This episode features an interview with Clackamas Community College student Jacob Sieler who is studying Machine Tool Technology as a parenting student at the college. Jacob talks about how different staff and faculty at the college have helped him address financial constraints through accessing resources available to students including the STEP grant, Tech Hire and Metallica Scholars Initiative grants.
Clackamas Community College President Dr. Tim Cook shares his reactions to Jacob’s interview and highlights the unique Metallica All Within My Hands Foundation grant that has supported students at the college while generating excitement about career technical education programs.
Renee Richardson, Associate Director of the Metallica All Within My Hands Foundation, and Jen Worth, Senior Vice President of Academic and Workforce Development at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) elaborate on how the Metallica Scholars Initiative came about and the flexible approach the Metallica All Within My Hands Foundation and AACC have taken with community college grant recipients to tailor it to their students' needs, local economies and respective CTE programs while encouraging additional community partnerships to address student basic needs insecurity.