Blog Post
Welcome “Aboard”
Posted January 12, 2018
2018 will bring many exciting changes to Advancing Macomb, including the addition of two new board members: Mark Stiers and Douglas Messana.
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Advancing Macomb,
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Blog Post
Spotlight’s On!
Posted December 20, 2017
In celebration of the giving season, Advancing Macomb is setting the spotlight on a local artist who truly gives back to our community: Anne Nicolazzo.
As a long-time resident of Macomb County, you may have spotted her at various community events over the years. She can usually be found behind the camera, but freelance photographer Anne Nicolazzo is more than just a behind-the-scenes gal; in fact, she is a professional and artistic leader, who dedicates her artistry to bettering the community.
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Blog Post
Partnerships Work!
Posted December 7, 2017
The CAD and Manufacturing programs of Van Dyke Public Schools’ Lincoln High School Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program are partnering with local companies for the benefit of students and employers; the result being highly trained student interns and graduates who are able to “step” right into positions in their local communities.
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Chippewa Valley Schools
Posted December 7, 2017
Learning by doing, in engaging, real-world context—from passionate teachers who have actual work experience in the field—has always been at the heart of the best career and technical education (CTE) programs. Combine that with the fact that the most powerful learning experiences often result from partnerships, both within our educational system and outside of it. In Chippewa Valley Schools, we’re proud that you will find a well-established, exemplary model of both.
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MISD Talks CTE
Posted December 7, 2017
It is an exciting time for Career & Technical Education in Macomb County. The support we are receiving from business partners, government officials, district leadership, and parents is at an all-time high.
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Blog Post
Shop Class 2.0
Posted December 7, 2017
In the midst of the recession, founder and instructor Paul Tregembo Jr. was on tour of the Midwest with a ’51 Ford project car that his high school auto shop students had completed for Show Car Competition.
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Blog Post
PROFILE – New Macomb Community College President James O. Sawyer IV, Ed.D.
Posted October 17, 2017
How a casual referral in 2002 to an open position at Macomb Community College changed the trajectory of Jim Sawyer’s career!
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Advancing Macomb,
Leader Profiles
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Blog Post
We’re Hiring!
Posted August 24, 2017
Advancing Macomb is a business leadership group that supports transformational community projects in Macomb County. Through a focus on marketing new investments, profiles of top community leaders and promotion of local assets in Macomb County and its local communities, Advancing Macomb helps promote a successful environment for businesses and residents.
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Blog Post
30 New Jobs in Warren to Keep Bears Away from Your Food
Posted June 26, 2017
Warren-based Proper Group International, has kept its innovating spirit going throughout every market condition since their inception in 1971. They started with a commitment to high quality precision molds over 40 years ago and grew through continuous product and process innovation. The Proper Group is now moving into the technology and consumer goods space. Their latest technology development makes manufacturing smarter. Their newest corporate partnership brings the precision, for which they are known in the auto industry, to consumers in their own backyard and backyards across the country.
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Blog Post
Tech Careers Made Here
Posted June 26, 2017
The need for trained and talented IT professionals in Michigan is growing by leaps and bounds. According to CompTIA, a not-for-profit computing technology association, the Michigan IT sector grew by more than five percent in 2016 adding nearly 11,000 new jobs. That brings the estimated number of workers employed in technology in Michigan to almost 222,000. This increasing demand for trained workers is not going to stop. To meet this need, it is more important than ever to have accredited educational programs in place to continue to fill the pipeline of educated IT professionals.
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