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AUBURN — The Gene Haas Foundation has donated $50,000 to the Central Maine Community College Education Foundation for the 2017-18 academic year.
The money will provide scholarships to new and continuing students in the Precision Machining Technology program at the college. The Haas Foundation has contributed more than $150,000 to the college and foundation for scholarships in the last several years.
The PMT program at CMCC, one of the largest in the Northeast, offers a two-year associate in applied science degree, a one-year certificate, and an advanced certificate. Students are trained in conventional and computer numerical control machining. Graduates of the program are employed as machine operators, CNC machinists, tool and die makers, quality control inspectors, machine assemblers, machine tool designers, CNC programmers or field service representatives.
Founded in 1999, the Gene Haas Foundation has awarded more than $45 million to more than 2,000 charitable organizations and schools since 1999. The foundation is committed to U.S. manufacturing and supporting manufacturing education in the form of scholarships and other support for CNC machinist training.
PHOTO: Marc Lapointe, left, a Haas CNC sales associate, presents a check for $50,000 from the Gene Haas Foundation to Central Maine Community College President Scott Knapp. The money will go to scholarships in the Precision Machining Technology program. (Submitted photo)
