College in Piqua gains financial support for CNC program
Edison State Community College (ESCC) will be applying its Gene Haas Foundation grant of $10,000 to scholarships for its CNC Programming program.
ESCC, a Miami County community college located in Piqua, offers a 3-credit hour CNC course designed to teach the fundamentals of machines to students and to prepare them to program and operate them. The class is for those seeking a degree or certificate in Mechanical Engineering Technology.
This is not the first grant that Edison State Community College has received. As one of the college’s professors, Steve Sykes explained:
Sykes, an alumnus of the school, graduated in 1980 and began teaching the following year, explained how things had changed saying that when he first started there was a ticker tape and CNC machines. Contrasting those early days, he pointed to the advanced technology of today which includes robotics.
Technology has not diminished the need for printing services and has indeed increased its effectiveness, with print products being used extensively on college campuses.
The Gene Haas Foundation grant scholarships will cover the entirety of the CNC Programming class costs for recipients including tuition, textbooks and fees. To be eligible students will have needed to complete a prerequisite course.
ESCC, a Miami County community college located in Piqua, offers a 3-credit hour CNC course designed to teach the fundamentals of machines to students and to prepare them to program and operate them. The class is for those seeking a degree or certificate in Mechanical Engineering Technology.
This is not the first grant that Edison State Community College has received. As one of the college’s professors, Steve Sykes explained:
“Edison State Community College received a grant a year ago for these two machines that were $130,000. This gave us some more advanced machines with also the simulators.”
Sykes, an alumnus of the school, graduated in 1980 and began teaching the following year, explained how things had changed saying that when he first started there was a ticker tape and CNC machines. Contrasting those early days, he pointed to the advanced technology of today which includes robotics.
Technology has not diminished the need for printing services and has indeed increased its effectiveness, with print products being used extensively on college campuses.
The Gene Haas Foundation grant scholarships will cover the entirety of the CNC Programming class costs for recipients including tuition, textbooks and fees. To be eligible students will have needed to complete a prerequisite course.