FAME Program Gives Student Jumpstart in Auto Career
Austin Wilhite comes from a woodworking family. But even a few years ago, when he was a teen working in his uncle’s framing business, Austin Wilhite couldn’t have imagined that…
Read MoreFAME Program Puts Student on Road to Success
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Terry McKelvey has always liked making things. Born in Huntsville, Alabama, he worked two part-time jobs in high school that showed him what modern manufacturing looked like. And when…
Read MoreManufacturing Institute to Expand FAME Apprenticeship Program
© UPI Photo BY ALEX GANGITANO – 09/10/19 05:00 AM EDT Ivanka Trump and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)’s Manufacturing Institute are set to announce a major expansion of a skills training and…
Read MoreIvanka Trump helps launch manufacturing workforce initiative in north Alabama
By Elizabeth Gentle| September 8, 2019 at 2:15 PM CDT – Updated September 10 at 7:02 PM DECATUR, AL (WAFF) – Manufacturers across the country are facing the problem of having more…
Read MoreAMT Commitment Signing Aug. 7
The Natchitoches Campus of Central Louisiana Technical Community College (CLTCC) and Northwestern State University will host a Commitment Signing ceremony for students enrolled in the Advanced Manufacturing Technician (AMT) program.…
Read MoreAMT Live! showcases the successful career pathway model
Everyone who has looked at the award-winning Advanced Manufacturing Technician (AMT) career pathway training program agrees — it is turning out excellent, highly-skilled workers who are smart and capable problem-solvers.…
Read MoreShaping the Future Workforce – Dennis Dio Parker
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]WorkingNation consultant and workforce reporter Ramona Schindelheim reports on the innovative solutions for developing skilled workers for 21st-century jobs. Schindelheim interviewed Toyota Motors North America’s Dennis Dio Parker, whom director…
Read MoreFuture manufacturers get a boost at community colleges
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Alabama is about to be the first state to give a big boost to future manufacturers. The governor announced new manufacturing credentials will be offered at every community college…
Read MoreLA FAME Chapter Conducts First Manufacturing Day Open House
The new Louisiana FAME (Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education) conducted its first Open House to celebrate Manufacturing Day/Month on November 2, 2017. The newest chapter in the FAME network, LAFAME…
Read MoreFirst Louisiana students begin AMT program
Manufacturers in the Cenla region have partnered with Northwestern State University and Central Louisiana Community Technical College Natchitoches Campus in offering a groundbreaking hands-on learning program that allows students to…
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