Mohawk Officially Opens Transportation Centre Feb. 4:
College to Thank Province and Marshall Family

HAMILTON - Ontario's largest trainer of apprentices officially opens the $4.4 million Gerald Marshall Centre for Transportation Feb. 4 at the Mohawk STARRT Institute.More than 400 apprentices will train annually at the Gerald Marshall Centre for Transportation, named in honour of the late Hamilton businessman who founded G. Marshall Transport Limited in 1970 in East Hamilton.

The Marshall family and Marshall Truck & Trailer Repair Ltd. donated $1.2 million, raised an additional $350,000 and contributed $240,000 for student bursaries named in memory of Gerald and Anna Marshall. The Province of Ontario also contributed to the Gerald Marshall Centre for Transportation with $2.9 million from the Ontario Strategic Skills Capital Investment Fund. Mohawk will recognize the Marshall family and the Province of Ontario during the Feb. 4 official opening ceremony.

The two-storey Gerald Marshall Centre for Transportation will be the new and expanded home for Mohawk's Truck and Coach Apprentice, Truck and Trailer Apprentice and Pre-Apprentice Truck and Coach Programs. Students and apprentices will train for careers in the commercial vehicle and transportation industry.

The official opening of the Gerald Marshall Centre for Transportation completes the $27 million transformation of the College's Stoney Creek Campus into the Mohawk STARRT Institute. With 4,000 apprentices overall at the College, Mohawk is the largest apprenticeship trainer in Ontario.

Gerald Marshall Centre for Transportation Official Opening
WHEN:	Thursday, Feb. 4... 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (remarks at 7:15 p.m.)
WHERE:	Gerald Marshall Centre for Transportation at the Mohawk STARRT Institute 481 Barton St., Hamilton (Centre is located at the north east corner of the STARRT Institute)
WHO:	Marshall family, Mohawk President Rob MacIsaac, apprentices and College partners

For more information, contact Jay Robb, Director of Media Relations, Mohawk College jay.robb@mohawkcollege.ca, 905. 979.8893 (cell).