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Robin Pavey left home at the age of 16 after her grandfather died. She
was married and started a family by the age of 19. Unfortunately, shortly
thereafter her marriage became abusive, and she was forced to move across
country from her southern California home to live with her father in Ohio,
"without even having a coat."
Now, Ms. Pavey has a career and the hope provided by that career as a
Registered Nurse in the Maternity Unit in the Ohio University
Chillicothe/Berger Health System due to a combination of her hard work and the
Associate Nurse Degree training program offered by the system.
Ohio University's Chillicothe/Berger Health Systems was just one of
sixteen education and training programs from across the nation that were
recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor at the 3rd Annual Recognition of
Excellence (ROE) honors in Anaheim, California.
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Emily Stover
DeRocco presented top honors to programs from Sacramento, Calif.; Decatur, Ga.;
Albuquerque, N.M.; Circleville, Ohio; and Washington, D.C. stating, "Every
year, ROE honorees offer examples of education and job training programs that
meet the needs of local and regional economies and can be replicated throughout
the country."
Honorees were recognized in five categories: Educating America's 21st
Century Workforce, Building an Industry/Business Driven Workforce Investment
System, Recognizing Special Populations in the Workforce, Serving Out-of-School
Youth, and e3 Partnerships for projects that demonstrate sustained partnerships
among employers, educators and economic development leaders.
"Recognition of Excellence honorees are proof of the workforce system's
capacity to develop new and innovative approaches for preparing workers to
compete in the global economy," said DeRocco.
Robin Pavey is just one of thousands of Americans who would agree.
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