IRSC at 60
LABOR DEVELOPMENT
The Indian River Chamber of Commerce and its Board of
Directors offers our sincere appreciation and best wishes to
Dr. Massey for his service and commitment to education
35
years has been in the healthcare sector. IRSC has responded
in full force by providing nursing and other technical training,
Astolif noted. Those needs will only accelerate in future
with the arrival of the Cleveland Clinic, he believes.
The challenge now, Astolfi said, will be to maintain the
level of excellence, while also meeting the needs of the fourcounty
area.
After working closely with outgoing IRSC President Ed
Massey, Astolfi credits much of Martin’s workforce success
to him.
“He’s willing to listen to the community, to staff and students
and the economic community. He understands all those
needs and works to synthesize programs that lead to success.”
Helene Caseltine is economic development director for the
Indian River County Chamber of Commerce.
College staff have always been “tremendously helpful” in
workforce development, Caseltine said. “Anytime we have
a prospective company coming into town, whether they will
need new training or not, we always bring a representative
of IRSC along. They’ve been very keen on working with local
businesses — either new ones or sprucing up existing ones.
They are very good at designing training programs in weeks
rather than months.”
Indian River County shares many of the same economic development
goals as its peers in other Treasure Coast counties.
The emphasis is on high-paying, high-skill jobs in aviation,
marine industries. The arrival of the Cleveland Clinic bodes
well for medical jobs in the future, she said.
“I believe they will be ramping up in the future and helping
attract more of one of our targeted industries, specialty
healthcare (which includes plastic surgery, sports medicine
and others).”
After 60 years, Indian River State College educators and
administrators can proudly point to their continuing commitment
to building a stronger and more sustainable community
for the entire Treasure Coast. The college has built robust
partnerships with all the stakeholders in the economic development
and workforce readiness process.
As then-IRCC President Herman Heise said almost 40
years ago, the college has to be sensitive to the needs of the
community and remain flexible enough to meet those needs.
Indian River State College shows no sign of letting up on that
vital mission.
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