Ehrlich Corp partners with OCTC Supporting Students
Ehrlich Red Wing Scholarship & Awards
Owensboro, KY (11/17/2022) — The Ehrlich Corporation and Red Wing Shoes of Owensboro has partnered with the Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) Foundation, Inc. to establish the Ehrlich Corporation/Red Wing Scholarship and Ehrlich Corporation/Red Wing Student of the Year Awards. The scholarship can be used to fund books, personal protective equipment, or other instructional materials required to successfully participate in and complete coursework in the following OCTC certificate, diploma, or associate degree programs:
- GOFAME/Advanced Manufacturing Technology
- Industrial Maintenance Technology
- Welding Technology
- Tech X
- Electrical Technology
- Computerized Machining and Manufacturing
- Robotics and Automation
They have also established the Ehrlich Corporation/Red Wing Shoes "Student of the Year Award for GO FAME" and "Student of the Year Award for Tech X" at OCTC. The Beard Family is excited about this partnership and has signed on as a partner for five years in the amount of $12,500. Michelle Beard and Jarrad Beard are third and fourth generation Red Wing business owners, with their family business getting started in Owensboro, KY many years ago.
"The establishment of the Ehrlich Corporation/Red Wing Fund helps drive awareness of the trades and a partnership with OCTC made sense with the OCTC trade programs and the Ehrlich Corporation having paralleled missions. This partnership ensures students are skilled and outfitted with the proper PPE to enter the manufacturing sector including Red Wing boots." stated Jarrad Beard.
"Strong partnerships ensure student success which ensures community success, and we are grateful to work with Jarrad and Michelle to continue moving the community forward", stated Mike Rodgers, Chief Institutional Officer at Owensboro Community and Technical College.
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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.
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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.
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