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The manufacturing industry is making a concerted effort
to team up with community colleges to develop brand new
degrees, certificates, and training programs based on the
needs of employers. In Connecticut, the business consulting
firm CONNSTEP has helped manufacturers to embrace
new markets and upgrade the skills of incumbent workers
through trainings in continuous improvement, business
growth, and workforce development.
Whole girl philophy
Youth organizations are likewise doing their part to ensure
that a new generation of manufacturing professionals will
be at the ready, by pioneering STEM education. Girls Inc. of
Western Connecticut serves roughly 800 girls every year
with a whole girl philosophy designed to inspire young
women to be strong, smart, and bold.
According to Executive Director Donna Maglio, Girls Inc. of
Western Connecticut prepares girls by nurturing their love
of STEM and providing them opportunities to meet and talk
with real women in the field.
"Many of our girls come to us at the age of 5-6 and since one
of our programming cornerstones is STEM, they are able to
experiment and try all kinds of STEM related activities very
early on," said Maglio.
Girls Inc.
www.girlsincswct.org
ADDRESS:
5 Park Place, Waterbury, CT 06702
FOUNDED: 1864
PARTICIPANTS: 800
PROGRAMS:
STRONG – HEALTHY MIND AND BODY:
physical fitness, nutrition, healthy
relationships, mental health
SMART – ACADEMIC SUCCESS:
STEM, homework help, summer reading
programs to prevent summer slide,
literacy and reading programs
BOLD – INDEPENDENCE:
STEM college and career readiness,
leadership, economic empowerment
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