From Classroom to Cleanroom: Building the Next Generation of the Semiconductor Workforce
The modern world runs on microchips. They power our smartphones, drive our cars, and fuel the artificial intelligence reshaping our future. Yet, as the demand for advanced semiconductor manufacturing skyrockets in the United States, the industry faces a critical challenge: building a highly skilled, diverse workforce to sustain it. Back in 2021, the Krause Center…
New KCI Makerspace Initiative: Corporate Team Building
KCI was fortunate to receive a two-year grant from the state chancellor’s office through the California Community Colleges Maker Initiative. The grant is coming to an end, and KCI is actively pursuing ways to fund the makerspace moving forward. Luckily, KCI has an advisory board with creative members, and at the winter meeting, the idea…
KCI Takes the Lead on New Makerspace Grant
Where design, invention, and art meet, technology is used to create new products. The Maker Movement is increasingly gaining ground in education as it becomes clear that student interest and engagement levels rise in STEM subjects when there is access to “maker” environments and experiences. Forward-thinking schools and districts are converting unused wood shops and…