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Manufacturing Connecticut's Future Workforce

Chion Wolf
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DECD Commissioner Catherine Smith.

Catherine Smith is Commissioner of Connecticut's Department of Economic and Community Development. This hour, she stops by for an update on the state's economy and manufacturing workforce.

Later, we also check in with Goodwin College President Mark Scheinberg. How is his school training the next generation of manufacturing employees? We find out and we also hear from you. 

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Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

This program is part of American Graduate: Getting to Work, a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.  More at cptv.org/makingthefuture

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