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STEELE CREEK NEWS
Bosch Rexroth Helps Olympic Students Discover Careers in Engineering
and Manufacturing
(October 11, 2021) A special event at Olympic
High School on October 8 highlighted opportunities and resources to inform and
encourage students at every level to pursue STEM education and
career paths in manufacturing and engineering.
On October 8th, Charlotte-Mecklenburg officials
and Bosch Rexroth executives gathered to celebrate the
on-going partnership. (Pictured L to R: Casey Jones,
Principal, Olympic High School, Earnest Winston,
Superintendent, CMS, Ashlee Campbell, Asst. Director CMS
CTE, Jennifer De La Jara, CMS Board of Education At-Large,
Greg Gumbs, President & CEO of Bosch Rexroth North America). |
Presentations, robotics demonstrations, and new online
information tools were showcased at the special event at the Bosch Rexroth Advanced Manufacturing and Technology
Center at Olympic High School. The Center provides valuable
opportunities for students from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
to learn about manufacturing and engineering careers.
The event was designed to highlight the efforts by the Olympic
Community of Schools and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School
District to help students at every level appreciate how many
fulfilling and satisfying opportunities exist for them to
follow as engineers and technical associates working for
today’s leading manufacturers, including many in the Greater
Charlotte Region.
The Bosch Rexroth Advanced
Manufacturing and Technology Center is a key resource for
helping expose students to these opportunities. It is the only
high school facility of its kind in the region that has a
dedicated machine shop and a K-12 business alliance
specifically aimed at providing resources and pathways to
apprenticeships and engineering careers.
The Center
provides Olympic High School students with hands-on experience
using state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies, including
the latest in metal-cutting and finishing technology, multiple
lathes, milling machines, saws, and grinders, along with
metrology and quality-control stations.
Support from
businesses and manufacturers from across the Greater Charlotte
region have helped make the Center a critical resource in
helping the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools address skill gaps
at a grassroots level. With 7,500 unfilled manufacturing jobs
in the area, according to the regional workforce development
board Charlotte Works, and about 85,000 STEM-related unfilled
jobs in the region, the Center is part of a timely effort to
expand the STEM talent pool, while simultaneously fostering
upward economic and social mobility.
To help students
understand how their career journey could take them on a
rewarding path into engineering and manufacturing professions,
Bosch Rexroth recently launched an online resource that helps
students to learn about possible roles, their functions,
minimum education requirements, and average earnings.
The site also provides information on apprenticeships at Bosch
Rexroth and links to the greater STEM and IoT communities in
Charlotte.
“Like many manufacturers in the Greater
Charlotte region, as well as across the country, we face a
constant challenge to fill key technical positions in our
manufacturing operations,” said Greg Gumbs, president & CEO of
Bosch Rexroth North America, who was the keynote speaker
during the event.
“The strategic partnership between
Bosch Rexroth and Olympic High School, represented by our
ongoing support since the founding of the Advanced
Manufacturing and Technology Center in 2015, demonstrates the
critical importance we place on investing in these kinds of
initiatives. A partnership between business and schools
fosters economic and social mobility for youth, while
simultaneously helping expand the local talent pool.”
In addition to providing annual funding, Bosch Rexroth
engineering and manufacturing professionals dedicate personal
time to mentor and volunteer in support of local nonprofit
STEM and educational institutions, including programs at
Olympic High School and their K-8 feeder schools.
For
more information on Bosch Rexroth, visit:
https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/us/. For more information on
Bosch Rexroth’s partnership with Olympic Community of Schools,
visit:
https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/us/company/press/press-details-36736.
For more information on Bosch Rexroth's partnerships, visit:
https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/us/rexrothi40/sponsorship/overview/.
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