Stark State College is expanding its role in the ShaleNET program:
"Stark State has been awarded $506,483 from Ohio’s Education Innovation program to provide ShaleNET education and training to students at Eastern Gateway Community College and Hocking College.
"The Ohio Department of Higher Education selected the ShaleNET Share project for funding because it meets Governor John Kasich’s higher education strategy of promoting educational excellence and economic efficiency and stabilizing or reducing student tuition rates at colleges and universities.
"Through resource-sharing, the project leverages the equipment and technology in Stark State College’s $3.7 million Well Site Training Lab to provide state-of-the-art, industry-driven oil and gas education and training to students at Eastern Gateway and Hocking, expanding education and training opportunities at the lowest possible cost to students and the state. This collaborative approach will enable up to 80 students annually to earn a ShaleNET Measurement and Mechatronics Technician AAS degree and a ShaleNET Instrumentation and Measurement Technician Certificate by completing 40 hours of core/technical classes at their home institutions and 20 hours of field-specific, hands-on courses at Stark State College.
The full release is here.