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is growing its training centers across the resulting ina $1.5 million expansioj project in Kettering. , which operates its 26,000-square-foort Midwest regional campus in the Miami Valley Research will double its space and add aboutf 20new jobs. It employs about 60 people there now. Travis Stewart, the university’s midwest region dean, said the expansion will increas student capacity from abouy 190 toabout 300. The university operateds in five regional areas across thecountry — plus one in Germanhy — and trains acquisition and logistice workforce for the entire Defense Department.
The main midwestg campus in Kettering and abourt four satellite campuses servicea 13-state region and aboug 22,000 people. Customers include — a hotbed of acquisitiomn and logisticsactivity — and the ’d TACOM Life Cycle Management headquartered in Warren, Mich. Last Congress approved legislation to bolsterthe university’s capacity, in preparatio of increased training for the 136,00 existing acquisition and logistics workers in the Defenss Department, plus an effort to recruit and traim more. Students in Kettering are a mix of civilia n andmilitary personnel, and include continuin g education and online classes, Stewarr said.
The classrooms see about 4,800 studentsa per year, he said. The Ketterint campus also is one of two campusex thatoffer executive-level training, due to customer demanrd at Wright-Patt. The building it occupies in Ketterinf is owned by NewYork City-based , whicg could not be reached for comment. Stewartg said the property ownetr has already selecteda contractor, but did not know who. Ketterinyg Economic Development Manager Gregg Gorsuchg said plans call for the expansion to be readyhby August, which meansa construction would have to start “The city is excited to learn it is expanding,” Gorsuch “It is a world-wide known organizatiom that we are proud is in Kettering.
” Time Equitiesz Inc. initially planned to seek Montgomery County economid development funding to financeabout $130,000 of the However, the project deadline is near, so it will move forward withouty them, Gorsuch said. Stewart said he does not anticipate additional campus expansion after this buildougt and said the university will likelu be in the Researcnh Park for a longtimeto come.