FRANKLIN, Ind. – Ivy Tech Community College celebrates the addition of a new Advanced Manufacturing Lab at its Franklin campus with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 20, at Ivy Tech Franklin. State and local officials along with area high school representatives will join in recognizing the new lab, which is designed to support local industry employers in upskilling and training their workforce and will offer programming opportunities for high school early college initiatives.
The 4,000-square-foot addition to the college’s Johnson County location provides hands-on experiences in quality control concepts and techniques, modern manufacturing requirements, and manufacturing processes, including mechanical, electrical, and fluid power principles.
Academic programming for the Advanced Manufacturing Lab includes an initiative with Center Grove High School and Clark-Pleasant Community Schools to offer the Johnson County Advanced Manufacturing Program (JC AMP) in which high school students can earn an associate degree from Ivy Tech in industrial technology while concurrently earning their high school diploma.
As part of JC AMP, students have opportunities in their junior and senior years to participate in paid, on-the-job training with local industry partners, including Endress + Hauser, NSK, and Caterpillar Remanufacturing. This year the first cohort of students participated in the program with seven freshmen from Whiteland High School and 22 from Center Grove High School.
