<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1kn8F1_1E7CuMBw00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1kn8F1_1E7CuMBw00" width="1200" height="600" ><p>WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Jefferson Community College has received a $750,000 grant from Micron Technology to launch a new degree program focused on the semiconductor industry and mechatronics studies.</p><p>The investment comes as Micron builds a semiconductor plant near Syracuse and looks to train future employees for the facility.</p><h2>Program details</h2><p>“The Micron money has provided us the opportunity to hire the faculty and staff to build those programs,” said JCC President Dr. Daniel Duppee.</p><p>The program will be housed in the John Foster Dulles building, which is currently under construction and scheduled to open in the fall. Once open, the college will run training bootcamps to introduce students to the equipment ahead of the program’s full launch.</p><p>The program is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2027.</p><h2>Certifications and industry partnerships</h2><p>David Snow, director of community services for the mechatronics program, said industry certifications will be a central component of the program.</p><p>“The biggest part of our program is gonna be certifications, so we are partnering with Snap-on and Starett to provide industry certifications, as well as SACA — that is the national accreditation body for advanced manufacturing — so think Micron, Wolfspeed, Tokyo Electronics; that’s the certification they want to get and we’ll be able to provide those to students,” Snow said.</p><h2>College’s long-term outlook</h2><p>Dupee said the grant accelerated a program the college was already planning to develop.</p><p>“We were gonna have to do it at some point in time anyways because that is where the market, the employee market, is moving, so it was really helpful for us to get that money to again get the programs up and running and get some students in there before we were on the hook to actually pay for the program,” Duppee said.</p></div></body>

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WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Jefferson Community College has received a $750,000 grant from Micron Technology to launch a new degree program focused on the semiconductor industry and mechatronics studies. The investment comes as Micron builds a semiconductor plant near Syracuse and looks to train future employees for the facility.

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WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Jefferson Community College has received a $750,000 grant from Micron Technology to launch a new degree program focused on the

Micron grant funds new program at Jefferson Community College

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