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Apprenticeship Carolina and the S.C. Commission for Minority Affairs partner to increase the number of minority-owned businesses participating in apprenticeship
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Apprenticeship Carolina™ and the South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs signed a Memorandum of Understanding this week designed to increase the number of South Carolina’s minority-owned businesses participating in apprenticeship programs across the state.
“The South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs is excited to be partnering with Apprenticeship Carolina on this initiative,” said Dr. Delores Dacosta, executive director of the South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs. “We strive to provide innovative and constructive solutions in support of ethnic minority communities. This agreement will help connect minority-owned businesses with the many opportunities available through Apprenticeship Carolina as well as direct them to grants and other funding opportunities to help offset training costs.”
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Columbia startup raises millions to build software for trucking, aims to reshape industry
COLUMBIA (The Post and Courier Columbia) — Motor Supply Inc. is not your typical trucking company, co-founded on something of a dare by a Columbia computer scientist with no prior experience in the industry. The teams’ technical skill sets combined with on-the-job experience gained while directing 17 semis back and forth across the United States […]
OC Tech among two Orangeburg colleges awarded Department of Education grant to support underserved students
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College (OC Tech) is one of two colleges in the City of Orangeburg and three in the state to be awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support postsecondary students throughout the country. OC Tech is calling the grant “Race to the Finish.” The focus is to reach out […]