Manufacturing Day 2014: Educating, changing perceptions
About 170 students from Fargo and Moorhead had the chance to see behind the scenes of some of the area’s manufacturing businesses. From learning about how a world-class private airport works, to seeing recycled milk jugs being turned into agricultural piping, to a tour of a state-of-the-art electronics component facility, the students got some hands-on experience […]
Teacher Internship Program Expands Placing Six Teachers in Local Industry
Six area teachers are learning the ropes at area companies for four weeks this summer. The teachers will make stronger connections between education and industry. The teachers have been placed at Microsoft, Sanford Health, John Deere Electronic Solutions, Bobcat Company, Ulteig and Moore Engineering. The experience gives each teacher the opportunity to further develop their […]
Teachers Connect to Industry through four-week internship
An effort to give teachers an opportunity to see “beyond the classroom” is gaining steam. Started three years ago by the Greater Fargo Moorhead EDC, NDSU and West Fargo Schools, the Teachers in Industry Program continues to expand. The program, which started as a one-teacher pilot project, expects to place six area teachers into local […]
