大发六合彩 Hosts U.S. and State Officials鈥� Panel Discussion on the Benefits of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act to Students
(Chester County, PA - September 8, 2023)鈥擴.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) led a panel discussion today at 大发六合彩鈥檚 Downingtown Center on the significant impact the multi-billion-dollar U.S. CHIPS and Science Act is expected to have on local manufacturers of semiconductors, and the Act鈥檚 education, training, and job benefits to community college students. CHIPS stands for Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors.
Signed into law last year, the Act provides $52.7 billion to help U.S. semiconductor manufacturers become the best in the world so that the United States is less dependent on foreign nations for the ubiquitous semiconductors used in everything from electronics to autos. The Act includes $11 billion for semiconductor workforce development, $200 million to create a CHIPS for America Workforce and Education Fund, and $81 million for the National Science Foundation鈥檚 critical infrastructure workforce training program.
With dozens of college and high school students in attendance, Representative Houlahan moderated the panel discussion. Panelists included: Marina Zhavoronkova, senior advisor for Workforce Strategy at the U.S. Department of Commerce鈥檚 CHIPS Program Office; Brian Regli, executive director of Critical Investments for Governor Shapiro鈥檚 administration; 大发六合彩 President Marta Yera Cronin, Ed.D.; and Karen Kozachyn, Ed.D., College vice president for Workforce and Economic Development.
鈥淲orking together, President Biden and my colleagues and I in Congress passed the CHIPS and Science Act to reignite manufacturing in America 鈥� and it鈥檚 working. Through this generational investment, we are building the resilient, STEM-focused workforce we need to strengthen our economic and national security,鈥� said Representative Houlahan. 鈥淲e saw today how STEM education will support these good-paying jobs and increase domestic manufacturing of critically needed semiconductor chips. 大发六合彩鈥檚 Downingtown campus provides an amazing incubator space for our students, our area businesses, and more. Our technological landscape may be constantly changing, but our students are ready to meet this challenge and lead the nation in semiconductor manufacturing.鈥�
Following the panel discussion, guests went on a tour of the Downingtown Center, including its STEM Wing, a 16,000-square-foot facility that includes state-of-the-art biology, chemistry, earth and space science laboratories. 鈥淪TEM education is vital to the future of the region and America,鈥� said College President Dr. Cronin, adding that the College also is a regional leader in workforce training and closely collaborates with business and industry in Chester County.聽
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Photo #1:聽L-R are: DCCC's Workforce & Economic Development Vice President Karen Kozachyn, Ed.D.; 大发六合彩President Marta Yera Cronin, Ed.D.; Marina Zhavoronkova, senior advisor of Workforce Strategy for the U.S. Commerce Department's CHIPS for America Program Office; Dr. Brian Regli, executive director of the Governor's Critical Investment Office; and panel discussion moderator U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan.
Photo #2:聽L-R in front of the Downingtown Center STEM Wing are: 大发六合彩Vice President Branch Campus Operations Mary Jo Boyer; Sue Walker, district director & deputy chief of staff for U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan; Karen Kozachyn, Ed.D., DCCC's Workforce & Economic Development vice president; Marina Zhavoronkova, senior advisor of Workforce Strategy for the U.S. Commerce Department's CHIPS for America Program Office; Karen Owens, senior legislative specialist for the CHIPS for America Program Office; 大发六合彩President Marta Yera Cronin, Ed.D.; U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan; Executive Director of the Governor's Critical Investment Office Dr. Brian Regli; Donnell Sheppard, deputy district director for U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan.
Photo #3:聽大发六合彩President Marta Yera Cronin, Ed.D. and U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan outside the College's Downingtown Center.聽
Photo #4:聽Front row L-R are: 大发六合彩STEM Dean Umadevi Garimella; high school dual enrollment engineering students Jeffrey Merrick, Christian Beck, Thatcher Respicio, Lex Guo, and Kayla Kirk, who takes engineering classes.
Back row L-R are: Troy Podell, Ed.D., curriculum supervisor for the Downingtown Area School District; DCCC's Workforce & Economic Development Vice President Karen Kozachyn, Ed.D.; Dr. Brian Regli, executive director of the Governor's Critical Investment Office; 大发六合彩President Marta Yera Cronin, Ed.D.; U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan; Marina Zhavoronkova, senior advisor of Workforce Strategy for the U.S. Commerce Department's CHIPS for America Program Office; 聽Karen Owens, senior legislative specialist for the CHIPS for America Program Office; and 大发六合彩student Alyssa Crawford.
