Lewis-Clark State College has received a $250,000 grant from the Sunderland Foundation for its new Career & Technical Education center.
According to Charlette Kremer, director of LCSC’s Office of Grants & Contracts, the Sunderland Foundation is one of only a few organizations in the United States that provides grants for capital projects. In 2017, the Sunderland Foundation awarded more than $10 million in grants to higher education.
LCSC Career Technical Education Center
Approved by the Idaho Legislature in March of 2017, LC’s new facility will be a regional CTE center, serving the needs of students from LCSC, neighboring Lewiston High School, and throughout the region. The 75,000 square-foot facility will house most of LCSC’s Technical & Industrial Division programs including auto mechanics technology; CNC machining technology; information technology; engineering technology; heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration technology; and industrial electronics technology.
Since its inception in 1945, the Sunderland Foundation has focused on supporting construction projects for nonprofit organizations in the regions traditionally served by the Ash Grove Cement Company. Lester T. Sunderland served as the president of the cement company for 33 years and established the foundation, which is currently run by his descendants. The cement company serves the Pacific Northwest, Montana and Utah in the West, and seven states in the Plains and Midwest areas.
LCSC is set to start construction on the $20 million CTE center in the Lewiston Orchards in 2019. The project is expected to be complete by the fall semester of 2020. (Lewis-Clark State College)
