<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/news/scc-klute-sign-apprenticeship-agreement.php" dsn="news"><featured>true</featured><item_date>10/29/2025 05:14:22 PM</item_date><title>SCC Signs Apprenticeship Partnership with Klute</title><page-image><img src="/about/news/images/103025-Klute-story.jpg" alt="Four professionals standing together in an industrial facility with red safety curtains and manufacturing equipment visible in the background. From left to right: a woman in a blue blazer holding a certificate with an 'S' logo, a woman in a denim shirt, a man in a gray t-shirt, and a woman in a burgundy dress. All are smiling at the camera in what appears to be an award or recognition ceremony."/></page-image><caption>Left to right: Twilya L’Ecuyer, SCC apprentice program director; Kiley Palmtree, recruiting manager at Klute; Jordan Klute, Klute president; Crystal Steelman, SCC Office of Work-Based Learning.  </caption><listing_image><img src="/about/news/images/103025-Klute-story.jpg" alt="Four professionals standing together in an industrial facility with red safety curtains and manufacturing equipment visible in the background. From left to right: a woman in a blue blazer holding a certificate with an 'S' logo, a woman in a denim shirt, a man in a gray t-shirt, and a woman in a burgundy dress. All are smiling at the camera in what appears to be an award or recognition ceremony."/></listing_image><summary>Southeast Community College and Klute Inc. formalized an apprenticeship partnership designed to develop a skilled workforce in the steel fabrication industry. </summary><tags><tag>Apprenticeship</tag><tag>Klute</tag><tag>Welding Technology program</tag></tags></item>