NFPA Speaker’s Bureau Inspires Students to Explore Careers in Fluid Power

Bill Day of Womack

Programs like the NFPA Speaker’s Bureau are made possible in part by the generous support of industry volunteers as well as NFPA Education and Technology Foundation and Pascal Society donors. Support these efforts by making a donation. NFPA’s workforce programs aim to increase the number of students educated in fluid power and connect them to careers in the fluid power…

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NFPA Speakers Bureau Brings University Students and Industry Together

Bill Day of Womack

One thing that gets the NFPA workforce development staff excited is when we can connect our members to innovative students. The more NFPA members can meet with students and share their experiences and all of the opportunities that are available in the fluid power industry, the closer we get to helping solve the workforce shortage.…

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NFPA Fluid Power Challenge – It’s Not Too Late!

I have reported many times about the success of the NFPA Fluid Power Challenge program. The success is due to the passion of NFPA members to make middle school students aware of fluid power careers. The NFPA Fluid Power Challenge is a competition that challenges middle school students to solve an engineering problem using fluid…

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The NFPA Student Career Connections Program – An Easy Way for Members to Connect with Students

Price Eng. Student Career Connection

[youtube id=”7XD227gzCqY” width=”620″ height=”360″] Price Engineering. 30 high school students. A tour. Fluid power classroom kits. Sharing. An internship. What does this all equal? The new NFPA Student Career Connections (SCC) program. The first SCC event took place at NFPA member, Price Engineering in Hartland, Wisconsin on March 17. This is a quick overview of…

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NFPA Foundation Awards Three Teaching Grants For The 2015 Fall Semester

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The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation has awarded three teaching grants that will begin in fall 2015. The objective of these teaching grants is to engage students in learning about fluid power, encourage teaching resources, connect talented students to our industry and foster ongoing forums between educators and industry.  Student Activity Based Learning Project, Antigone Sharris,…

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Students Learn About Fluid Power Through NFPA Funded Projects

Students learn about fluid power through NFPA Foundation funded projects

The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation has awarded six teaching grants. The projects will begin in January 2015, and give a number of students opportunities to learn about and study fluid power: At Western New England University, a senior mechanical engineering student is involved in the design and modeling of the Development of Servo-Pneumatic Experimental…

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Support Workforce Efforts in Your Local Area

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In May of this year, the Workforce team of NFPA sent out a Workforce Education/Community Survey to NFPA members asking if/how they were involved with their local schools. The results that were received showed a great deal of involvement. Of the 81 responses we received, 70% said that they were involved with their local schools.…

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NFPA Success Highlights: Education Roadmap

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l l by Eric Lanke [dropcap]A[/dropcap] little while ago, NFPA Board Chair Bill Gorski wrote about the work he and the Board are doing to define a new strategy agenda for the association—one that better identifies specific outcomes NFPA will seek to achieve when tackling the challenges facing the fluid power industry. As part of…

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