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YOU.

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, GERRY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HERE'S A STUNNING NUMBER FOR
YOU: NEARLY

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650,000 HOOSIERS HAVE LOST THEIR
JOBS, FACED REDUCED HOURS OR
BEEN FURLOUGHED SINCE THE
PANDEMIC HIT IN MARCH.

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IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE SAYS
IT IS STEPPING UP IN A BIG WAY
TO HELP BY OFFERING SOME 10,000
FREE ONLINE CLASSES TO HELP

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THOSE WHO'VE LOST WORK TO
PREPARE FOR SKILLS THEY'LL NEED
IN NEW JOBS.
THE CLASSES ARE AIMED AT

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HIGH-DEMAND JOBS LIKE ADVANCED
MANUFACTURINGS, CYBERSECURITY,
I.T.
IVY TECH PRESIDENT SUE

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ELLSPERMANN JOINS US WITH
DETAILS.
SUE, AS ALWAYS, WELCOME TO THE
PROGRAM.

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>> WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME,
GERRY.
>> OKAY.
THIS IS A MAJOR INITIATIVE.

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10,000 FREE ONLINE CLASSES.
HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT, THE
DECISION TO DO THIS, AND WHY DO

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IT?
>> WELL, IT CAME UP AS AN IDEA
BACK IN, LIKE, LATE MARCH AS OUR
TEAM WAS SAYING, HEY, THIS IS

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INCREDIBLE AS WE WERE WATCHING
INDIANA EASE UNEMPLOYMENT GROW
AND HOW DO WE HELP?
REMEMBER, IVY TECH COMMUNITY

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COLLEGE, WE'RE HERE TO DO TWO
THINGS, WE'RE HERE TO HELP OUR
EMPLOYERS HAVE THE WORKFORCE
THEY NEED AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP

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SCALE UP HOOSIERS INTO
PROSPERITY.
SO WE SAID, WHAT IF WE COULD DO
10,000 FREE CLASSES?

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NOW WE HAD NO IDEA HOW WE WOULD
DO THAT.
BUT WE WENT OUT AND STARTED
ASKING OUR PARTNERS OUT THERE TO

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HELP US AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT,
WE HAD PEOPLE LIKE PAUL PERKINS
AND AMATROL, AN INDIANA BASED
COMPANY, SAY, HEY, WE'LL GIVE

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YOU, FOR FREE, AN UNLIMITED
NUMBER OF INDUSTRY 4.0 SACA
SILVER CERTIFICATIONS, THESE ARE
FOR THE SMART FACTORY OF THE

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FUTURE, THE JOBS THAT EVERY
EMPLOYER WANTS THEIR EMPLOYEES
TO HAVE THESE SKILLS, AND SO OFF
WE HAVE GONE.

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AND THEN WE HAD AWS WITH THE
CLOUD, AND CYBERSECURITY AS YOU
MENTIONED, AND LINKED IN, THEIR
MATERIALS, SO WE ARE OFF AND

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RUNNING.
OVER 6,000 ENROLLED ALREADY,
GERRY.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO

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SAY, THE DEMAND IS OBVIOUSLY
THERE.
YOU MENTIONED 6,000 ALREADY
ENROLLED.

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THAT NUMBER WILL CHANGE
OBVIOUSLY DRAMATICALLY, AND IT'S
REALLY THE BO M TOM LINE
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COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, NO
QUESTION INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING
TO NEED ADDITIONAL SKILLS, NEW
SKILLS TO COMPETE IN THAT

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POST-PANDEMIC ECONOMY.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT -- YOU
KNOW, WENONAH INDIANA IS

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A
MANUFACTURING STATE.
WE WANT INDIANA TO BE STRONG
COMING OUT OF THIS SO HAVING

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THOSE SKILLS ARE INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT.
WE KNOW I.T. IS GROWING,
CYBERSECURITY, THE CLOUD, THESE

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ARE SKILLS, CREDENTIALS THAT ARE
HIGH VALUE, CENTRAL INDIANA AND
ACROSS THE STATE.
AND LIKEWISE ALL THOSE BUSINESS

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SKILLS ARE GOING TO BE SKILLS
THAT ARE NEEDED OUT THERE.
SO WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE
SOLUTION.

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THAT'S WHAT IVY TECH IS HERE TO
DO, AND IN THIS WAY, WE CAN HELP
PEOPLE GET THAT STEP UP BACK
INTO THEIR JOB AND BE EVEN

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STRONGER, OR GET AN EVEN BETTER
JOB.
>> AND AGAIN, YOU REALLY DON'T
HAVE TO HAVE ANY PREREQUISITES

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TO GET THESE CLASSES.
HOW DO FOLKS ENGAGE OR CONNECT
WITH THE PROGRAM?
>> SO REALLY, REALLY EASY.

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SO YES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO A
FINANCIAL AID FORM, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO MEET ANY PARTICULAR
CRITERIA.

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JUST GET ON IVY TECH'S WEBSITE.
YOU CAN PUT 10K CLASSES OR YOU
CAN PUT RAPID RECOVERY IN, AND
YOU'LL FIND THE PAGE AND IT IS

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LITERALLY A CLICK AWAY, ALL
ONLINE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO
COME INTO CAMPUS.
THESE ARE ONLINE COURSES, AND

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YOU CAN GET STARTED TO SEIZE EE.
AND LOOK, YOU'RE NOT LIMITED TO
ONE.
TRY A COUPLE OF THEM.

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IT IS A WAY TO PUT YOUR TOE IN
THE WATER AND START SCALING UP
AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS EASY
AS POSSIBLE, AND BY THE WAY,

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10,000 IS NOT THE LIMIT.
WITH GOOD PARTNERS LIKE AMATROL
OUT THERE, THEY'VE COMMITTED
THROUGH THE END OF JULY.

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SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADD
COURSES THROUGH THE END OF THE
SUMMER.
WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO -- IF YOU

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DIDN'T SEE WHAT YOU LIKE THIS
WEEK, COME CHECK NEXT WEEK,
THERE MAY BE SOMETHING NEW ON
THERE, SO IT'S NOT TOO GOOD TO

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BE TRUE, IT REALLY IS TRUE, AND
WE HOPE THAT HOOSIERS WILL TAKE
US UP ON IT.
>> ALL RIGHT, A MAJOR INITIATIVE

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AT IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
10,000 FREE ONLINE CLASSES
TARGETING PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

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PRESIDENT OF IVY TECH, THANKS AS
ALWAYS FOR JOINING US.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
SOON.

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>> WELL, GERRY, THANKS FOR WHAT
YOU'RE DOING, AND WE'LL KEEP
WORKING HERE AT IVY TECH, KEEP