By Katelyn Aluise, The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Four West Virginia colleges have expressed support for Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s idea for a new POWER Tech Center.
Morrisey said during his State of the State Address this month he has plans to establish a POWER (Powering Our Workforce through Energy and Revolutionary)Technology Center with a collaboration through West Virginia, Marshall and Shepherd universities and Blue Ridge Technical College.
According to Morrisey, the center would “help West Virginia become the most innovative, aggressive supplier of energy to the growing technology industry.”
“This new center will not only help drive state and national thinking on data and energy needs, but it will create new opportunities for the type of advanced manufacturing jobs that provide long-term economic security for our state. This Center will teach our students in these new fields and also play a crucial role in our state’s vo-tech renaissance,” Morrisey said in his speech.
