Triumph Gulf Coast has awarded $3.25 million to Pensacola State College to create a new Workforce Development Training Center, the latest in a string of major grants the board has directed to the college in recent years.
The award, approved Wednesday, will help PSC renovate Building 21 on its Pensacola campus, a 22,700-square-foot facility that once housed the Academic Computer Center. The revamped space will feature classrooms, shop areas, training labs, and offices dedicated to preparing students for high-demand jobs in industries ranging from health care and information technology to advanced manufacturing and logistics.
“The training opportunities included in this project will enhance efforts to move under- and unemployed individuals into high-wage jobs, providing opportunities for them to achieve economic self-sufficiency for themselves and their families,” Triumph staff wrote in their analysis of the college’s proposal. They added the project would “rapidly scale both the volume and breadth of workforce certification offerings needed by regional employers.”…