Ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrates Advanced Manufacturing Workforce and Innovation Hub
Feb. 2 event will be held in Hamilton at former Vora Technology Park campus
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The Advanced Manufacturing Workforce and Innovation Hub will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Feb. 2.
Ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrates Advanced Manufacturing Workforce and Innovation Hub
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Three years ago, the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce and Innovation Hub was just an idea. On Feb. 2, Miami University and Butler Tech Career Technical Center invite the community to celebrate this game-changing facility located on the former Vora Technology Park campus.
The special ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce and Innovation Hub (AM Hub) will be from 10 a.m.- noon at 101 Knightsbridge Drive in Hamilton. The 375,000-square-foot space is now home to advanced manufacturing education, training, and industry partnership.
Ande Durojaiye, Miami’s vice president for strategy and partnerships, said the AM Hub was born from a need to address the most pressing needs of the community. AM Hub provides space for joint programming between Butler Tech and Miami and serves as the foundation for workforce readiness and advanced manufacturing.
“This shows the power of collaboration,” Durojaiye said. “The AM Hub is a space that provides the training, upskilling, and talent development that our community needs. This is a real driver of economic mobility.”
William Sprankles, superintendent of Butler Tech, said the partnership is about strengthening America’s workforce from the ground up.
“The Advanced Manufacturing Workforce and Innovation Hub is a national model for how education, industry, and higher education can work together to prepare highly skilled, industry-ready talent,” Sprankles said. “By aligning hands-on training with rigorous academics and real employer needs, we’re helping ensure the United States remains competitive in advanced manufacturing — while creating clear, attainable pathways for students to move from education into meaningful, high-demand careers.”
AM Hub is a $31 million collaboration between Miami, Butler Tech, OhioMeansJobs Butler County, the city of Hamilton, and Butler County. It officially opened in January.
Scheduled speakers for the Feb. 2 ceremony include Sprankles; Miami President Gregory Crawford; Butler County commissioner TC Rogers; State Rep. Diane Mullins; and State Sen. George Lang.
“AM Hub is an outstanding example of how this commission uses the public resources to create innovative and transformational opportunities for the residents of Butler County,” Rogers said.
The new facility expands the Miami University Regionals Hamilton campus. Students at AM Hub begin their pathway at Butler Tech, with the opportunity to progress to associate and bachelor’s degrees in Engineering Technology at Miami Regionals and undergraduate and graduate programs in the College of Engineering and Computing on the Oxford campus.
“The Advanced Manufacturing Workforce and Innovation Hub strengthens our region by connecting career technical education at Butler Tech with college pathways at Miami University,” Travis Hunt, principal of AM Hub, said. “Together, we’re preparing students with real-world skills while building the advanced manufacturing workforce our employers need to grow and compete.”
AM Hub serves as the cornerstone for Miami’s polytechnic initiative, part of MiamiTHRIVE, the university’s strategic plan.
“I am excited about how in three, five, or 10 years people will talk about AM Hub as a shining example of what K-12, higher education, and industry collaboration looks like,” Durojaiye said. “We came together with the best interests of our community and potential students in mind and worked together to find a way to support those efforts.”
Added Mohammad Mayyas, assistant dean for strategic priorities and chair of the Department of Engineering Technology: “Living and working daily in this shared space with our industry partners, Butler Tech career-technical students, and Miami engineering technology faculty and students is truly pioneering. Seeing learners move seamlessly across pathways — side by side, hands-on, and industry-focused — allows us to break traditional boundaries and continuously innovate how we teach, learn, and prepare the workforce needed to define the future.”
The special ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce and Innovation Hub (AM Hub) will be from 10 a.m.- noon at 101 Knightsbridge Drive in Hamilton. The 375,000-square-foot space is now home to advanced manufacturing education, training, and industry partnership.
Ande Durojaiye, Miami’s vice president for strategy and partnerships, said the AM Hub was born from a need to address the most pressing needs of the community. AM Hub provides space for joint programming between Butler Tech and Miami and serves as the foundation for workforce readiness and advanced manufacturing.
“This shows the power of collaboration,” Durojaiye said. “The AM Hub is a space that provides the training, upskilling, and talent development that our community needs. This is a real driver of economic mobility.”
William Sprankles, superintendent of Butler Tech, said the partnership is about strengthening America’s workforce from the ground up.
“The Advanced Manufacturing Workforce and Innovation Hub is a national model for how education, industry, and higher education can work together to prepare highly skilled, industry-ready talent,” Sprankles said. “By aligning hands-on training with rigorous academics and real employer needs, we’re helping ensure the United States remains competitive in advanced manufacturing — while creating clear, attainable pathways for students to move from education into meaningful, high-demand careers.”
AM Hub is a $31 million collaboration between Miami, Butler Tech, OhioMeansJobs Butler County, the city of Hamilton, and Butler County. It officially opened in January.
Scheduled speakers for the Feb. 2 ceremony include Sprankles; Miami President Gregory Crawford; Butler County commissioner TC Rogers; State Rep. Diane Mullins; and State Sen. George Lang.
“AM Hub is an outstanding example of how this commission uses the public resources to create innovative and transformational opportunities for the residents of Butler County,” Rogers said.
The new facility expands the Miami University Regionals Hamilton campus. Students at AM Hub begin their pathway at Butler Tech, with the opportunity to progress to associate and bachelor’s degrees in Engineering Technology at Miami Regionals and undergraduate and graduate programs in the College of Engineering and Computing on the Oxford campus.
“The Advanced Manufacturing Workforce and Innovation Hub strengthens our region by connecting career technical education at Butler Tech with college pathways at Miami University,” Travis Hunt, principal of AM Hub, said. “Together, we’re preparing students with real-world skills while building the advanced manufacturing workforce our employers need to grow and compete.”
AM Hub serves as the cornerstone for Miami’s polytechnic initiative, part of MiamiTHRIVE, the university’s strategic plan.
“I am excited about how in three, five, or 10 years people will talk about AM Hub as a shining example of what K-12, higher education, and industry collaboration looks like,” Durojaiye said. “We came together with the best interests of our community and potential students in mind and worked together to find a way to support those efforts.”
Added Mohammad Mayyas, assistant dean for strategic priorities and chair of the Department of Engineering Technology: “Living and working daily in this shared space with our industry partners, Butler Tech career-technical students, and Miami engineering technology faculty and students is truly pioneering. Seeing learners move seamlessly across pathways — side by side, hands-on, and industry-focused — allows us to break traditional boundaries and continuously innovate how we teach, learn, and prepare the workforce needed to define the future.”
Established in 1809, Miami University is located in Oxford, Ohio, with regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown, a learning center in West Chester, and a European study center in Luxembourg.
