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Northwood Tech celebrates new mechatronics lab
14 Nov 2023
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Northwood Technical College celebrated the addition of a new advanced manufacturing training lab at the Rice Lake Campus on Friday. The new lab is part of the Housing Opportunity and Mobile Education Solutions Workforce Innovation Grant initiative with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. and state Department of Workforce Development.
Speakers and attendees at the event included Sam Rikkers, deputy secretary of the WEDC, and Dave Armstrong, a Wisconsin State Assembly representative and WEDC board member.
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