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VALLEY CITY STATE UNIVERSITY, BOILER PLANT | VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA

An innovative boiler plant at Valley City State University is saving money while powering the campus into the future. The highly energy-efficient facility sheds light on the inner workings of steam production to provide a learning opportunity for students and other passersby. Also, because they are one of North Dakota’s leaders in environmental sustainability, Valley City State University is planning to use this new plant to develop the next phase of clean coal processing and activated carbon capture in a later addition in partnership with the Energy and Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota.

We would like to thank all of our awesome employees for voting us one of the region’s Best Places to Work 4 years in a row!

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Apprenticeships:

• Help build a highly skilled workforce.

• Blend training with work and productivity.

• Help you tailor employee training to fit your needs.

• Provide an internal career ladder to promote current workers.

Financial and technical resources are available to North Dakota employers to start an apprenticeship program at your company.

To get started, contact North Dakota Department of Commerce at 701-328-5300 or ndworkforce@nd.gov.

NDworkforce.com photography, commissioning agents can find energy inefficiencies such as hot spots, pictured here. For more about commissioning, see Page 28.

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