Construction on College’s $20 million Expansion
Begins in Spring
When the 2018 fall semester begins at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, students in three high-demand programs will have a new state-of-the-art place to learn.
Construction on Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology’s $20 million expansion is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2017. The new Greiner Center for Advanced Manufacturing will be home to the College’s machine tool, metals fabrication and welding, and heating, ventilation, air condition, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) programs. The campus will be able to accommodate 450 students, more than double current capacity. “Thaddeus Stevens is an economic driver providing a skilled workforce for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” says College president William Griscom. “There is tremendous demand for our graduates, none more so than graduates of these three high-tech majors.” Labor market competition for the College’s 350 graduates is high. At its most recent job fair, more than 800 employers recruited Thaddeus Stevens students for some 2,400 open positions.
The Greiner Center is a 60,000-square-foot facility comprising two buildings on the site of the former National Guard Armory on Chesapeake Street, a short distance from the College’s historic 32-acre main campus at the eastern edge of Lancaster City. A third building, current home of the city’s Parks Bureau, will in the future be remodeled into the Steinman Community Learning Center, a home for workforce training and after-school programs. The designs, including large glass walls, are intentionally visual to allow the community—young students in particular—to see at a glance what modern manufacturing looks like. The Greiner Center will be built by the Pennsylvania Department of General Services at a cost of approximately $20 million. The College raised an additional $2.4 million through a capital campaign, including a $1 million lead grant from Greiner Industries which heavily recruits TSCT graduates.
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