Rock group Metallica’s foundation, All Within My Hands (AWMH), continues its multimillion-dollar investment in critical workforce programs at community colleges nationwide.
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College (ECTC) has been invited to again participate in the initiative and will continue to receive Metallica Scholars funding to enhance career and technical education programs.
“The Metallica Scholars Initiative is so important to us because we are seeing results. Five years in, with the help of community colleges across the country, we are helping people fill these essential jobs which require skills and training. We are so proud and grateful that we can facilitate this program,” Lars Ulrich, of Metallica, said.
The Metallica Scholars Initiative (MSI) was launched in 2019 by Metallica’s AWMH foundation in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC).
MSI now directly supports 42 community colleges across 33 states, and by the end of this year, it will have helped over 6,000 students pursuing careers in the trades. To date, Metallica and AWMH have invested over $6 million in the American workforce.
Throughout ECTC’s participation in MSI, the organization has funded scholarships for advanced manufacturing and commercial driver’s license students; helped develop the Ride the Lightning mobile technical training unit and Wherever I May Roam Truck Driving Academy; and provided tuition assistance to military students in the Advanced Manufacturing Army Career Skills Program.
This year, funds will support students in advanced manufacturing programs, including $5,000 in scholarships. The college will announce more about those scholarships in the coming weeks.
“We’re proud to partner with AWMH, AACC and Metallica for a fourth year and to build on the positive impact the program has for students and our region’s employers that need highly skilled employees,” ECTC President Dr. Justin Pate said. “There are incredible opportunities waiting in advanced manufacturing, and the Metallica Scholars Initiative is a unique and powerful way to connect ECTC students with these high-demand careers.”
(Photo: Courtesy of ECTC)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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