The Coordinating Board for Higher Education voted unanimously to select Dr. Bennett Boggs as Missouri’s new Commissioner of Higher Education on February 22, 2023. Dr. Boggs has accepted the position. Dr. Boggs replaces Zora Mulligan, who resigned July 1, 2022. Deputy...
The Columbia Job Center hosted a community hiring event on January 11 in partnership with the Columbia Chamber of Commerce and Regional Economic Development, Inc. (REDI). Over 64 participants, including two large groups of Afghanistan and Kenyan refugees, were in...
Several participants from the ASPIRE MO program attended a reunion in St. Louis on Sunday, January 29, 2023. They enjoyed a Prison Performing Arts Company play and dinner at IMO’s pizza. The ASPIRE MO program was previously hosted at the Women’s Eastern...
The Central Workforce Development Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Charisa Lee, Talent Acquisition Team Lead at Brunswick Corporation. Brunswick-Lowe Boats supports aluminum and fiberglass boat manufacturing locations in multiple states, including...
The Central Workforce Development Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Alice Whalen, Director of Adult Education and Literacy at East Central College. Whalen holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and has been with East Central College for...
The Columbia Job Center is hosting multiple hiring events for Swift Prepared Foods as they open their new Italian meats processing plant off Paris Road in Columbia. They plan to add over 100 jobs at the facility. The Paris Road plant will be one of the largest...
