Cromwell on Oct. 31 and listen to a broadcast that aired on three Connecticut stations this past weekend.
With events starting next week, Nancy Barrow of WZMX (93.7 FM) spoke to CCAT’s Lynn Raicik and Silvio Albino about Connecticut Dream It. Do It. Manufacturing Month and workplace development initiatives. Listen to the full interview here.
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology’s initiatives around workforce development and Connecticut Dream It. Do It. Manufacturing Month will be covered in a broadcast on WZMZ (93.7 FM) on Sunday, Oct. 7 at 6 a.m. The Beat of Connecticut is hosted by Nancy Barrow, who interviewed CCAT Communications Director Silvio Albino…
CCAT’s Sue Palisano spoke at Pratt & Whitney’s Career Pathways event during Manufacturing Day on Oct. 5. Palisano, Director of Education & Workforce Development gave an overview to public school educators and administrators on the state of manufacturing in Connecticut, job opportunities and the services CCAT offers school systems.
Although funding to train opportunity youths and low-skill adults has steadily declined in recent years, Jim Boucher, chief strategy officer for Capital Workforce Partners in Hartford, is growing confident those dollars could be revived. With tens of thousands of job openings annually in Connecticut, Boucher said the need to train…