Marion CAN DO!, the area’s economic development group, has issued an endorsement for the Tri-River’s Career Center levy that appears on the November ballot. CAN DO’s interim director, Dan Burkhart, says the levy is needed to continue Tri-River’s vital work in training highly skilled workers for current and future industries in the Marion area. If […]
Tri-Rivers Students Providing Day of Service Throughout Marion
September 29, 2014 by
United Way of Marion County will work with more than 200 Tri-Rivers Career Center students on Monday, September 29, 2014 as a part of its LIVE UNITED volunteer activities designed to make an immediate and positive impact in the Marion community. On the 29th, every senior class at Tri-Rivers will blitz the community with a […]
Tri-Rivers/RAMTEC Consortium Receives $14.99 Million Grant
June 24, 2014 by
The RAMTEC (Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Collaborative) Statewide Advanced Manufacturing STEM/Career Technical Education Consortium, led by Tri-Rivers Career Center, has received $14.99 million dollars through Ohio’s Straight A Fund. This grant will allow Tri-Rivers to partner with eight additional career centers to expand and continue the vision of RAMTEC in order to address […]
Tri-Rivers’ Hickman Elected President of Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education
June 16, 2014 by
Tri-Rivers Executive Director Larry Hickman was recently elected as president of the Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE). ACTE represents Career Tech Educators throughout Ohio. In this role, Mr. Hickman has had the opportunity to go to Washington D.C. to meet with senators and legislative aides to discuss the importance of continued support […]
RAMTEC Honors First High School Students to Achieve FANUC Robotics Certification
May 29, 2014 by
Marion’s Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Collaborative (RAMTEC)—the first and only training facility of its kind in Ohio—celebrated the FANUC certification of nine high school students, Friday, May 16, 2014. These Tri-Rivers/RAMTEC Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering students are the first students in the United States to achieve this certification as high school students, according […]
Tri-Rivers Grad Wins Landscaping Contest
May 5, 2014 by
Brandon Parks, an acknowledged “plant geek” and a graduate of Tri-Rivers Landscaping/Garden Center program, recently won a landscaping contest with his landscape restoration design for the AI Root Co. in Medina. After graduating from Tri-Rivers, Parks continued his education at Ohio State ATI. While there, the AI Root Company approached his professor, Dr. Laura Deeter, […]
Youth Can Gain Valuable Experience through Summer Employment Program
April 18, 2014 by
Marion County Job & Family Services (MCJFS) has kicked off the 2014 Summer Youth Employment Program. The TANF Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) enables low income TANF-eligible Marion County youth, age 16-24, to gain valuable work experience while earning a paycheck to help meet basic needs. Youth may work part time or up to 35 […]
Tri-Rivers Hosting Health Career Open House
April 2, 2014 by
On Friday April 4, 2014, Tri-Rivers Adult Education will be hosting a Health Career Open House at 333 East Center Street, Marion, the site of their Satellite Healthcare Educational Facility. They will be giving tours and talking to prospective students from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and again from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Anyone […]
Donation to Help Promote Local Engineering Programs
November 19, 2013 by
Rodney Grover, Senior Development Officer from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation (SME EF) presented Tri-Rivers Superintendent Chuck Speelman with a $5,000 check during his recent visit to RAMTEC. The money will be used to promote engineering through Project Lead the Way Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) curriculum, RAMTEC Ohio Camps and Tri-Rivers RAMTEC Vex […]
Tri-Rivers Invites the Public to Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
October 31, 2013 by
The area’s first Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, sponsored by Tri-Rivers Career Center, is planned for this Saturday, November 2, 2013 starting at 11:00am in the parking lot of the former Marion Catholic School, 1001 Mt. Vernon Avenue in Marion. The event is part of the international men’s march to stop rape, sexual assault […]
