Career Direction for Children – Preparing for Sustainable Careers in Growth Industries
DEARBORN, Mich., August 24, 2010 —Children are fascinated by things their parents no longer see, solve problems with simple solutions, and if left to explore, are naturally exhilarated by learning. The first step in providing career direction for children is making sure they have simple access to resources that will provide them with a solid grounding in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. The SME Education Foundation, a catalyst for innovative education, and in lock-step with young minds, is providing enumerable resources for young people, their parents and educators.

“Made in America” Will Go Away without Investment in STEM-based Education
DEARBORN, Mich., August 23, 2010 – The tagline “Made in America” will go away without increasing investment in STEM-based education. As skilled labor shortages continue to hold back various sectors of U.S. manufacturing, national organizations are looking at their investment strategies and realizing they have to include the funding of STEM-based education programs to protect their longevity.

Haas Machining Technology Scholarships to Fuel Pipeline with Highly-Skilled Workers
DEARBORN, MI, August 9, 2010 — The Gene Haas Foundation has provided a $150,000 grant to the SME Education Foundation to help qualified students interested in machine operation and maintenance coursework take advantage of the  Haas Machining Technology Scholarship.

Ford Blue Oval Scholarships Awarded at 3rd Annual Future Founders Academy — Winning High School Students Honored by Mayor Daley and City Council
CHICAGO, IL, July 28, 2010 — Twenty-five students from eight Chicago Public High Schools were immersed in entrepreneurship at the 2010 Future Founders Academy as they competed in a weeklong interactive summer business camp hosted by the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC). The 3rd Annual Future Founders Academy culminated in the award of $30,000 in Ford Blue Oval Scholarships, and provided a backstage pass for the aspiring entrepreneurs to meet with a wide array of some of Chicago’s top entrepreneurial businesses. For the second year, Mayor Daley and the Chicago City Council honored Future Founders’ winning students with a resolution recognizing their tremendous achievement.

The Future of Manufacturing is in the Third Grade
DEARBORN, Mich., July 26, 2010 — The world admires the United States for our education system. Students from China, India, Russia and a host of other countries fill our colleges and universities. However, after degrees and work experience are secured, unless they are offered extraordinary salaries and benefits by technology-based companies, they often return to their respective countries, while the United States continues to report a lack of skilled workers.

$270,000 Gift Creates Walter E. Panse Scholarship: A Gift Continuing to Grow
DEARBORN, Mich. July 12, 2010, — In the winter of 1974, Walter E. Panse, a Michigan tool and die executive, read an article published in the winter edition of the SME News & Technical Digest, “Tool and Die Men—a People Shortage.” He decided he wanted to help and donated $10,000 to the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Endowment, a very generous first gift to his passion and belief in the importance of U.S. manufacturing.

SME Education Foundation Awards Six Students $110,000 in Family and Director Scholarships
DEARBORN, Mich., June 14, 2010 — Incredible feats of architecture, acclaimed and enjoyed by all, are made possible because of the great unseen foundations they sit upon. Conversely, the SME Education Foundation is building on what it has accomplished in 30 years and making unprecedented progress as the recognized catalyst for the advancement of manufacturing engineering education.

The Relevancy of an Industry – Why Manufacturing is Cool!
DEARBORN, Mich., June 7, 2010 — American actor and humorist, Will Rogers (1879-1935) said, “A man only learns in two ways, one by reading and the other by association with smarter people.” And so, the SME Education Foundation has polished up its award-winning Manufacturing is Cool website with the entertainment value of pop culture, and the integrity of highly respected resources by smart people, to introduce curious and creative young people to the exciting world of modern manufacturing and the high-paying careers it offers.

Brian A. Ruestow Named to ABET Industry Advisory Council
DEARBORN, Mich., May 25, 2010 —Brian Ruestow, operations manager, F. W. Roberts Manufacturing, Inc., and vice president/secretary of the Board of Directors of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation, has been named to the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) of ABET (Applied Science, Computing, Engineering, and Technical Education) Inc.

SME Education Foundation Board Member Honored by NYU-Poly
DEARBORN, Mich., May 24, 2010 — Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, President and CEO of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. (NACME), addressed the 2010 graduating class of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University during this year’s commencement ceremony, held at Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday, May 18. Dr. McPhail serves on the Board of Directors of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation and has been instrumental in furthering STEM education.

The Gateway Academy – Innovative Education
DEARBORN, Mich., May 17, 2010 — The SME Education Foundation and industry partner, Project Lead The Way (PLTW) know that if you want to capture the attention of multi-tasking 6th─8th grade students, your chances of reaching them are increased by offering a program such as their technology-based Gateway Academy. Its innovative and technically challenging curriculum has been designed to offer more than what this audience is currently experiencing.

SME Education Foundation and Siemens PLM Software Prepare Students for Global Manufacturing Arena
DEARBORN, Mich. and PLANO, Texas, May 11, 2010 — The SME Education Foundation and Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, offer SME Education Foundation sponsored schools the opportunity to use the latest state-of-the-art PLM tools in their curriculum.

Detroit’s Education Leaders are Applauding Kids Building Wheelie Cars at Focus: HOPE
DEARBORN, Mich., April 27, 2010 — In spite of a litany of issues associated with K-12 education in Michigan, which was graded “D” recently by Education Week magazine, three Michigan-based non-profit organizations are collaborating on elements of a remedy – a pilot program that will challenge middle school students and encourage interest in the STEM areas of science, technology, engineering and math.

Wanted: Engineers for Advanced Manufacturing Visit CareerMe.org
DEARBORN, Mich., April 26, 2010 — The SME Education Foundation’s newest web portal www.CareerMe.org — responds to what has become a national economic imperative, innovative education and job creation. As it develops, this all-inclusive, single-site resource will provide a roadmap to advanced manufacturing careers and serve as a “career navigation service” that compiles online – educators, business and industry and associations in one place.

National Robotics Challenge Honors Bart A. Aslin for Outstanding Support to Engineering and Technology Programs
DEARBORN, Mich., April 20, 2010 — Directors of the National Robotics Challenge have awarded Bart A. Aslin, foundation director, SME Education Foundation, with their Third Annual Dr. James Hanneman Leadership and Service Award. The award honors and recognizes individuals who have shown outstanding support for engineering and technology programs at the middle school, secondary and post secondary level, and who have supported the continued growth of the National Robotics Challenge

Emerson – Global Manufacturing and Technology Leader Receives 2010 Outstanding Partner Award
DEARBORN, Mich., April 19, 2010 — Emerson, a global manufacturing and technology company, supporter of quality educational systems, and true to its commitment to helping educate young people as our future global leaders, has received the SME Education Foundation’s 2010 Outstanding Partner Award. The award was presented to Robert M. Cox, Jr., Emerson senior vice president, Administration on Monday, April 19 at the SME Education Foundation Board of Directors Dinner, St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley.

A Winning Scorecard Thanks to Million Dollar Supporters – Celebrating 30 Years
DEARBORN, Mich., March 29, 2010 — Engineers think in absolute and logical terms and when they collaborate, organizations and the communities around them prosper. The SME Education Foundation, in celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, gratefully acknowledges support received from major industry and private donors, each of whom have exceeded more than a million dollars with in-kind gifts, donations or endowment.

NACME — SME Education Foundation Scholarship Offered
DEARBORN, Mich., March 22, 2010 — The Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation and The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. (NACME), announce a new scholarship, NACME/SME-EF Scholarship Program. The new scholarship provides an award to one student at $5,000 each year for two years toward the cost of an engineering education. The new scholarship was created to reward academic excellence and promote achievement in an engineering and/or technical discipline.

SME Education Foundation Funds PLTW $815,000 —Continues Expansion of Gateway Academy
DEARBORN, Mich., March 15, 2010 — Through their continued efforts to bring manufacturing careers to the forefront of American K-12 STEM education, the SME Education Foundation has granted $815,000 to Project Lead the Way (PLTW) www.pltw.org. The funds will be used to expand the Foundation’s award-winning Gateway Academy to 300 middle schools located throughout the U.S. Designed to prepare 6th – 8th grade students for pre-engineering and technology based coursework, the one week summer camp experience is unlike any other and introduces students to a learning experience based on imagination, innovation and discovery.

A Plan with Punch – Computer Integrated Manufacturing Centers
DEARBORN, Mich., March 4, 2010 — This is not your father’s “shop class” but rather learning a series of interrelated activities and operations that involve product design, planning, producing, materials control, quality assurance, management, and the marketing of that product. In executing its master plan for building a technically-skilled workforce, the SME Education Foundation is raising the bar for high school students with a $175,000 in funding for the introduction of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Centers at 400 Project Lead The Way (PLTW) schools across the country while engaging industry partners and SME Chapters.

Aerodynamics, Fuel Cells and Eco-Design to Motivate Kids
DEARBORN, Mich., March 2, 2010 — Jump-starting tomorrow’s global manufacturing leaders has parents, teachers, businesses and community groups in Eagle River, Wis. collaborating with the SME Education Foundation and partner, Project Lead The Way (PLTW) in bringing the Gateway Academy and its world of engineering summer camps to Northland Pines High School.

Italian Machine Tool Technology Awards February 2010
CHICAGO, Ill. DEARBORN, Mich., February 22, 2010 — The Italian Trade Commission has awarded six U.S. college students a two-week trip to Italy, March 13-27, to visit top machine tool companies, and participate in an advanced international engineering program offered at Politecnic University-Milan, Italy.

Gateway Academy Hits Stride Wins Progressive Manufacturing 100 Award
DEARBORN, Mich., February 17, 2010 — The Gateway Academy, where 6th – 8th grade students in 28 states are being introduced to robotics, eco-design and aeronautics, has been selected as a winner of the sixth annual Progressive Manufacturing 100 Awards, selected by Managing Automation Media, a Thomas Publishing Company, LLC publication.

Manufacturing Education Centers for High Schools
DEARBORN, Mich., February 12, 2010 — Tomorrow’s global leaders will have to be tech-savvy and ready for advanced manufacturing jobs requiring skills in electronics, computers, software and automation. Continuing its mission to encourage young people to focus their education on science, technology, engineering and math, the SME Education Foundation is introducing Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) courses at 400 Manufacturing Education Centers across the country. The Foundation will sponsor the course at pre-existing partner schools in Lee's Summit, Mo., and Charlotte, N.C.

Rendezvous at NASA – Advanced Engineering for Kids
DEARBORN, Mich., February 12, 2010 — In continuing its mission to introduce young people to exciting careers in science, technology and engineering, the SME Education Foundation is supporting the celebration of National Engineers Week – February 15-21 with the production and distribution of a new video, “Innovate: All Systems Go.” The video is being distributed to school boards through the National School Boards Association and to 1,150 Project Lead The Way middle school instructors.

The Future is No Longer on the Horizon – It’s here! Celebrating 30 Years
DEARBORN, Mich., February 8, 2010 –Planning for the future has paid off for the SME Education Foundation as it celebrates thirty years of collaboration with industry and academic partners in furthering science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. This year, the Foundation will be announcing major investments in manufacturing centers at high schools around the country, scholarships for high-achieving students, and addressing the tattered image of manufacturing with a campaign focused on young people in grades 11-14 for careers in advanced manufacturing.

Earl Walker, CEO Carr Lane Manufacturing, to Chair SME Education Foundation 30th Anniversary Celebration
DEARBORN, Mich., January 15, 2010 — Earl Walker, CEO, Carr Lane Manufacturing, St. Louis Mo., will serve as chair for the SME Education Foundation 30th Anniversary being celebrated this year. Mr. Walker has been a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) for 50 years. A worthy recipient of this appointment, he has made considerable contributions of time and financial support to SME and its Foundation. Additionally, he has been long recognized for contributions to his community, youth and education, and a host of charities.

SME Education Foundation Celebrates 30 Years Secures Legacy, Charts Course for Future
DEARBORN, Mich., January 7, 2010 — The SME Education Foundation celebrates its 30th Anniversary this year thanks to the vision, leadership, and dedication of a manufacturing industry caring about the vitality of its future. Acknowledged as the number one influencer of manufacturing education, the Foundation has reason to celebrate and is charting an exciting future. A sponsored, invitation-only 30th Anniversary event will be held on September 16, 2010.

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