Ivanka Trump to visit Godfrey, Lewis & Clark Community College Wednesday

Ivanka Trump, daughter and advisor to President Donald Trump, waives to supporters alongside U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, during a recent presidential visit to the U.S. Steel Granite City Works plant. The pair will be part of a roundtable discussion Wednesday at Lewis & Clark Community College. less Ivanka Trump, daughter and advisor to President Donald Trump, waives to supporters alongside U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, during a recent presidential visit to the U.S. Steel Granite City Works plant. ... more Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Ivanka Trump to visit Godfrey, Lewis & Clark Community College Wednesday 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

GODFREY — First Daughter and presidential advisor Ivanka Trump will visit Lewis & Clark Community College in Godfrey on Wednesday.

Trump is scheduled to visit Weber Workforce Development Center, where she and U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis R-Taylorville will participate in a roundtable discussion.

About 250 are expected to be in the audience, which is by invite-only.

“I’m excited to discuss workforce development issues with Ivanka Trump, who is leading this issue for the White House, 13th District employers, and students at Lewis and Clark Community College,” Davis posted on his Facebook page Monday afternoon. “Congress and the administration continue to work with businesses to improve workforce training opportunities to fill the jobs being created by our growing economy.”

“Lewis & Clark is pleased to be the selected site to host the Workforce Roundtable organized by Congressman Davis and the White House,” College President Dale Chapman said Monday in a statement. “It’s evidence that L&C is a leader in workforce education, and we are honored to be recognized as such.”

It will be the second time Ivanka Trump will be in the riverbend in less than two weeks touting job creation. She accompanied her father, President Donald Trump, on a trip last month to the Granite City Works U.S. Steel plant, where the president’s imposed tarriffs are credited with putting as many as 800 laid-off steelworkers back on the job.

That event gave Davis, along with fellow U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, a place in the presidential spotlight ahead of November’s election, as both congressmen are seen as vulnerable to losing their seats to Decmocratic challengers Betsy Dirksen Londrigan and Brendan Kelly, respectively.

Wednesday’s visit is part of a nationwide tour in which Ivanka Trump is promoting the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, signed by President Trump, on Wednesday, Aug. 1.

The bill provides funding and flexibility for states to offer programs promoting career and technical education, refocuses those programs on student outcomes to ensure they are prepared to enter the workforce, and enhances skills training to match the jobs that are available in a 21st century economy.

“I am glad to see this important bill get signed into law so that we can better prepare students and job seekers to fill the 6.6 million open jobs we have today,” Davis said in a statement reporting the bill.

This story will be updated.