St. Cloud State university and two Minnesota businesses will be celebrating workforce development grants with a signing ceremony at 1pm, December 13 at the SCSU Welcome center. 

The grants, with a combined total of 575 thousand dollars will go towards training programs used to develop and maintain students’ competitive edge in their industries and help meet future demands.  

The training programs will be serving more than 900 employees between the two companies involved. Together, the companies plan to hire new workers to meet their expansion goals.