GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas,
Aug. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (NASDAQ: LINC), a
national leader in specialized technical training, was proud to
have been selected as host of this year's Haas Technical Education
Center (HTEC) Americas CNC Educators Training Conference. This
year's national manufacturing conference was held at Lincoln Tech's Grand
Prairie, TX campus in early July.
Three Lincoln Tech campuses around
the country feature HTEC training facilities with equipment
provided by Haas Automation, the global manufacturer of Computer
Numerical Control machining equipment. Lincoln
Tech and Haas welcomed hundreds of educators, companies and
representatives from the manufacturing industry to the annual HTEC
educators' conference, which brings together thought leaders and
innovators from the computerized manufacturing field. This
year's theme – "Innovative Education Solutions: Taking Back
American Manufacturing" – served to highlight the technological
advances helping to bring manufacturing jobs and facilities back to
the U.S.
Haas Foundation Commits $250,000 to Manufacturing Education and
Training
A highlight of the July
10-13 conference was a donation by representatives of the
Haas Foundation, who presented a check for $250,000 to the Lincoln Foundation for Education
(LiFE). The funds will be allotted to provide scholarships for
manufacturing career training at Lincoln
Tech campuses in Grand Prairie,
TX; Indianapolis, IN; and
Mahwah, NJ. Each of these campuses
showcases, and trains students on, Haas equipment.
"The Lincoln Foundation for Education is grateful and honored to
receive this donation from the Haas Foundation," says Ami Bhandari, LiFE President. "We appreciate the
opportunity to support students pursuing computerized manufacturing
careers, and in the long run this donation and these scholarships
will help our students not only launch those careers, but be better
providers for their families as well."
"The entire Haas organization has been a vital partner in
promoting training for manufacturing careers," says Scott Shaw, Lincoln's President and CEO. "Since
we first started offering CNC manufacturing training almost four
years ago, Haas has stood with us every step of the way in making
sure our graduates are well-prepared to meet the demands of today's
cleaner, comfortable, more efficient manufacturing positions."
According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics, nearly 50,000 computerized manufacturing jobs will need
to be filled around the country by 2024. These jobs will be found
in facilities manufacturing everything from artificial joints and
equipment for the healthcare industry to components for the auto,
diesel, aerospace, defense, electronics and construction fields. By
partnering with Haas Automation, Lincoln
Tech is helping to grow the skilled workforce needed to keep
these industries thriving.
"Monster" Mike Schultz
serves as keynote speaker
Mike
Schultz – athlete, small business owner, and manufacturer –
served as the event's keynote speaker. Schultz, a
professional snocross and motocross racer, lost his leg above the
knee in a 2008 racing accident. Unsatisfied with the limited
mobility provided by standard prosthetic limbs at the time, he
designed and built his own – called the Moto Knee and Versa Foot. Soon after, he started his own
company – BioDapt, Inc. – which relies on CNC manufacturing
equipment to build the artificial limbs.
"By developing this equipment, we're really allowing other
people to get out and live more healthy and active lifestyles,"
Schultz says. "All of that is done by machining these stainless
steel and aluminum parts [on CNC equipment]."
Schultz adds that he's living proof of the importance CNC
manufacturing has to many different aspects of society. "Seven
months after my injury occurred I was competing at the summer games
in Los Angeles on a prosthetic leg
that I developed using CNC machines," he says.
Also speaking at the event was Montez King, the Interim
Executive Director of the National Institute for Metalworking
Skills (NIMS). King's presentation spotlighted the value of
apprenticeships in setting up students for later success in
computerized manufacturing careers.
From inspiring speeches to engaging presentations and exciting
hands-on demonstrations, the 2017 HTEC educators' conference
provided a valuable forum where industry professionals could share
ideas on continuing the rebirth of American manufacturing.
Lincoln Tech was proud to host the
event, and to partner with Haas to train the next generation of
skilled manufacturing professionals.
To learn more about CNC Machining and Manufacturing Technology,
as well as all of Lincoln Tech's
offerings around the country, visit Lincolntech.edu.
About Lincoln Educational Services
Corporation
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation is
a leading provider of diversified career-oriented post-secondary
education. Lincoln offers recent high school graduates and working
adults career-oriented programs in five principal areas of study:
automotive technology, health sciences, skilled trades, information
technology, and hospitality services. Lincoln has provided the
workforce with skilled technicians since its inception in
1946.
Lincoln currently operates 28 campuses in 15 states under four
brands: Lincoln Technical Institute,
Lincoln College of Technology, Euphoria
Institute of Beauty Arts and Sciences, and Lincoln College of New England. Lincoln also
operates Lincoln Culinary Institute in Connecticut.
Contact Information
Lincoln Educational Services
Corporation
Peter Tahinos
(973) 736-9340x49233
ptahinos@lincolntech.edu
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