7 Inmates Complete CSCC MIG Welding Bootcamp

  • Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Pictured, front row, left to right: Chad Laxton, CSCC welding instructor; Students Kevin Brown, Chuck Moore, Drew Baker, Marcus Gibson, Kory Lawson, Andrew Holland, Kyle Nunley. Back row, left to right: Heather Brown, CSCC Workforce Development director; Bre LaMountain, CSCC project coordinator; Brian Stewart, City Fields Economic Development coordinator; Officer Jean Casseus, BCSO Adult Education administrator; Dr. John Squires, CSCC interim vice president of Workforce Development, Institutional Research, and Advancement; Brian Deaton, Norfolk Southern welding manager; Angela Cooper, CSCC Adult Education Program director; Jacob Payne, CSCC Adult Education corrections student support specialist; Alan Ledford, CSCC Adult Education assistant director.
Pictured, front row, left to right: Chad Laxton, CSCC welding instructor; Students Kevin Brown, Chuck Moore, Drew Baker, Marcus Gibson, Kory Lawson, Andrew Holland, Kyle Nunley. Back row, left to right: Heather Brown, CSCC Workforce Development director; Bre LaMountain, CSCC project coordinator; Brian Stewart, City Fields Economic Development coordinator; Officer Jean Casseus, BCSO Adult Education administrator; Dr. John Squires, CSCC interim vice president of Workforce Development, Institutional Research, and Advancement; Brian Deaton, Norfolk Southern welding manager; Angela Cooper, CSCC Adult Education Program director; Jacob Payne, CSCC Adult Education corrections student support specialist; Alan Ledford, CSCC Adult Education assistant director.
Cleveland State Community College Workforce Development recently completed a MIG Welding Bootcamp. 

Partnering with the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office, City Fields, Cleveland State Adult Education and the American Job Center, seven inmates completed the bootcamp and earned their American Welding Society certification. 
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