<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/shawnee-works.html" dsn="news"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>10/23/2026</pubDate><title>ShawneeWORKS Partners to Expand Workforce Career Pathways</title><categories>Collaboration</categories><description>Shawnee State University and south-central Ohio’s five leading career and technical centers are joining together to develop a mission-critical talent pipeline of the high school and adult learners that will feed the region's emerging technical workforce needs.</description><author/><image><img src="/career-services/shawnee-works/images/DSC_2909.webp" alt="SSU President Eric Braun signs MOU with leaders of partnered CTC schools"/></image></item>