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Welcome to the e-newsletter for the Center for Manufacturing Excellence! |
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December 3, 2004
January 18, 2004
January 21, 2005
April 15, 2005 The Center for Manufacturing Excellence is a business-led industry specific board. Through the collaborative efforts of business, labor, education, and community partners, the CME promotes the manufacturing profession and raises awareness of manufacturing careers and training opportunities in the Puget Sound Region. Please contact Mark Hankins for more information at (206) 546-4758 or mhankins@shoreline.edu. PAST ISSUES: |
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CME Employer Highlight: Dave Knutsen, Electroimpact Manufacturing Training “Field of Dreams” in Snohomish County Senator Murray Secures $700,000 Appropriation for the CME |
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CME Employer Highlight: Dave Knutsen, Electroimpact
Founded in 1986, Electroimpact is a leading supplier of aircraft assembly tooling to the world’s aircraft manufacturers. The company is headquartered in Mukilteo, WA, with additional facilities in the United Kingdom and Israel. Major current projects include a body section join cell for Israeli Aircraft’s Gulfstream G150, and wing assembly systems for the Airbus A380. Dave Knutsen represents the company on the Manufacturing Skill Panel. Like 70% of Electroimpact’s employees worldwide, Dave is an engineer by profession. “Manufacturing today is a rapidly evolving scene where changing technologies and materials come together. We need educated people who can work in that environment, and keep up with the pace of changes." - Dave Knutsen Manufacturing Training “Field of Dreams” in Snohomish County
CME Skill Panel member Doug Roulstone retired from the Navy in 1999, settled with his family in Snohomish County, and joined Thomas James International, in Monroe, as Executive VP for Business Development. But with two teenage boys, he soon found his energies were also drawn to the schools, which he felt were under-funded and struggling to offer quality career preparation, especially for the many students who don’t fall neatly into the traditional college prep career track. For several years, he worked with Snohomish County, the Snohomish School District and Olympia lawmakers in an ultimately unsuccessful effort to change school funding procedures. As former Commander of the USS John C. Stennis, Doug was not used to falling short, and so he decided on a more direct approach – what he jokingly calls the “Field of Dreams “ approach – if we build it, everything else will follow: students, teachers, business community support and funding. In collaboration with teachers and administrators at Snohomish High School, Everett Community College, the Workforce Development Council and others, Doug, and program manager, Bruce Richards, set about developing and implementing a vision for effective career education.
Today that vision is the Educational Pathway Partnerships, a coordinated career training program that will combine high school studies, work experience at local manufacturers, and post-secondary training, to give students a real understanding of what manufacturing is all about, and a solid start towards a career in that field. The high school part of the vision is Snohomish High School, where state-of-the-art CATIA workstations, modern CNC machining equipment and 3D replicators are replacing the older equipment in the school’s Computer Aided Design and Precision Machining Academy. On the manufacturing experience side, planning is underway to provide students with work experience opportunities at Damar Machine Company, Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., and other local companies. The goal is that those work experiences, along with their high school studies, will allow students to earn credit towards manufacturing degree programs at Everett Community College, and possibly OJT hours towards a journeyman machinist certificate. So far over $100,000 has been raised to initiate the program, towards an overall goal of $380,000. Recent additional support has come from the State of Washington in the form of a press release from Governor Locke, and from The Boeing Company, which is considering ways to involve Academy students in aerospace design projects. As impressive as these accomplishments are, Doug and Bruce view them as only the beginning. Their real goal is to demonstrate an innovative model for career education that can be replicated at other high schools, and in other career fields. If you would like more information about the program, Doug Roulstone is very willing to provide it, as well as enlist your support. He can be reached at 360-202-2585, or by email at droulstone@dji-holdings.com. Bruce Richards, can be reached at 425-359-4666. Senator Murray Secures $700,000 Appropriation for the CMESenator Patty Murray notified Shoreline Community College President Holly Moore over the weekend that the FY05 Omnibus Appropriation passed by Congress on Saturday contained a $700,000 line item in support of the Center for Manufacturing Excellence at Shoreline Community College. Federal funding will be provided over a three year period under the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) program. This is the second FIPSE grant the college has received over the last five years. This funding will allow the CME to continue development of its modularized, learner-centered manufacturing technology curriculum system and skill certifications to help area manufacturers identify and hire the skilled workers they need. It will also help to fund outreach efforts to inform students and parents about manufacturing technology career opportunities. Microvision Donates to Shoreline's Automotive ProgramMicrovision, Inc., a Manufacturing Skill Panel member, has donated two of its Nomad Expert Technician Systems to the Shoreline Community College Automotive Program. The Nomad System is the world's first wearable, wireless computer with a head-worn, see-through display, providing techs and service advisors with hands-free access to maintenance instructions, online vehicle history and other information. The units were given by Microvision in recognition of the support by American Honda Motors and its Seattle-area dealers to the development of the Nomad System. Globalization Conference in Seattle - January 18thGlobalization and the Community College will be the topic of a 1-day conference in Seattle on Tuesday, January 18th. The gathering, to be held at the Mayflower Park Hotel, beginning at 8:30, is organized by the Trans-Atlantic Technology and Training Alliance, and hosted by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and Shoreline Community College. Included on the agenda will be presentations on the impacts of globalization on community and technical colleges, and workshops on developing international faculty/student exchanges, creating international workforce development projects, and infusing global curricula into technical programs. For more information contact Darlene Miller at dgmiller@shoreline.edu. |
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