TTC receives grant from Bosch to support IT Career Clusters
February 27, 2017
Trident Technical College was awarded a grant of $49,872 from the Bosch Community Fund to support IT Career Clusters, a two-year project designed to develop a new Social/Digital Media Marketing and Big Data certificate program that will provide a pathway for students into these career fields.
“This project will help meet a growing need for writing, coding and database skills related to social media and data analytics, and we look forward to helping meet this need thanks to the funding received by the Bosch Community Fund,” said Laurie Boeding, Trident Technical College dean of Business Technology.
Courses in the new certificate program will allow students to develop skills and competencies in the use of social media marketing, data analytics and/or computer programming/software development. Additionally, funding will provide Tri-county youth with hands-on experience in these IT fields through workshops and scholarships for Teen University courses. Approximately 140 TTC students and 60 middle and high school students will benefit from the program.
The Bosch Community Fund (BCF) awards up to $4 million in grants annually, providing additional support for the company’s charitable and community efforts in the United States, with a focus on science, technology and environmental initiatives.
