Centennial Bank has pledged a $100,000 contribution to the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton Foundation’s GIVE MEANING campaign. Centennial Bank’s contribution is the largest corporate gift to date, as well as one of the largest gifts overall, as part of the GIVE MEANING campaign. The gift will help support construction costs of the Workforce Training Center at UACCM. As an unrestricted gift, the funds will be used where there is the greatest need in alignment with the campaign’s priorities. The contribution qualifies for a naming opportunity of the front courtyard of the Workforce Training Center. Centennial Bank President Greg Sanson said, "We feel UACCM fills a much needed role in the education system of our state." The new facility will bring together technical training programs, workforce development, and adaptable training space for existing and new businesses and industry into one easily accessible location on the UACCM campus. All of the

The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton announces a new Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology program starting this fall. The program has been in the works for several months and has recently passed the final stages of approval by the University of Arkansas System and the Arkansas Department for Higher Education. The Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology program is designed to prepare students in general electromechanical safety, maintenance, and troubleshooting practices that are applicable to multiple industrial settings. Students will be trained to perform a variety of skills to repair, install, adjust, and do preventive maintenance to high-tech industrial machinery. UACCM instructor Robby Tipton will teach many of the classes offered in the new program. Tipton said, “We built this program using information collected from several different industries in the area. It will be very hands-on and offer safety training that is used widely in se