NSF awards the college grant to train semiconductor instructors

Update | Tuesday, August 13, 2024

The National Science Foundation has awarded $2.495 million to Columbus State Community College for the Reinforcing Instructors for Semiconductor Education (RISE) Consortium through its Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program. The RISE Consortium, led by Executive in Residence Scot McLemore, will create a faculty hub to recruit, credential, diversify, and upskill instructors in related disciplines and provide them with the curriculum needed to successfully expand the workforce. The consortium will: 

• Establish a collaboration mechanism to connect existing centers and projects, employers, and educators across advanced technologies and the semiconductor industry. 
• Create a professional development hub to recruit, credential, diversify, and upskill the needed instructors in related disciplines and existing technicians. 
• Share labor market data and best practices in equitable outreach among educational institutions, trade, and regulatory associations, and practicing technicians within the ecosystem. 
• Benchmark academic programs and curricular resources across advanced technologies, including the microelectronics sector. 
• Create a community of practice for institutions adapting advanced technology programs or establishing new semiconductor programs.

This is the 17th ATE award that Columbus State has led since the redesigned grants operation in 2014. Columbus State has received more NSF ATE awards than any other college in the country in that time. 

 

Go to 2024 Update Archive Go to Employee Update