The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) lauded the introduction of the Mining Schools Act of 2022 (also known as the Technology Grants to Strengthen Domestic Mining Education Act of 2022).
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Teachers Rock Ohio Returns!
Feb. 15, 2022 – The Ohio Aggregates and Industrial Minerals Association (OAIMA) is once again sponsoring Teachers Rock Ohio, a workshop for educators. The full program includes on-site industry tours, hard hats, informational binders, certificate of attendance (PDHs) and more. Teachers will be made aware of their sponsoring companies. These relationships go a long way to changing the perception of mining.…
Read MoreJurgensen Companies Finds Value in Teacher Externship Program
Cincinnati-based The Jurgensen Companies – which specializes in heavy highway construction, aggregate and asphalt production, tank storage, asphalt paving, milling, storm and sewer – reported that its Valley Asphalt affiliate recently hosted a high school teacher externship that proved to be very successful. There were four teachers across different organizations included in the pilot Teacher Externship Program organized by the…
Read MoreMartin Marietta Expands Academic Outreach, Partners with Shaw University
In yet another move to support education and attract the young leaders needed to ensure the company’s future success, Martin Marietta has entered into a partnership with Shaw University, a historically Black university in Raleigh, N.C.
Read MoreAED Foundation Awards Scholarships
The AED Foundation awarded scholarships to 39 students representing 13 schools across North America, totaling nearly $80,000 in financial aid.
Read MoreHeavy Vehicle Technology Students Get Boost from Liebherr
Liebherr USA Co. launched a new partnership with local Virginia Beach company Advanced Technology Institute (ATI). In this partnership, Liebherr USA will host up to six students each year who are attending ATI in the Heavy Vehicle Technology program, studying to be service technicians.
Read MoreTACA Teaches Texas Teachers
How do industrial minerals enhance our daily lives and how are they mined in Texas? This month, 14 Texas science teachers learned the answers at an intensive industrial minerals mining workshop jointly sponsored by the Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association (TACA) and the Texas Mining and Reclamation Association (TMRA).
Read MorePeckham Partners with Youth Apprenticeship Program
Earlier this year, Peckham Industries employees partnered with the Questar III’s Heavy Equipment and Maintenance Operation program to share hands-on construction industry work with local high school students. Questar’s Durham, N.Y., location houses the Columbia-Greene Heavy Equipment Operation & Maintenance program.
Read MoreNew Study Touts Impact of Infrastructure, Education, Child-Care
President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators agreed to a compromise deal on a partial infrastructure deal, and a new study from the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College projects a significant increase in the growth rate in 2021 as a result. Infrastructure, education and families proposals, if enacted, will have positive macroeconomic benefits.
Read MoreVulcan Materials Supports Student Scholarships
April 29, 2021 – Vulcan Materials recently donated $5,000 to the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) at Auburn University. For more than 20 years, Vulcan has generously donated an annual academic scholarship for COSAM students in the Department of Geosciences. Several representatives from Vulcan met with Department of Geosciences Chair Dr. Ming-kuo Lee and made a formal donation from the…
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