FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Summer Manufacturing Institute to Return Summer 2018 Concord, OH (November 10th) – The Summer Manufacturing Institute (SMI), a summer camp operated by a partnership between AWT, Ohio Means Jobs Geauga, Auburn Career Center, and Senator Sherrod Brown’s office, confirmed that the popular camp will be returning for a third year in...Continue Reading
AWT , Senator Sherrod Brown, OMJ Geauga, and Auburn Career Center are pleased to announce the return of the Sumer Manufacturing Institute! Curriculum This year’s curriculum will focus on regional specialties: Aerospace Engineering and Medical Manufacturing. With these themes in 2016, campers were able to build and test Mars Rovers, get visits from NASA, and...Continue Reading
Check out this list from Ohio Means Jobs! Occupation Ohio Average Yearly Pay (*US average) Number of openings Statewide Regional Materials Engineers checkbox Materials Engineers $68,800 – $117,060 43 15 Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology & Product Development Managers checkbox Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology & Product Development Managers $102,670 – $152,270 220 63 Manufacturing Production Technicians checkbox Manufacturing...Continue Reading
NEXTWORK Since 2015, representatives from the manufacturing sector, K-12 education, and higher education have been working collaboratively to form a partnership to improve career and workforce development in Lake and Geauga Counties. Manufacturing is 40% of Lake County’s workforce, supporting over 33,000 jobs and it is estimated that 25% (or over 8,000 jobs) of the...Continue Reading
Alliance for Working Together Foundation Receives AT&T Aspire Contribution for RoboBots Program Funding will help students understand how STEAM skills can benefit their future careers MENTOR, Ohio (Oct. 19, 2017) — AT&T* was joined today by State Sen. John Eklund for the announcement of a $6,000 AT&T Aspire contribution to the Alliance for Working...Continue Reading
Here’s another great article sampling of data about how The Trades are growing in need but not in worker supply. “Skilled trades show among the highest potential among job categories, the economic-modeling company Emsi calculates. It says tradespeople also are older than workers in other fields — more than half were over 45 in 2012,...Continue Reading
AWT is so proud to be a part of the National Robotics League. The new brand, Full-Contact Innovation, summarizes why combat robotics is a big part of what we do. “Sparks fly. Metal crunches. A wheel pops free and ricochets off the Lexan barrier. Competitors grimace—then grin. And in the aftermath of battle, the participants...Continue Reading
We’re excited about this year’s ThinkManufacturing Student Expo! As always it promises to be a great event for students, teachers, and business. Local manufacturers will have booths to showcase careers at their facilities to students from across Lake County. Since this event is during the daytime, it’s a field trip, so we have an idea...Continue Reading
Recently it was announced that Knowtion was selected to create and build the platform for the Lake-Geauga Manufacturing K12 Partnership project. “Knowtion is proud to announce that it will be architecting, co-developing, and deploying a fully responsive experiential learning platform for K-12 (41 school districts). Set to launch in September 2017, the platform will enable...Continue Reading
Some of you asked me about other camps besides SMI where kids get to build things, or learn STEM skills – they are starting an SMI in Cuyahoga County soon! Here’s our list of STEM camps in the area. ID Tech: Engineering, robotics, coding ect: ages 6 & up – only available...Continue Reading
