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Class Notes: Chattanooga State dedicates Card-Monroe Corp. Manufacturing Lab, and more education news

The Card-Monroe Corp. Manufacturing Lab, a state-of-the-art facility providing hands-on experience to students at Chattanooga State Community College's Polytech Academy was made possible by a $100,000 donation from Card-Monroe Corp. to the Chattanooga State Foundation. Photo courtesy of Chattanooga State. Contributed Photo/Times Free Press
The Card-Monroe Corp. Manufacturing Lab, a state-of-the-art facility providing hands-on experience to students at Chattanooga State Community College's Polytech Academy was made possible by a $100,000 donation from Card-Monroe Corp. to the Chattanooga State Foundation. Photo courtesy of Chattanooga State. Contributed Photo/Times Free Press The Card-Monroe Corp. Manufacturing Lab, a state-of-the-art facility providing hands-on experience to students at Chattanooga State Community College's Polytech Academy was made possible by a $100,000 donation from Card-Monroe Corp. to the Chattanooga State Foundation. Photo courtesy of Chattanooga State. Contributed Photo/Times Free Press
photo The Card-Monroe Corp. Manufacturing Lab, a state-of-the-art facility providing hands-on experience to students at Chattanooga State Community College’s Polytech Academy was made possible by a $100,000 donation from Card-Monroe Corp. to the Chattanooga State Foundation. Photo courtesy of Chattanooga State. Contributed Photo/Times Free Press

Chattanooga State dedicates learning lab

Alongside local dignitaries, Card-Monroe officials, faculty, staff and students, Chattanooga State Community College president Rebecca Ashford recognized the new Card-Monroe Corp. Manufacturing Lab earlier this month.

The state-of-the-art learning lab was made possible by a $100,000 donation from Card-Monroe Corp. to the Chattanooga State Foundation, according to a press release. The lab is housed in the college’s Center for Engineering, Technology, Arts & Sciences building.

“We think partnerships with places like Chattanooga State have made us successful by providing to us employees who have come in and been a part of the CMC success, and we are so thankful for the long-lasting relationship we have here at Chattanooga State and for your training of the future employees for manufacturing,” said Brad Card, president of Card-Monroe Corp., in a statement.

Card-Monroe Corp. is one of the world’s leaders in tufting technology, according to a news release. Chattanooga State has some of the largest engineering technology programs in the statewide system.