Since accepting the position in May, Gateway Community & Technical College’s newest president Fernando Figueroa has begun to hone in on some of the specific challenges facing the college and its relationships within the region.
An immediate task will be to bridge the current divide between the school and the local manufacturing segment.
Doing so will require Figueroa to forge new relationships with corporations and small businesses that stand to benefit from Gateway’s efforts to produce skilled graduates of its Advance Manufacturing Technician (AMT) certification program and other manufacturing curricula.
Figueroa completed his baccalaureate studies at Loyola University in New Orleans and later earned masters and doctoral degrees from LSU. He is the fourth president in the history of Gateway College, which maintains campuses in Boone County, Edgewood and Covington.
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