During his visit to Charles County Feb. 1, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot toured the College of Southern Maryland and was briefed on college programs by CSM President Dr. Brad Gottfried, CSM Trustee Chair Dorothea Smith, Calvert Commissioner Steve Weems and Charles County Registrar of Wills Loraine Hennessy. During the briefing on CSM’s new Regional Campus which will house the Center for Trades and Energy Training (CTET), Franchot said, “The private sector is desperate for trained people. The economics is changing—these blue collar jobs used to be looked down on in favor of a college education. These are good jobs, high paying jobs.” CTET will be moving from an 18,000 square-foot leased facility in Waldorf to a 30,000 square-foot facility in Hughesville. Future plans for the Regional Campus include a Health Sciences facility accessible to students from throughout Southern Maryland. “Our goal is to centralize programs, such as health sciences, that would be too expensive to replicate on each campus,” said Gottfried. Franchot also visited the classroom of Professor Kathleen Parsons where he told third-semester nursing students that the economy is changing and that future growth in jobs will be in healthcare. For a gallery of photos, visit http://csmphoto.zenfolio.com/16franchotvisit. For information […]