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ShawneeWORKS
Partners to Expand Workforce Career Pathways

Shawnee State University is transforming workforce development at the high school level with ShawneeWORKS, a first-of-its-kind partnership between SSU and five regional career technical centers:

SSU President Eric Braun signs MOU with leaders of partnered CTC schools

Shawnee State University President Eric Andrew Braun joins superintendents from the partner schools for the official kick-off of ShawneeWorks. From left to right, Pike County Career Technology Center Superintendent Eric Meredith, Buckeye Hills Career Center Superintendent Jamie Nash, SSU President Eric Andrew Braun, Scioto County Career Technical Center Superintendent Kyle Copley, and Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center Superintendent Jonathan Davis. Absent from photo, Southern Hills Career & Technical Center Superintendent Kevin Kratzer.

“Demand for graduates with applied technical skills is exploding throughout Ohio. This new partnership is a natural extension of the focus shared by Shawnee State University and our region’s outstanding career technical centers to provide students with the education and experience they need for the jobs they seek.”

 SSU President Eric Andrew Braun

Shawnee State University and career technical centers across south-central Ohio are joining together to leverage the region’s high schools, career technical centers, and adult learners to develop a mission-critical talent pipeline for emerging industries in our region with a new program, ShawneeWORKS.

ShawneeWORKS is an innovative workforce and educational attainment initiative that expands dual credit and College Credit Plus between partner schools, provides direct entry into the workforce for CTC graduates, and streamlines admissions into two- and four-year applied technical degree programs. Students and employers will realize lower educational costs and a faster time to completion.

The ShawneeWORKS partnership provides a streamlined regional recruitment network that will help ensure maximum opportunity for all students. Students at partner career technical centers can begin taking advantage of ShawneeWORKS educational benefits this year.

 
Plastics students working on a group project
Students working hands-on with manufacturing equipment

Partners

Scioto County CTC

Scioto County Career Technical Center

Pike County CTC

Pike County Career Technology Center

Pickaway Ross CTC

Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center

 

Buckeye Hills CTC

Buckeye Hills Career Center

Southern Hills CTC

Southern Hills Career & Technical Center

Become a Partner

ShawneeWORKS welcomes additional career technical centers and schools across the region.
For more information about becoming a partner, contact Chris Shaffer.

Chris Shaffer

cshaffer@shawnee.edu

740-351-3207

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