From Manufacturers Resource Center<\/p>\n
Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC) is proud to announce\u00a0that\u00a0online voting for the\u00a010th anniversary year of the Berks Schuylkill What\u2019s So Cool About Manufacturing Student Video Contest will\u00a0commence\u00a0on Wednesday, March\u00a025, at 12:01 a.m., and will remain open until Friday, March 27, at 11:59 p.m. at\u00a0WhatsSoCool.org<\/a>. Voting is open to contest participants and the public, who may vote for more than one video and as often as they wish. The winner will be announced during the contest awards event on\u00a0Tuesday,\u00a0April 14,\u00a0at\u00a0the DoubleTree by Hilton Reading.<\/p>\n Student\u00a0teams from\u00a033\u00a0regional middle school teams compete for the most votes to win\u00a0the coveted\u00a0\u201cViewers\u2019\u00a0Choice Award.\u201d The videos will also be reviewed by a panel of judges\u00a0for awards\u00a0in\u00a0eleven\u00a0other categories, including\u00a0Best\u00a0CTE Story, Outstanding\u00a0Editing,\u00a0and Outstanding\u00a0Creativity.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u00a0are excited to celebrate the\u00a0growth\u00a0of our Berks Schuylkill contest at our annual awards\u00a0event,\u201d said Rich Hobbs, MRC President & CEO. \u201cWhile we anticipate another record-breaking\u00a0voting response, what we love seeing most is\u00a0the hard work and collaboration between\u00a0the\u00a0students,\u00a0teachers, and\u00a0manufacturers, as well as the impact\u00a0of sharing\u00a0their message about\u00a0manufacturing opportunities right here in our region.\u201d<\/p>\n The program\u2019s continued success and growth are attributed to the efforts that the teachers and students have put forth in the community since its\u00a0inception. MRC and its partners,\u00a0Berks Business Education Coalition,\u00a0eMediaWorks,\u00a0Kutztown Small Business Development Center,\u00a0Sahl Communications Inc., and many community sponsors\u00a0remain\u00a0committed to the sustainability of the program.<\/p>\n Educational media resources, technology, professional media training, materials, and project costs were funded and made possible by the following:<\/p>\n Technology Sponsor: Niagara Bottling.Event Sponsor: Reading Truck.Platinum Sponsors: American Crane & Equipment Corporation, Berks County Industrial Development Authority, Berks County Workforce Development Board, Customers Bank, East Penn Manufacturing, and Univest Financial.Gold Sponsors: American Polarizers Inc., Carpenter Technology Corporation, County of Berks, Cresa,\u00a0DeLux\u00a0Dental,\u00a0EnerSys, Fulton Bank, Hexcel Corporation, Hydro, M&T Bank,\u00a0Materion, Reading Area Community College, Sweet Street Desserts Inc., Tompkins Community Bank,\u00a0Viwinco Inc., and Weidenhammer.Silver Sponsors:\u202fAerotek, Alvernia University,\u00a0Ashland Technologies Inc., Berks County Department of Agriculture, Big B Manufacturing Inc., Blaschak Anthracite, Brentwood Industries, Dynegy, Eagle Metals, Fromm Electric, Gage\u00a0Talent & Business Solutions, Greater Reading Chamber Alliance,\u00a0MI Windows and Doors,\u00a0Mitsubishi Chemical Group, Mrs. T\u2019s Pierogies, Northeast Prestressed Products LLC,\u00a0Omnitech\u00a0Automation Inc.,\u00a0Penske Racing Shocks,\u00a0Penn State Berks,\u00a0pladis, Reading Bakery Systems,\u00a0R. M. Palmer Company LLC, Schuylkill County, Solar Innovations LLC,\u00a0and\u00a0The Rose Corporation.Bronze Sponsors: Berks Career & Technology Center, Berks County Intermediate Unit,\u00a0PhytogenX, Reading Muhlenberg Career & Technology Center, Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce, Schuylkill County Intermediate Unit, and Schuylkill Technology Center.Media Sponsors: BCTV, Lamar, Lehigh Valley Business Journal, Reading Eagle, and WFMZ 69 News.<\/p>\n Visit WhatsSoCool.org<\/a> for more information and\u00a0follow on\u00a0social media @WSCMBerksSchuyl.<\/p>\n About What\u2019s So Cool About Manufacturing\u00ae<\/p>\n Developed by the Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC), the WSCM program is a video-based educational tool that increases awareness of career paths and technology in manufacturing through \u201cpeer marketing\u201d (kids telling kids\u00a0what\u2019s\u00a0so cool about manufacturing jobs). The contest is\u00a0showcased\u00a0on the What\u2019s So Cool Website and shared nationally through the Manufacturing Institute and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership platforms. The Lehigh Valley contest has expanded across the Commonwealth and the country.<\/p>\n The \u201cWhat\u2019s So Cool About Manufacturing\u201d comprehensive manufacturing video library was created by MRC and WSCM PA in 2020 and funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (PADCED). The interactive library of the\u00a0who\u2019s who\u00a0in Pennsylvania manufacturing, garnered from the yearly regional contests, is intended to serve as an educational resource for anyone curious about manufacturing in Pennsylvania. The library can be accessed through the\u00a0WhatsSoCool.org<\/a> website and\u00a0contains\u00a0almost 1436 student videos featuring over 700 Pennsylvania manufacturers.<\/p>\n This contest allows students to connect with local manufacturers, document their experiences, and present them in an educational and \u201ccool\u201d way. The contest was created to generate excitement that draws students towards manufacturing career paths and CTE and STEM education. Original funding for \u201cWhat\u2019s So Cool About Manufacturing\u201d was\u00a0furnished\u00a0by a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (PADCED).<\/p>\n About Manufacturers Resource Center<\/p>\n For 38\u00a0years, the Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC) has helped small and mid-sized manufacturers become more competitive, adopt lean and agile processes, strategically grow their companies, and invest more effectively in their existing human capital. MRC is a nonprofit organization partially funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce\u2019s NIST-MEP program and the State of Pennsylvania\u2019s Department of Community and Economic Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Manufacturers Resource Center Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC) is proud to announce\u00a0that\u00a0online voting for the\u00a010th anniversary year of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-146806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}