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R&D center making supplies during COVID-19 crisis

Community Comes Together to Support Local Healthcare Providers

SVHEC R&D Center supports local effort to make aerosol boxes for medical staff treating COVID-19 patients
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SVHEC, SVCC Donate Personal Protective Equipment to Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital

SVHEC and SVCC donate personal protective equipment (PPE) to local hospital.
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SVHEC Delivers Customized Training for Regional Employer

SVHEC Workforce Development recently delivered 120 hours of hands-on, customized training for nine Boxley employees
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CTA named as recipient for ‘Solar for Students’ award

SVHEC’s Career Tech Academy (CTA) has been chosen by Dominion Energy and the National Energy Education Development Project (NEED) to…
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Career Tech Academy students and their instructors at the Get Into Energy Innovation Challenge kick-off held in Richmond on January 16, 2020.

Career Tech Academy awarded Dominion Energy grant

Career Tech Academy (CTA) receives a boost from the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.   According to CTA administrator Steph…
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Welding@SVHEC trainee Nathan Thomas is presented with a $1,000 scholarship from the American Welding Society (AWS) Foundation.

Welding@SVHEC Student Awarded AWS Scholarship

Welding@SVHEC student Nathan Thomas was recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the American Welding Society (AWS) Foundation.
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Microsoft Corp representative presents a check to SVHEC staff

Microsoft Donation Supports IT Academy Expansion

Microsoft Corporation continued its investment in the SVHEC with a $200,000 donation to support an expansion of the SVHEC’s IT Academy.
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Virginia's Secretary of Commerce & Trade, the Honorable Brian Ball, stands with SVHEC's largest group of job training program completers.

SVHEC Celebrates Job Training Completers

On May 15, 2019, SVHEC celebrated its largest group of workforce training completers at a ceremony with more than 230 people in attendance.
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Microsoft's donation establishes the Datacenter Academy Scholars Program for IT Academy students.

Microsoft Scholarship Removes Barriers to Training and Employment

Microsoft's Datacenter Academy Scholars Program removes barriers to training & employment for under-represented students in the IT Academy.
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Deputy Sec of Education Fran Bradford with Workforce Training Completers

Deputy Secretary of Education Helps Celebrate Training Completers

The Commonwealth's Deputy Secretary of Education, Frances “Fran” Bradford helped recognize 31 customized training, IT Academy, and weld…
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