FISHER JOINS OCC AS WELDING SPECIALIST

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Olney Central College has announced that Flora native Maverick Fisher has joined the institution as Welding Specialist for the Illinois Eastern Community College Title III Program. The program is supported by an over $2 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Initiatives under the program include redesigning the Welding Program with the inclusion of a two year associates degree. Fisher is an OCC graduate who brings more than 8 years of experience to the position. He holds numerous certifications in both the nuclear field and construction industry and has previously taught basic and artistic welding as an adjunct professor at OCC. The grant will provide funding for new state-of-the-art- equipment for the welding lab to be located at the OCC West Richland Center in Noble. He will write the program curriculum and teach the courses whch will begin in August of 2020.