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Machinist Training Program Receives Scholarship Funding

Repeating last year’s investment in a program that provides training and education in machining technology, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation has provided $50,000 from the Gene Haas Machining Technology Scholarship Fund to Focus: HOPE’s Machinist Training Institute (MTI). “Employers seek out our students because of our emphasis on the latest machining skills as well as our high standards for developing superior work habits,” says William F.

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Repeating last year’s investment in a program that provides training and education in machining technology, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation has provided $50,000 from the Gene Haas Machining Technology Scholarship Fund to Focus: HOPE’s Machinist Training Institute (MTI). “Employers seek out our students because of our emphasis on the latest machining skills as well as our high standards for developing superior work habits,” says William F. Jones, CEO of Focus: HOPE. “Many students find the economic challenges in today’s economy make it very difficult to enroll without scholarship assistance. Through the generosity of the Haas Foundation, talented men and women can enroll in our program and get on the path to a new career.”
 
Since opening in 1981, MTI has graduated more than 2,500 advanced manufacturing students. It offers state-licensed courses in precision machining and metalworking at its 59,000-square-foot shop, which is equipped with nearly 100 machine tools and three, 24-station CAD laboratories. The program is said to have contributed to diversification in the machinist trades in the 1980s, when a number of early graduates became the first African Americans or female machinists hired at many companies.
 
For more information, visit:
SME Education Foundation, smeef.org.
The Gene Haas Foundation, ghaasfoundation.org.
Focus: HOPE, focushope.edu.

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