{"id":300416,"date":"2026-10-05T22:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T22:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/300416\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T22:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T22:44:10","slug":"great-lakes-institute-of-technology-offers-direct-path-to-careers-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/300416\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Lakes Institute of Technology offers direct path to careers | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"

ERIE \u2014 For students focused on career readiness in the Erie region, the Great Lakes Institute of Technology (GLIT) is becoming one of the most sought-after choices for postsecondary education. GLIT is attracting students seeking specialized training programs designed to prepare them for high-demand fields. This offers them a quicker transition into the workplace and their new career.<\/p>\n

Founded to directly connect education to employment, GLIT offers a range of healthcare programs. Popular choices include medical assisting, dental assisting, health information technology, surgical technologist, and diagnostic medical sonography training \u2014 all of which lead directly to industry certification and career opportunities.<\/p>\n

kAm~?6 @7 E96 >2:? 36?67:ED @7 2EE6?5:?8 v{x% \ud83d\ude00 E96 D>2== 4=2DD D:K6D 2?5 92?5D\\@? EC2:?:?8] \u201c~FC DEF56?ED 2C6?\u2019E ;FDE =62C?:?8 7C@> E6IE3@@ :?DECF4E@CD H9@ 92G6 H@C<65 \ud83d\ude15 E96 7:6=5[ 2?5 E96J =62G6 96C6 C625J E@ >2<6 2? :>>65:2E6 :>A24E @? E96 ;@3]\u201dk^Am<\/p>\n

kAm%96 D49@@=\u2019D 2446=6C2E65 AC@8C2>D 2C6 2?@E96C 2EEC24E:G6 762EFC6] |2?J 42? 36 4@>A=6E65 \ud83d\ude15 2D =:EE=6 2D `_ >@?E9D[ 2==@H:?8 8C25F2E6D E@ 6?E6C E96 H@C<7@C46 72C D@@?6C E92? E9@D6 AFCDF:?8 EC25:E:@?2= 7@FC\\J62C 568C66D] %9:D 72DE6C 6>A=@J>6?E EC24< 2AA62=D 6DA64:2==J E@ H@C<:?8 25F=ED 2?5 42C66C 492?86CD H9@ H2?E E@ >:?:>:K6 E:>6 2H2J 7C@> 62C?:?8 :?4@>6] %9:D A2DE J62C[ vC62E {2<6D 92D 7FCE96C :>AC@G65 :ED 23:=:EJ E@ D6CG6 H@C<:?8 25F=ED 3J 368:??:?8 E@ @776C 6G6?:?8 4=2DD6D \ud83d\ude15 EH@ @7 @FC >@DE A@AF=2C AC@8C2>D[ |65:42= pDD:DE2?E 2?5 $FC8:42= %649?@=@8:DE] %96 D49@@= 2=D@ 25565 E96 `__T @?=:?6 w62=E9 x?7@C>2E:@? %649?@=@8J AC@8C2>[ @776C:?8 2?@E96C @AE:@? 7@C H@C<:?8 25F=ED H9@ H2?E E@ 7:E 2? 65F42E:@? :?E@ 2 3FDJ D4965F=6]k^Am<\/p>\n

kAm$EF56?ED C646:G6 7@4FD65 2?5 AC24E:42=[ =23\\32D65 :?DECF4E:@? \ud83d\ude15 4=2DDC@@>D 56D:8?65 E@ C6A=:42E6 24EF2= H@CD :?4=F56 6IE6C?D9:AD H:E9 =@42= 3FD:?6DD6D[ 9@DA:E2=D[ 2?5 4=:?:4D[ 8:G:?8 DEF56?ED G2=F23=6 @?\\E96\\;@3 6IA6C:6?46] (:E9 :ED e_\\J62C 9:DE@CJ[ v{x% 92D 3F:=E 2 DEC@?8 ?6EH@C< @7 962=E942C6 AC@G:56CD 2?5 3FD:?6DD6D E92E D66< 8C25F2E6D] %96D6 6>A=@J6CD 7C6BF6?E=J C64CF:E 5:C64E=J 7C@> E96 :?DE:EFE6[ 2?5 >2?J DEF56?ED C646:G6 ;@3 @776CD 7C@> E96:C 6IE6C?D9:A D:E6D 367@C6 4@>A=6E:?8 E96:C AC@8C2>D]k^Am<\/a><\/p>\n

kAmv{x% AC@G:56D DFAA@CE D6CG:46D E92E D6E :E 2A2CE 7C@> @E96C D49@@=D] %96 u:?2?4:2= p:5 ~77:46 2DD:DED DEF56?ED \ud83d\ude15 4@>A=6E:?8 2== 2AA=:42E:@?D 7@C 2:5[ 2?5 6249 DEF56?E\u2019D 7:?2?4:2= 2CC2?86>6?ED 2C6 E2:=@C65 E@ E96 AC@8C2> 7@C H9:49 E96J 92G6 2AA=:65] %96 r2C66C $6CG:46D DE277 96=AD H:E9 C6DF>6D[ :?E6CG:6HD[ 2?5 ;@3 A=246>6?E] vC25F2E6D @7E6? 4C65:E E96D6 D6CG:46D 7@C 2DD:DE:?8 E96> \ud83d\ude15 D64FC:?8 A@D:E:@?D BF:4<=J 27E6C 4@>A=6E:?8 E96:C AC@8C2>D]k^Am<\/p>\n

kAmu@C C6D:56?ED @7 tC:6 2?5 E96 DFCC@F?5:?8 C68:@?[ v{x% AC@G:56D 2 AC24E:42= D@=FE:@? 7@C 9:89\\BF2=:EJ 6>A=@J>6?E @C 2 42C66C 492?86 \ud83d\ude15 2 4@>A6E:E:G6 =@42= ;@3 >2C<6E] (:E9 56>2?5 7@C D<:==65 AC@76DD:@?2=D 4@?E:?F:?8 E@ C:D6[ v{x%\u2019D 4@>3:?2E:@? @7 7@4FD65 EC2:?:?8[ =@42= A2CE?6CD9:AD[ 2?5 42C66C DFAA@CE >2<6D :E 2? 6I46==6?E 49@:46 7@C 2?J@?6 =@@<:?8 E@ E2<6 E96 ?6IE DE6A E@H2C5 2 C6H2C5:?8 42C66C]k^Am<\/p>\n

kAmx7 J@F 2C6 A2DD:@?2E6 23@FE 2 42C66C \ud83d\ude15 962=E942C6 2?5 H2?E E@ >2<6 2? :>A24E \ud83d\ude15 E96 H@C<7@C46 BF:4<=J[ v{x% >2J 36 A6C764E 7@C J@F] v{x% \ud83d\ude00 @A6? 52:=J 7C@> gi__ 2]>] E@ ei__ A]>] 7@C 2 42C66C A=2??:?8 D6DD:@?] %@ =62C? >@C6 23@FE 9@H J@F 42? DE2CE J@FC ;@FC?6J :?E@ @?6 @7 E96 962=E942C6 42C66CD @776C65 3J v{x%[ G:D:E E96:C H63D:E6 2E k2 9C67lQ9EEAi^^HHH]v{x%]65FQmHHH]v{x%]65Fk^2m @C 42== E96:C 25>:DD:@?D 56A2CE>6?E 2E Wg`cX gec\\eeee]k^Am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ERIE \u2014 For students focused on career readiness in the Erie region, the Great Lakes Institute of Technology…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[227,55,136,138,137,262,1057,3831,123778,123779,10391],"class_list":["post-300416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-education","tag-employment","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-great-lakes","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-health-information-technology","tag-surgical-technologist","tag-tertiary-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}