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U.S. Commerce Department Designates South Kansas A Manufacturing Community

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Wichita State has a strong history of partnering with advanced manufacturers in research and education of the workforce. Our goal through the IMCP is to secure south central Kansas as a global leader in advanced materials, ensuring increased high-wage employment opportunities for Kansans,” said Wichita State University President John Bardo.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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The states that have put the assets in place today to support a thriving cybersecurity industry—including STEM-oriented higher education programs with cyber-specific degrees and R&D facilities working in tandem with national security agencies, the U.S. The center will ultimately employ up to 2,000 associates.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Kansas – Agricultural Biotechnology Research Is Growing In Kansas

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The House has already approved $404 million for the project, part of the Department of Homeland Security’s budget for 2014. Department of Homeland Security approved a transfer agreement with Kansas for a 46-acre site north of KSU in Manhattan, KS. ” STARWOOD TO OPEN CUSTOMER CONTACT CENTER IN WICHITA. Kansas Sens.

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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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The state’s largest city, Wichita, is known as the Air Capital of the World due to the prominent role it plays in aviation manufacturing. Wichita’s aviation manufacturers are supported by the National Center for Aviation Training and Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research.

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Texas: Tri-Agency Workforce?Initiative Aims To Meet 21st Century Job Needs

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The Commissioners will evaluate current agency efforts, as well as state and local web-based education and career awareness systems in an effort to better link students, parents, and educators to the broad array of high-demand jobs in this state and the educational requirements to secure those opportunities.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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So, in several of our more statistics-oriented categories, this year we have given extra credit for positive industry-specific employment numbers. We’ve broken the overall biotech ranking into several categories in this year’s report, including Biotechnology Strength/Employment. Florida and Arizona round out the top five.

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