WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the Department of Labor (DOL) awarded $1,996,246 to Bismarck State College to provide workforce development training programs to address our nation’s labor shortage.

These funds will be disbursed through DOL’s Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program, which prepares job seekers for high-demand, high-quality career pathways. Specifically, Bismarck State College intends to focus on expanding occupations in engineering technology, geographic information systems, and unmanned aerial systems technology.