The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded Gardner-based Mount Wachusett Community College $1.6 million to support biotechnology and biomanufacturing education.
The college is working together with Bristol-Myers Squibb to train employees for the company’s new drug manufacturing plant in Devens and for other jobs in the biotech industry.
The Department of Labor awarded 69 of the grants, totaling $125 million, to community colleges and other institutions across the country to support training for careers in high-growth industries. The grantees were chosen from among 341 applicants.
