Posted Feb 13, 2019, 2:02 PM
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SLCC Westpointe Center aims to 'close gap' of Utah's workforce needs
...Tami Pyfer frequently fields telephone calls from business and industry representatives who are searching for skilled workers.
"(They say) 'We need more. We need a skilled workforce. We support public education but there's a gap. How can you help us?' I really wasn't prepared for the enormity of the gap and this problem facing our business and industry partners," Pyfer said.
On Wednesday, some of those same industry partners joined in celebrating the opening of Salt Lake Community College's Westpointe Workforce Training and Education Center in Salt Lake's northwest quadrant.
SLCC President Deneece Huftalin said the $43 million, 121,000-square-foot center was designed and built with the support and vision of industry, government, community and education partners.
"This is the first building in my experience with the college where we have had this kind of community and industry support be so explicitly stated as we went through the building process," Huftalin said.
The stamp of industry partners is evident throughout the center, contributing both state-of-the-industry equipment on which students can learn and train and scholarships to support their educations.
"We will be thanking them for many, many years as they stepped up to help us with this building," Huftalin said.
The center includes 34 lab spaces, eight classrooms and a 3-acre lot for SLCC's commercial truck driving program...
A metal ribbon was created by students for the grand opening of Salt Lake Community College's $43 million, 121,000-square-foot Westpointe Workforce Training and Education Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018.
The Salt Lake Community College's new $43 million, 121,000-square-foot Westpointe Workforce Training and Education Center in Salt Lake City is pictured on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018.
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