The NEW Manufacturing Alliance’s 13th annual Excellence in Mfg./K-12 Partnerships Awards were presented Oct. 29.
This year’s winners are listed below.
2024 EDUCATION AWARD WINNERS
- Brighter Image – Oconto Falls High School
- Career Pathmaker – Administrator – Dirk Ribbens, Ashwaubenon High School
- Career Pathmaker – Educator – David Gordon, CESA 7
- Career Pathmaker – Tech Ed Teacher – Jeremy Hodkiewicz, Shawano School District
- Education Innovation – Wrightstown Community School District
2024 MANUFACTURER AWARD WINNERS
- Brighter Image – Pierce Manufacturing
- Educational Partnership – Gulfstream
- Leadership – The Village Companies
- Visionary – Jake Schulz, Therma-Tron-X, Inc.
- Youth Apprenticeship – Sargento Foods
2024 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP WINNER
- Community Partnership – MFG 4.0 Business Education Partnership and Collaboration (Sargento Foods, Masters Gallery Foods, Amerequip Krier Foods, Kiel, Elkhart Lake, Random Lake and Oostburg High Schools).
The Alliance also announced the 2024 All-Star and Mentor Award winners. This award recognizes top talent at Alliance member companies. Companies with a winner include:
- Fiberglass Solutions,
- Fincantieri ACE Marine,
- Georgia-Pacific,
- HART Design & Manufacturing, KI,
- Marion Body Works,
- Nature’s Way,
- Nicolet Plastics and
- Nueske Applewood Smoked Meats.
The awards dinner served as a fundraiser for the NEW Manufacturing Alliiance’s Scholarship Fund. The Alliance awarded $65,000 worth of college scholarships for the 2024-2025 college term. Over the last fifteen years, the Alliance has sponsored over $500,000 in college scholarships.
This article was originally posted on Insight on Business