The manufacturing curriculum at COCC will soon be beefed up thanks to a $320K grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.  The grant is part of five million dollars in grant funding going to training in manufacturing at a consortium of nine community colleges in the state.  COCC will be getting $80 thousand dollars a year for four years to support manufacturing workforce development.  Graduates of programs like these typically go on to forward-looking jobs in areas including renewable energy and aviation.