Dream It Do it OKI and I Made It in NKY are holding a video contest in hopes of changing student perceptions about manufacturing as a career option.
Voting for the “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” Video Contest at www.dreamitdoitoki.com runs through March 8.
An Awards Ceremony for the “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” Video Contest will be held Thursday, 6-7:30 p.m. at the Northern Kentucky University Student Union Ballroom.
Students will receive certificates of recognition from the office of Kentucky Governor
Matt Bevin and Ohio Governor John Kasich.
Dream It Do It OKI and I Made It in NKY seeks to shape the image of manufacturing in the eyes of students, parents, educators and the general public, so that manufacturers can attract the talent they need to grow.
Dream It Do It’s “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing” Video Contest is a program designed by employers and educators to help improve the image of manufacturing as a career choice with the objective of recruiting more young people to career and technical educational schools that feed talent to the manufacturing industry.
Teams of middle school students, led by teacher coaches, are provided with video equipment and instructional materials and matched with local manufacturers. Each team had four months to create a short video profile of partner companies, and the career opportunities they offer to answer the question, “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing.”
The entries will be judged by an expert panel and public vote—American Idol style hosted on the Dream It Do It OKI Website.
Award categories include Outstanding Program, Outstanding Editing, Outstanding Creativity, Outstanding Cool, Outstanding Team Spirit, Outstanding Educational Value, Outstanding Videography and the highly coveted Viewer’s Choice Award.
The 2017 project includes ten teams from Ohio and eight from Northern Kentucky. The following middle school teams and their partner manufacturers submitted videos for the 2017 contest:
CCPA and Meyer Tool
Garfield Middle School and Thyssenkrupp Bilstein
Georgetown Middle School and Stanley Black and Decker
Hughes High School and Richards Industries
Middletown Middle School and PAC Worldwide
Mt. Orab Middle School and Mt Orab Milacron
Pleasant Run Middle School and StandardAero
Shroder High School and Festo
Wilson Middle School and Cincinnati Sub Zero
Woodward High School and Jet Machine
Gray Middle School and Bosch
Mason County Middle School and Mitsubishi Electric
Holmes Middle School and Mubea
RA Jones Middle School and Mazak
Grant County Middle School and L’oreal
Tischner Middle School and ATech
Sharp Middle School and Safran
Ludlow Middle School and Hahn Automation
This project is sponsored by JP Morgan Chase and United Way of Greater Cincinnati.
Strategic partners include TechSolve, Northern Kentucky University, Kentucky Fame and WCET Connect, Cincinnati’s Public Broadcast Station.
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Dream It Do It OKI, sponsored by Partners for a Competitive Workforce and TechSolve, is a national platform being used locally to change the perception of manufacturing and inspire the next generation of workers to pursue manufacturing careers. Since 2013, DIDI OKI engaged more than 3000 students, 300 educators and over 300 manufacturers. More than 16,000 individuals visited the dreamitdoitoki website as well.
The Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Development Coalition sponsors the I Made It In NKY campaign to promote careers in the field of advanced manufacturing. Fresh with the faces of millennials who work right now in Northern Kentucky companies, the new campaign resonates with individuals’ pride in their chosen careers. The campaign’s anthem is “I made it in NKy.” The campaign calls people to learn more at www.IMadeItNKY.com.