Are you interested in networking with local woodworking industry and education professionals? Would you like to learn about local educational woodworking programs in the area? Do you enjoy hosting or participating in events and activities to support woodworking education? We intend to meet regularly and explore ways to help develop the future workforce for the woodworking industry. […]
AWFS Education Chair Meets with Legislator on CTE In September, AWFS Education Committee Chair, Don Bigelow, of Vero Software, attended an exclusive informal dinner event with Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) to discuss industry involvement with Career Technical Education (CTE). The invitation was extended to AWFS by the Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE), one […]
Approximately 150 local area high school students and teachers attended the Manufacturing Day event hosted at Architectural Woodworking Company (AWC) near Los Angeles (CA) on Friday, October 7. Manufacturing Day is a national campaign to promote careers in manufacturing and increase awareness of the realities of the manufacturing industry by encouraging companies to offer tours […]
If you are a student, teacher or parent you will have noticed that scholarships, particularly for furniture/design/woodworking and related fields, are hard to find! That is why I am VERY happy and excited to share with you the details of a GREAT scholarship from a wonderful organization, the The American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD)! Here are some […]
Seize the day! Manufacturing Day that is, along with multitudes of other companies across America as they salute modern manufacturing and bring it to the attention of the next generation of workers. Now in its fifth year, Manufacturing Day is a “host it or attend it” opportunity, slated for the first Friday in October […]
