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$500,000 grant from the Wagner-Peyser to NAAMREI

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From L-R: Ernesto Avila, Training Specialist, South Texas College; Dr. Mataz Alcoutlabi, Assistant Professor, UTPA Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; Gus Garcia, Executive Director, Edinburg EDC; Dr. Abdel Salan Hamdy Makhlouf, Professor, UTPA Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering; Mike Perez, City Manager, City of McAllen; Dr. Shirley A. Reed, President, South Texas College; Ralph Garcia, Vice President Business Recruitment, McAllen EDC and Carlos Margo, Interim Executive Director, South Texas College NAAMREI  During the same day, a group of representatives from Houston Community College tour the IAM Festo Technology and Automation Lab, located at the STC Technology Campus that enables students to learn the latest in robotic automation while applying science, technology and math.
From L-R: Ernesto Avila, Training Specialist, South Texas College; Dr. Mataz Alcoutlabi, Assistant Professor, UTPA Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; Gus Garcia, Executive Director, Edinburg EDC; Dr. Abdel Salan Hamdy Makhlouf, Professor, UTPA Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering; Mike Perez, City Manager, City of McAllen; Dr. Shirley A. Reed, President, South Texas College; Ralph Garcia, Vice President Business Recruitment, McAllen EDC and Carlos Margo, Interim Executive Director, South Texas College NAAMREI
During the same day, a group of representatives from Houston Community College tour the IAM Festo Technology and Automation Lab, located at the STC Technology Campus that enables students to learn the latest in robotic automation while applying science, technology and math.

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The North American Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education Initiative (NAAMREI) at South Texas College (STC) celebrated the announcement of their $500,000 grant from the Wagner-Peyser program administered through the Office of Texas Governor Rick Perry on March 6 at the STC Technology Campus in McAllen. Local leaders, manufacturing partners and representatives from Houston Community College were present in support of this important grant that will provide training to 675 individuals in areas including robotics, mechatronics, programmable logic controllers and other advanced topics.   STC President Dr. Shirley A. Reed said, “Our success rests on our partnerships with manufacturers.  When you are successful, we are successful.”  McAllen City Manager Mike Perez also addressed the crowd in support of this opportunity. “This grant is a cornerstone for developing a stronger labor structure in our region.” For more information on NAAMREI call 956-872-6109 or visit www.naamrei.org.

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