Summary
This ExLENT Explorations Track project aims to serve the national interest by expanding workforce opportunities across critical sectors such as semiconductors and microelectronics, advanced manufacturing, and clean energy systems. Built on a cross-sector partnership among two state universities, industry leaders, and nonprofit organizations, this initiative responds to pressing workforce challenges in a rural region critical to the nation's innovation economy. Although the region is home to companies at the forefront of emerging technologies, it faces workforce shortages and rising demand for
