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Choose Aerospace Scholarship and Award Opportunities Available Now
Choose Aerospace is pleased to announce scholarship and award opportunities for students, instructors, and Part 147 schools. With over $40,000 available, opportunities are available to pay for textbooks, training systems, tools, and testing fees for educators and future aviators. This year for the first time Choose Aerospace will award $2,000 to two high schools to…
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What We’re Reading
Infusing Advanced Manufacturing into Undergraduate Engineering Education Cutting-edge technologies are reshaping manufacturing in the United States and around the world, with applications from medicine to defense. If the United States wants to further build upon these new innovations, the next generation of engineers must be trained to work in advanced manufacturing from the undergraduate level…
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ATEC Releases 2022 Pipeline Report
Last week the Aviation Technician Education Council (ATEC) released its 2022 pipeline report The report includes information on A&P mechanic certificate holders and schools, like Everett Community College, that prepare students to enter a growing and critical field. ATEC reports that the most recent year saw an increase in newly certified mechanics, but not enough…
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Clover Park Opens Its Doors
On December 7th and 8th Clover Park Technical College (CPTC) opened its doors to future students, educators and partners for an advanced manufacturing open house. Attendees were able to see up close and in-person the facilities and machines used for training in robotics, automation, machining and manufacturing. Guests looked at student projects, toured the building,…
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Center of Excellence hosts Aerospace Workforce System Coordination event
Earlier this week the Center of Excellence hosted a breakfast event that brought together aerospace industry trade groups, community colleges, labor and apprenticeships, state agencies, K12, municipalities and others. Together the group talked through their current grants and projects, sharing information and considering how to work together to expand access to aeropsace careers. It was…
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New Manufacturing Assembly Mechanic Class at the WATR Center
Sign up Now! Online | Dec 2 – 30 Hands on | Jan 9 – Feb 6, 2023 [Requirement: Completion of Manufacturing Core Program Certificate] Starting December 2, the WATR Center’s immersive 8-week Manufacturing Assembly Mechanic Certificate Program will get you ready for a high-growth job in aerospace assembly. They provide you with an advanced…
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Celebrating Mary Riddle
As we honor National Native American Heritage Month, we turn to the skies and remember Mary Riddle. Born in 1902, Riddle earned her pilot certificate in 1930. A member of the Satsop and Clatsop tribes, Riddle participated in airshows across the northwest and was featured on the cover of the June 1934 issue of The…
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What We’re Reading
At the Center of Excellence, we closely follow aerospace and manufacturing news to understand what’s happening in our sector from across the globe to across the street. Our reading encompasses data, opinions and insight into the present and future of manufacturing. Here are a few of our favorite recent articles: Snohomish County-based battery maker awarded…
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Snohomish Aerospace Job Fair in Partnership With PNAA
After a successful Untapped Talent Pool event in the morning, the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance teamed up with the Center of Excellence to offer an aerospace job fair. Held in the heart of Snohomish County’s aerospace corridor near Paine Field, the job fair saw more than a dozen employers in attendance and dozens more job…
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Center of Excellence Welcomes New Advisory Chair Wes Allen
The Center of Excellence is pleased to announce our new Advisory Board Chair, Wes Allen. As a long-time Board member and current Director of the Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center, Wes’s background in education as an instructor and administrator aligns with the Center’s goals to better connect K-12 and community college manufacturing programs to employment. Wes…
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Machinists Institute Kick Off National Apprenticeship Week
On Monday, the Machinists Institute (MI) hosted elected officials, workforce and college partners and apprentices as they kicked off National Apprenticeship Week at their new facility in Tukwila. Surrounded by CNC machines, robotic arms, welding booths and state-of-the-art equipment, attendees heard more about Machinists Institute’s programs over appetizers and drinks. The day’s program highlighted how…