ABOUT THE M-TEC AT KIRTLAND-GAYLORD
THE MISSION OF THE M-TEC IS ...
 to
provide educational programs and services to individuals in preparation
for employment. In
addition, through workforce development training, business and industry
partners in the Northern Michigan Region and their employees will be
provided with educational opportunities specifically designed to upgrade
and/or enhance the job skills necessary to compete in local, state,
national and global economies.
M-TEC AT KIRTLAND-GAYLORD IS ...
more than a building with classrooms. It is a community resource
intended to address challenges being presented by current and future
changes in the workplace. It is a training resource for employers and
employees of the business community and for members of the general
public.
M-TEC began as a collaboration between business, labor, government,
and education. It is dedicated to training, retraining, and updating job
skills essential to high-demand, high-skill, high-wage occupations. It
offers flexible learning opportunities designed to meet the needs of the
learner. It draws upon expertise available in the community, both within
the college and within industry and organized labor.
The M-TEC at Kirtland-Gaylord is a state-of-the art facility offering
technical education in a unique, flexible, student-friendly manner.
M-TEC features state-of-the-art equipment, pedagogy, and curriculum
taught by experienced faculty. Students can choose a course of study and
build it from hundreds of skill-specific modules, resulting in a
dynamic, flexible program preparing graduates to enter into high-paying
jobs.
Construction of this state-of-the-art facility began in July 2000 and
was completed in time to begin offering a full complement of programs
and services in January 2002. The M-TEC facility has been designed by
business and industry for business and industry. Using the expertise and
input of local and regional manufacturing, building trades, and
technology professionals, architects and engineers have created a 28,000
square-foot facility capable of supporting the current and future
workforce development training needs of the region.
The M-TEC facility contains both a precision tool and general
manufacturing lab, construction technology labs, a welding lab, a
computer-aided drafting and manufacturing design lab, and nursing and
sonography labs, as well as
classrooms that support general and computerized instruction.
Meeting rooms with state-of-the-art technology
may be rented by business, industry, and community partners.
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