All fall graduates of Marshall Advanced Manufacturing Center’s (MAMC) career skills programs already have jobs or are planning to continue their education. The most recent graduates were recognized Dec. 11 during a celebratory luncheon at MAMC Huntington.
Machinist Technology/CNC graduates earning their associate of applied science degrees are:
- James “JW” Adkins of Ashton, who is employed by Mouldagraph Corp. in Nitro.
- Wilson Jefferson of Milton, who is employed by Toyota West Virginia in Buffalo.
- Cainan McGhee of Branchland, who is finishing an internship at MAMC and will continue his employment there after graduation.
- Cadance Young of Charleston, who plans to take advantage of Marshall University’s new two-plus-two program and pursue a bachelor’s of applied science degree.
Machinist Technology/CNC students earning their one-year certificate degrees are Ian Eplion of Huntington; Conner Marshall of Lavalette; Jarrod Nance of Proctorville, Ohio; and Ryder Riggs of Ashland, Ky.
MAMC offers its machinist program in Huntington in partnership with Mountwest Community and Technical College and in South Charleston in partnership with BridgeValley Community and Technical College.
In addition to two-year associate degrees, machinist students earn certificate degrees and individual industry credentials from the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS).
Earning his associate of applied science degree in Welding Technology is Nicholas Porter of Lesage, who is employed at Huntington Steel in Huntington.
Welding students who earned one-year certificate degrees are Aidan Ballingall of Fraziers Bottom; Cody Barlow of Delbarton; Nolan Gardner of St. Albans; Jay Love, Christopher Miller, Robert Patton and Antonio Taylor, all of Huntington; Gregory Meadows of Kenova; all of Huntington Eric Weaver of Cowen; and Hunter Williams of New Castle, Penn.
MAMC’s Welding Technology Program is offered in Huntington in partnership with Mountwest. MAMC’s new Advanced Welding & Robotics Technology Training Center, under construction on the former ACF Industries site in Huntington, is scheduled to open in fall 2026. It will double MAMC’s capacity to train welders.
Nine students in MAMC’s newest career skills program, SMART (Systems Maintenance, Automation and Robotics Technology), earned one-year certificate degrees this month.
Those individuals are Jordan Chapman, Jessica Setliff and Zacheriah Wooding, all of Huntington; Tanner Holton of Milton; Ethan Jordan, Cameron McCarty and Cole Miller, all of Point Pleasant; Chandler Rife of Gallipolis Ferry; and Caleb Roberts of Chesapeake, Ohio.
The first classes of students in SMART – MAMC’s newest career skills program – will earn their associate degrees in May.
SMART classes are offered in Huntington and Point Pleasant in partnership with Mountwest.
To learn more about MAMC’s career skills programs, visit www.mfg.marshall.edu/careers.
Dec. 18, 2025
