Governor expected during teleconference at career learning summit on Port Angeles campus

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College will host one of a number of regional sites of the Governor’s Summit on Career Connected Learning from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The free event will take place at the longhouse building on the Peninsula College campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

Participants will join Gov. Jay Inslee, business and education leaders to talk about the next steps to provide Washington young people with the work experience and real-world skills that can help businesses thrive, according to a news release.

As a group, participants will virtually join a general session on policy recommendations, including remarks from the governor to the regional sites.

After the summit, regional work and issues will be shared for follow-up.

Business and community leaders will learn about career-connected learning successes, identify new skills, find additional resources and develop the capacity to solve workforce problems, according to the release.

To register, go to https://tinyurl.com/PDN-summit.

For information, email janine.koffel @wsu.edu.

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