The Senate Site: MATC Groundbreaking

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

MATC Groundbreaking

At a groundbreaking ceremony today for a new campus of Mountainland Applied Technology College, Senator John Valentine noted the importance of this day to the students in attendance (Daily Herald):

"This is an opportunity you will not forget," he said. "Where were you on 9-11? At the time Apollo set down on the moon? On Sept. 22, 2009? You were at the birth of a physical facility, one that has been a long time coming.

"There is a need for the trades. It is part of our economic recovery. The training that is given at this new campus will be part of that recovery. A trained workforce more than anything else is what we can offer to the world."

Read the full article here.

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