FMA helps with education initiative at Chicago high school.February 10, 2010 -
FMA is helping Wheeling High School implement STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curriculum, which incorporates all four disciplines along with focus on career certifications, college partnerships, and technology. Jim Warren, director of education for FMA, will participate in open house ceremony there on February 11. Next year, school will include metal working, computer engineering, and architectural design classes as well as special engineering and architectural lab.
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Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl.
833 Featherstone Rd.
Rockford, IL, 61107
USA
Press release date: February 9, 2010
STEM prepares students for post secondary opportunities
ROCKFORD, IL - The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA) is taking a leading role in helping a suburban Chicago high school implement a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) curriculum. STEM incorporates all disciplines including the arts, languages, and humanities alongside a focus on career certifications, college partnerships, and technology to prepare students for post secondary opportunities.
Jim Warren, director of education for the FMA, will participate in an open house ceremony to announce Wheeling High School's change to a STEM program at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 900 S. Elmhurst Rd., in Wheeling, Ill., that will include manufacturers, community organizations and school representatives.
Warren will discuss the association's programs to support manufacturers and to inspire our next generation of inventors and manufacturers. Warren also will share the results of a recent national survey by FMA and its Foundation - Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs - that shows why we have a pending skilled labor crisis emerging in U.S. manufacturing.
"STEM provides skill-based learning opportunities for students interested in becoming our next generation's leaders in design innovation and advanced manufacturing," said Warren. "We are proud to support Wheeling High School's transition to STEM and hope more local youth will be encouraged to consider a career in the vocational trades."
Next year, Wheeling will offer classes that most high schools don't, including metal working, computer engineering and architectural design. Students also can achieve certification as a nursing assistant and work in a special engineering and architectural lab complete with a 3D printer, CNC lathes and mills, robotics workstation and more. Wheeling High School teamed with local industry and manufacturers to construct the state of the art prototyping fabrication lab.
"The new lab provides students interested in engineering, architecture, and advanced manufacturing with hands on design experience, industry certifications, and college credit articulation," adds Warren.
Joining Warren at the open house event are Dan Swinney, executive director of the Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council (CMRC), Peter Vadopalas, director of economic development for the Village of Wheeling, and Lazaro Lopez, principal of Wheeling High School, among others.
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 International & AWS Welding Show.
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