The grant signing, Sept.
25, makes the partnership official: Anoka-Ramsey
Community College, Coon Rapids and Cambridge,
Minn., and OakRiver Technology - a medical
device and electro mechanical device firm
in Oakdale, Minn. - are now working together
through a Minnesota Job Skills Partnership
(MJSP) Grant from the State of Minnesota's
Department of Employment and Economic
Development. The signing was held at OakRiver
Technology's new facility.
This grant will allow the college to
provide extensive training on OakRiver
Technology's business processes. Anoka-Ramsey
Community College (ARCC) applied and won
the grant last spring and actual training
is scheduled to begin immediately and
runs through June 2006. Oak River Technology
has also committed to hiring two biomedical
program or engineering program interns
annually and to serving as guest lecturers
for Anoka-Ramsey Community College classes.
OakRiver Technology is a rapidly growing
company that needs to stay at the leading
edge of technology and process training.
According to CEO Rick Shand, OakRiver
Technology needs two things to stay competitive
in the biomedical device industry - "speed
and knowledge." Working with ARCC
on the MJSP grant will provide training
and development opportunities for OakRiver
employees that will help them operate
both faster and smarter.
"ARCC's Continuing Education and
Customized Training unit is also excited
to work with OakRiver Technology,"
says ARCC Project Manager Denise Gamble.
"The college's programs and students
will benefit from this partnership. We
always learn new and better ways of serving
the business community when we embark
on another of these MJSP grants."
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