U.S. Senator Chris Murphy will hold a discussion on the future of manufacturing as part of his “Buy American” efforts at HCC’s Advanced Manufacturing Center on Monday, April 23 at 11:30 a.m. in Lafayette L166.

In 2016, Housatonic Community College (HCC) began a partnership with several two and three-year colleges in China that has culminated in workforce summits, international campus tours and an upcoming professional development exchange.

HCC’s Strategic Solutions Group is currently working with Bridgeport’s Optimus Health Care, Inc. to deliver tailored, 8-hour training programs for key staff.  Just finished was the first of two planned employee groups that will apply Excel tools to streamline their analysis of patient service data.  SSG’s referral to Connecticut’s Department of Labor is also enabling Optimus to receive state reimbursement to underwrite part of this training’s cost.

Team work has traveled the land.  Team building workshops penetrate every nook and cranny of Corporate America. The need for collaborative work within and across organizational silos is a given, a no-brainer for the workforce.