Central Piedmont Community College intends to become the

national leader in workforce development.

STUDENT AND COMMUNITY SUCCESSARE OUR GOALS

A career college 70,000 students

40% college credit 40% Corporate and Continuing Education 20% ESL, GED, Adult High School

Students 168 countries 30 – Average Age 80% on financial assistance

Celebrated 50 years in 2013 1.5 million students served ~

Emerging workers

Existing workers

Entrepreneurial workers

Transitional workers

Avocational workers~

Meeting Citizen and Employer Needs

of the 21st Century

Student and Community Success ~

From finance and energy hub to global business hub, including entrepreneurialism, advanced manufacturing and global logistics.

From competition to regional collaboration. ~

“We will become a global hub of commerce.”

CREATE IT

MAKE IT

MOVE IT

MARKET IT

Global Competitiveness SummitMarch 23, 2016

We can passively wait for it to evolve

or

We can actively

CREATE IT, MAKE IT, MOVE IT and MARKET IT. ~

A. Charlotte expansion depended upon skilled workers (customized training grants)

B. CPCC instructors certified in Berlin

C. CPCC secured and trained 1,400 applicants

D. Apprenticeship program

E. CPCC is core training division for Siemens ~

A. $5.3M and in-training grantsB. Siemens has invested $400M C. National pressD. President’s State of the Union addressE. Congressional Staff VisitF. $32M in mechatronics software G. Expanded German partnerships

• Siemens• IHK Karlsruhe• FESTO• Embassy-sponsored presentations – US,

Germany, Switzerland, Spain ~

Two Thumbs Up! ~~