On Tuesday at Kennedy-King College’s Dawson Technical Institute, leaders met with new students to discuss how they can better support veterans in City College’s UMAP program. The program is a national model and connects veterans with high-demand careers. Students take a series of general education and core courses for six months where they’re focused on learning how to safely construct and operate natural gas distribution systems. It is all offered to veterans at no cost.

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Photo 1:  From the left Peoples Gas CEO Torrence Hinton; U.S. Congressman Jonathon Jackson; Brian Murray and Ray Tischina from Power 4 America; Kennedy-King College Interim President Katonja Webb Walker.

Photo 2: From the left U.S. Congressman Jonathan Jackson; Kennedy-King College Interim President Katonja Webb Walker; U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor James Rodriguez, and Kennedy-King College Dean Inesha Kelly
Photo credit:  Veronica Resa