WEC In the News

• Interview with Jennifer Brown, Process Technology Student at Westerly Education Center (The Public's Radio-NPR, 11/18/18) 

• Westerly Education Center broadens its capabilities with dedication of new science labs (Westerly Sun, 11/17/18)

• Westerly Education Center program will provide Stonington students with maritime fabrication skills (Westerly Sun, 11/13/18)

• STEAM Central was showcase for science and technology at Westerly Education Center (Westerly Sun, 11/4/18)

• A Shore Thing: Westerly's Transformation (Rhode Island Monthly, (10/19/18)

• Education Center offering free training in sales, customer service (Cranston Herald, 10/18/18)

• Regional preapprenticeship program creates extra training model (Boating Industry, 10/18/18)

• Westerly Education Center promotes free bank teller and customer service training program (Providence Business News, 10/16/18)

• Open house at Westerly center for ESL, social service courses (Westerly Sun, 10/12/18)

• In the easy chair with Amy Grzybowski (Westerly Sun, 10/8/18)

• Managing a 'good' problem (Providence Business News, 10/6/18)

• Rhode Island restarts a manufacturing legacy (Providence Business News, 10/5/18)

• DHS coming to Westerly to meet with applicants for state assistance (Westerly Sun, 9/26/18)

• Westerly Education Center to offer free job training in marine trades, composites (Westerly Sun, 9/20/18)

• Getting more people working in R.I. (Providence Journal, 9/15/18)

• Free program at Westerly Education Center will train job-seekers in process technology (Westerly Sun, 8/18/18)

• Rhode Island's economic recovery fueled by workforce training (Working Nation, 7/27/18)

• Raimondo promises push to expand free tuition to URI, RIC (Providence Journal, 7/24/18)

• New jobs training center to open in Woonsocket (Woonsocket Patch, 7/18/18)

• Raimondo bringing new job training center to Woonsocket (Latino Public Radio, 7/18/18)

• State announces corporate partners for Woonsocket-based job training center (Valley Breeze, 7/19/18)

• Westerly Education Center is model for new job training facility in Woonsocket (Westerly Sun, 7/19/18)

• Raimondo announces northern RI higher education center with public-private partnerships (Providence Business News, 7/18/18)

• New jobs center to open in Woonsocket (Providence Journal, 7/17/18)

• State higher education center expected in Woonsocket (Valley Breeze, 7/12/18)

• Westerly Education Center opens EB sheet metal course to high school students (Westerly Sun, 6/6/18)

• Training for all scenarios: 'Operation Red Tide' just the latest live training in Rhode Island (Westerly Sun, 5/25/18)

• Westerly Education Center wins New England honor for job training partnership with EB (Westerly Sun,  5/24/18)

• State pitches in for EB expansion (Westerly Sun, 5/9/18)

• Business Briefs (The Day, 4/29/18)

• Westerly Education Center receives grant from Washington Trust (Providence Business News, 4/27/18)

• Careers Start Here: At WHS Job Fair, seasonal openings and lofty goals (Westerly Sun, 4/27/18)

• APA RI awards Westerly Education Center for work to revitalize town (Providence Business News, 3/2/18)

• Editorial: Highs and lows from last week (Westerly Sun, 1/22/18)

• Passing with flying colors (Westerly Sun, 1/14/18)

• In hunt for a career, hundreds flock to EB fair in Westerly (The Day, 1/12/18)

• Electric Boat draws 390 people to job fair at Westerly Education Center (Westerly Sun, 1/12/18)

• Electric Boat filling hundreds of jobs at Quonset Facility (What's Up Newport, 1/9/18)

• Roger Williams to offer courses in Westerly (Providence Journal, 12/14/17)

• RWU School of Continuing Studies Partners with Westerly Education (Bristol Patch, 12/13/17)

• Senate President Dominick Ruggerio was impressed with the Westerly Education Center (Westerly Sun, 10/26/17)

• Real Jobs partnerships awarded $2.6 million (Providence Journal, 10/3/17)

• Westerly job center will offer process technician training (Westerly Sun, 7/14/17)

• Photos: Graduation Day for EB L.E.A.D. students at Westerly Education Center (Westerly Sun, 7/13/17)

• Op Ed: Creating a stronger manufacturing workforce (Providence Sunday Journal, July 9, 2017)

• Westerly bond rating upgraded as finances improve; hospital, education center cited (Westerly Sun, 6/27/17)

• Raimondo meets biotech leaders to plan Real Jobs RI program (Providence Business News, 6/22/17) 

• Westerly Education Center gets state workforce innovation award  (Westerly Sun, 6/13/17)

• RI Education Commissioner stresses career readiness in annual address (Westerly Sun, 5/10/17)

• Talking with Paint (So RI, May 2017)

• Partnerships pay off in opening of new Westerly Education Center (Providence Journal, 5/1/17)

• Success of Westerly historic preservation projects impresses R.I. conference (Westerly Sun, 5/1/17)

• State and local officials, dignitaries christen Westerly Education Center (Westerly Sun, 4/29/17)

• Westerly Education Center touted as public-private success story (The Day, 4/28/17)

• Westerly Education Center opens (Providence Business News, 4/28/17)

• Ribbon cutting, opening of Westerly Education Center slated for April 28 (Westerly Sun, 4/21/17)

• Historic preservation conference to draw hundreds to Westerly, Charlestown (Westerly Sun, 4/15/17)

• RI College to offer workplace computer skills courses at Westerly Center (Westerly Sun, 4/15/17)

• RI College to offer workplace computer courses at Westerly center (Westerly Sun, 4/7/17)

• RISD to offer courses at Westerly Center (Westerly Sun, 3/16/17)

• Editorial: Raimondo's promise would offer degrees, skilled workforce (Westerly Sun 2/26,17)

• Classes Kick Off at Westerly Higher Education and Job Skills Center (Westerly Sun, 1/15/17)

• Westerly students learning from the pros (Westerly Sun, 12/19/16)

• Job training center poised for partial opening (Westerly Sun, 11/24/16)

• Grzybowski leaving town post to head new education center (Westerly Sun, 8/4/16)

• Grzybowski named Westerly Higher Education and Industry Center executive director (Providence Business News, 8/4/16)

• Rising fast: CCRI construction coming along (Westerly Sun, 6/29/16)

• Governor: Partnership key in vision for Westerly CCRI campus (Westerly Sun, 2/6/16)

• CCRI breaks ground on new facility in partnership with Electric Boat (RIPR, 2/5/16)

• CCRI moving forward with satellite campus (WLNE, 2/5/6)

• Officials celebrate planned job-skills training center for Electric Boat in Westerly (Providence Journal, 2/4/16)

• CCRI gets the green light for new campus in Westerly (WJAR, 2/4/16)

• Momentum builds for job training facility (Westerly Sun, 12/31/15) 

• CCRI plans to open facility in Westerly, partner with Electric Boat (RIPR, 10/20/15)

• CCRI satellite campus planned for Westerly (Providence Journal, 8/6/15) 

• Council OKs $300,000 for CCRI campus plan (Westerly Sun, 7/14/15)

• Possible satellite campus coming to Westerly to train high schoolers for Electric Boat (The Day, 7/12/15)