BY DIEGO COLLAZO & HALEY VELASCO
College of the Mainland, San Jacinto College receive $400K in total academic health care grants
ACC receives nearly $500K in grants Alvin Community College o cials said the school has enhanced various programs with the help of a pair of grants totaling $500,000, according to multiple news releases from the college. The gist One grant, totaling $350,000, comes from the Texas Workforce Commission to fund the purchase and installation of a Pignat OTP DC Distillation Unit. This is used to help students in programs such as engineering, chemistry and environmental science gain hands-on experience, o cials said June 26. ACC’s board of regents also approved a $150,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to purchase equipment and supplies for the nursing pro- gram, according to a June 30 news release.
Students studying nursing at College of the Mainland, or radiologic technology at San Jacinto College, may be able to take part in new grants aimed at enhancing education for both colleges. The overview For the COM, the college received a jobs and education for Texas, or JET, grant from the Texas Workforce Commission, or TWC, according to a news release from the college. The grant will fund advanced simulation equip- ment, including 25 hospital beds with built-in scales and alarms, and manikins for maternal and birthing simulation. San Jacinto College also received more than $100,000 in a JET grant from the TWC to pur- chase equipment needed to train 20 students in radiologic technology, according to a news release from the college.
Community college grants in grants through JET program for Texas colleges grant for nursing program at
$15M $325K $109K
College of the Mainland for radiologic technology program at San Jacinto College
“As Texas’ economy continues to grow, it is critical that we invest in our future workforce.
This $15 million in career training grants will support career and technical training programs for thousands of Texas students across our great state.” GREG ABBOTT, TEXAS GOVERNOR
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