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Jasper Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Technology (Vincennes University)

The Vincennes University Jasper Campus is a vital part of Indiana’s first college, Vincennes University, a state-supported college that traces its founding to 1801. The VU Jasper Campus is located on a 140-acre site on the southeast side of Jasper. The Jasper Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Technology will be a flagship building for the University. The building will feature solar panels, maximizing daylight, energy efficient engineering, views to natural landscape and also creating a campus feeling by encapsulating common interior space between the other existing buildings.

The facility will provide:

• Materials testing for local manufacturing groups
• Coal mining simulations
• CNC labs
• Drafting and engineering CAD labs and logistics labs
• Advanced training for manufacturing employers that need their workers to apply new technologies.
• Specialty programming for incumbent workers who wish to upgrade their skills to advance their careers.
• Specialized continuing education programming for high skilled engineers and scientists in regional manufacturing companies.
• Space for companies to pilot new processes and train employees in their application.
• Career and technical classes in certificate and associate degree programs for students preparing to enter the workforce.
• Programming for high school students enrolled for dual-credit in career and technical education classes.
• Programming for high school students in Project Lead-the-Way technology programs.
• Increased capacity to serve high school teachers and students in science, technology, engineering and
  mathematics (STEM) courses.
• Office, auditorium, and meeting space for workforce development and economic development organizations to conduct business, hold meetings and conferences, and sponsor workshops and classes in collaboration with VUJC.