Truck Driving and Transportation Training Articles

• Reynolds announces new grants to address truck driver shortage

  posted 10/24/2023

  Hawkeye is one of the 10 colleges to receive grants from the state to remodel classrooms.

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• Don Hummer Trucking Donates Truck, Trailer to Hawkeye Community College Truck Driver Training Program

  posted 8/26/2022

  Don Hummer Trucking in Cedar Rapids has donated a 2019 Kenworth T680 automatic transmission truck and trailer to Hawkeye Community College for use in its Class A Commercial Drivers License (CDL) training program.

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• Increased demand for truck drivers leads Hawkeye Community College to recruit more trucking students

  posted 8/13/2021

  Truck drivers are in high demand, and will continue to be for years to come not only in Iowa but across the nation. The Hawkeye Community College Regional Transportation Training Center wants to recruit more students. Instructors shared information at an open house event about the driving education programs offered at the facility.

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• Hawkeye Community College working to meet demand in trucking jobs

  posted 8/10/2021

  By the year 2024, experts predict Iowa will need to fill at least 1,400 truck driver positions. The Regional Transportation Training Center (RTTC) at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo is working to get ahead of that demand.

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• Hawkeye Community College to Host Automotive, Transportation Careers Open House on August 12

  posted 8/4/2021

  The Regional Transportation Training Center offers short-term training opportunities for those who want to get behind the wheel, including CDL (Class A and B), construction equipment operator, highway construction, and bus driver training.

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• Schneider Donates Trucks to Hawkeye

  posted 11/20/2019

  Schneider Donates Two Trucks to Hawkeye

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• Hawkeye Community College Hopes Military Members Can Help Fill the Truck Driving Need

  posted 11/15/2019

  Iowa Workforce Development projects there will be nearly 4,000 openings in Iowa by 2026. Leaders at Hawkeye Community College hope their 'Trucking with the Troops' grant program can help recruit military members and their families.

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• Ruan and Hawkeye Community College Announce New Partnerships

  posted 8/21/2019

  A new military veteran apprenticeship and driver simulators offer hands-on training for students.

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