Message from the President

In the January edition of Delaware Business, Rick Deadwyler of Corteva and chair of our affiliate—The Partnership, Inc.—described how we have been reimagining the programs that make up our workforce development platform: Delaware Principal for a Day, Superstars in Education and Training, Intern Delaware, and the Delaware Young Professionals Network. Superstars in Education and Training recently announced its 2022 award winners. The high school winner is Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical School and their ACE (Architecture, Construction and Engineering) mentoring program. Student teams work directly with professionals from leading area firms who volunteer their time to mentor the student teams as they design hypothetical projects, tour local construction sites, and visit architectural, engineering and construction company offices. The honoree in the independent training and certificate provider category is Food Bank of Delaware for both their culinary and logistics, operations, general warehousing, and inventory control (LOGIC) skills training programs. Year Up Wilmington, in collaboration with Wilmington University, works to close the opportunity divide by empowering young adults with the skills, experiences, and support to reach their potential and obtain living wage careers. Zip Code Wilmington was also selected as the Award of Excellence recipient in the category of independent training and certificate provider.

My thanks go out to all the applicants and award recipients! They are doing some incredible things to prepare and fill the workforce needs of today and tomorrow.

Do you know of a classroom or school (high school, college, or university) program that should be recognized? Similarly, do you know of independent training programs and providers that are doing incredible work in preparing people for employment to fill the needs of employers? Please share that information with Helana Rodriguez and we’ll reach out to those schools or programs.

Congratulations to all!