Scholarships Help Students prepare for manufacturing careers.

June 22, 2011 - In 2011, FMA awarded $1,500 toward college or trade school education for each of 20 students seeking careers in manufacturing. FMA president and CEO Gerald Shankel congratulated those students selected as 2011 scholarship award winners and said that they "recognize that working a skilled manufacturing job can be rewarding financially and fulfilling personally, and will help them be more competitive in the 21st century manufacturing job market." This year FMA awarded manufacturing scholarships totaling $30,000. The 2011 winners are: Nicholas Cullum, Perrysburg, Ohio Nick Dahlinger, Eden, Wis. Charles "Chip" Horn, Kouts, Ind. Andrew Klos, Jr., Allenton, Mich. Ethan Lee, Sturgeon, Mo. Austin McCain, Lexington, Ala. Russell Shaner, New Castle, Penn. Corey Trudel, Manchester, N.H. Sara Van Roestel, Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada Kevin Yell, Hesperia, Mich. Michael Adams, North Canton, Ohio Darren Chen, Cerritos, Calif. Jacob Egorov, Fresno, Calif. Jacob Ellenberger, Rockford, Ill. Sarah Lawrence, Canton, Ga. Benjamin Menich, Mount Prospect, Ill. Joseph Rogers, Parkesburg, Penn. Daniel Ronnevik, Fergus Falls, Minn. Cole Shumaker, Oxford, Mich. Andrew Williams, Carriere, Miss. "We congratulate the students selected as 2011 scholarship award winners, and are pleased to assist them in fulfilling their academic goals," said Gerald Shankel, president and CEO of the FMA. "These students recognize that working a skilled manufacturing job can be rewarding financially and fulfilling personally, and will help them be more competitive in the 21st century manufacturing job market. "A 2010 Manpower Talent Shortage Survey report revealed that that among the most difficult U.S. jobs to fill today are those in the skilled trades and engineering," added Shankel. "With majors in machine tool technology, advanced manufacturing, welding, computer engineering technology, manufacturing engineering, and industrial technology, these students will be prepared for the skilled labor openings that American manufacturers must fill." To be eligible for the scholarships, applicants were required to be full-time students meeting a specified minimum GPA, and enrolled in an engineering or manufacturing-related course of study, or a trade or technical program leading to a career in manufacturing. Students were responsible for submitting academic records and an engineering or manufacturing-related program description with each application. About FMA Based in Rockford, Ill., the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA), is a professional organization with more than 2,100 members working together to improve the metal forming and fabricating industry. Founded in 1970, FMA brings metal fabricators and fabricating equipment manufacturers together through technology councils, educational programs, networking events, and the FABTECH® exposition. FMA also has a technology affiliate, the Tube & Pipe Association, International (TPA), which focuses on the unique needs of companies engaged in tube and pipe producing and fabricating. (TNN). TNN is a comprehensive source of new and timely product information in the industrial marketplace. TNN supplies new product information to the web sites, e-marketplaces and print publications that serve the industrial marketplace. For press release submissions please go to http://news.thomasnet.com/submitpr.html . BY ACCESSING, BROWSING AND/OR USING THIS WEB SITE AND/OR ANY WEB SITES PROVIDED BY ProductNews.com, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT .

Trailblazers: Mike Rowe Speaks Up For Skilled Trades Careers

Through his popular Discovery Channel program, Dirty Jobs (which has aired for 7 years), Mike Rowe has been educating America about the essential work done to sustain our country by men and women in the skilled trades. Now he is speaking up for Career and Technical Education. He testified recently before Congress that the country needs a "national PR campaign for skilled labor." "We've elevated the importance of 'higher education' to such a lofty perch that all other forms of knowledge are now labeled 'alternative,'" he said. "Millions of parents and kids see apprenticeships and on-the-job-training opportunities as vocational consolation prizes, best suited for those not cut out for a four-year degree. And still, we talk about millions of 'shovel ready' jobs for a society that doesn't encourage people to pick up a shovel." CTE has a new list of 21 workplace readiness skills that must be taught in every course. The resources you need to implement this change in the curriculum are online at Virginia’s CTE Resource Cente r website. To view these, click on Verso, then a program area, then a specific course. You will see the skills list and instructional resources for each skill.

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