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December 13 , 2005
Workforce Development Graduation

The Alaska Department of Labor, Coeur Alaska, and the University of Alaska Southeast held a graduation ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 13th in the UAS Technical Education Center to celebrate the first 11 graduates of the six-week Introduction to Industrial Training course. “These are eleven people whose lives will be changed for the better,” said UAS Chancellor John Pugh. “These are all local people who are learning the skills to succeed in the workforce, and will make great employees for local industry.”

Students attended class from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for six-weeks to learn construction safety, rigging, concrete forming, heavy framing, steel work, first aid and more. UAS is currently developing additional workforce development training classes, which it hopes to during the spring semester.

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UAS Director of Public Relations and Marketing Kevin Myers: 796-6530

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