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OAK HILL, WV (WOAY) – High School seniors in the pre-engineering class at the Fayette Institute of Technology are scaling, modeling, and presenting a project to a major manufacturing firm.
Every year the class comes together with Conn-Weld Industries out of Princeton to find a solution to a problem the company gives them to work with. This year the students undertook a manufacturing innovation challenge which they presented to Conn-Weld on Thursday.
“It gives them a real-world type of experience in an engineering atmosphere to work with industry professionals,” Engineering Technology instructor at FIT Scott McDaniel says.
The West Virginia Manufacturers Association Educational Fund Inc. (WVMAEF) announced today the appointment of Matt Borror and Nicholette Inman to its board of directors. “Borror and Inman each bring a knowledge about manufacturing and the challenges the industry faces in maintaining a skilled workforce,” said Bob Fehrenbacher, WVMAEF Board Chair. The WVMAEF board of directors oversees an educational outreach program, Explore the New Manufacturing, designed to provide West Virginia middle and high school students with topics focusing on manufacturing career pathways.
"Knowing the direct connection between education and manufacturing in West Virginia, I wanted to be involved with Explore the New Manufacturing so as to promote awareness of the great manufacturing companies and job opportunities in West Virginia," stated Matt Borror who is employed by the West Virginia Department of Economic Development as a Regional Manager Business Retention and Expansion and oversees Region 1, which comprises the North Central region.
