LANSING, MI – On Friday, August 8, 2008, representatives of the
Governor's Office, Michigan Department of Labor
& Economic Growth (DLEG), and the Capital Area Michigan Works! Agency will celebrate
the first anniversary of No Worker Left Behind (NWLB) at Demmer Corporation in Lansing. The event recognizes Demmer and Lansing Community College for their model NWLB partnership
– a collaborative effort to design and implement an innovative worker training
program that resulted in Demmer hiring more than 530 NWLB-trained workers.
Governor Granholm
announced the NWLB initiative on August 1, 2007: an ambitious plan to train 100,000 citizens in three years for jobs in
high demand occupations, emerging industries, and entrepreneurial endeavors.
NWLB provides up to two years of free tuition at any Michigan community college, university, or
other approved training program for qualifying participants.
EVENT: Demmer Corp. and LCC: Model NWLB
Partnership, NWLB 1st Anniversary
Tour
SPEAKERS: Jerome
Marks, Regional
Representative to
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
Liza Estlund Olson, Director, Bureau of Workforce
Transformation, DLEG
Deborah Cole,
Dean, Technical Careers Division,
Lansing Community College
Julie Mann, Director of Human Resources, Demmer
Corporation
Joshua Smalley, NWLB-trained Demmer employee
Don English,
NWLB-trained Demmer employee
DATE:
Friday, August 8, 2008
TIME:
9:45 AM
LOCATION: North Lansing Technology Center, 1600 N. Larch,
Lansing
All
interested media are invited to attend. The meeting site and parking are
accessible. Individuals attending the ceremony are requested to refrain from
using heavily scented personal care products, in order to enhance accessibility
for everyone. People with disabilities requiring additional services (such as
materials in alternative format) should call (517) 373-9280 prior to the event.
DLEG is an equal opportunity employer/program.
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