Made In Florida

Congratulations David Yocum (Anclote High School), Gil Burlew (Manatee Technical College) & Pauline Sevigny (Grace Aerospace LLC) - 2024 FLATE Manufacturing Award Winners!

Valenica College's CNC Machining Class visited Collins Manufacturing yesterday during Florida's Manufacturing Month!

Manfacturing Month activities continue in Florida. It's not too late to plan your event to let students know about careers in manufacturing!

Celebrating Manufacturing Month with the City of Clearwater, Florida, the Bay Area Manufacturers Association & Monin!

St. Petersburg College Clearwater Campus held their annual Manufacturing, Engineering, Construction & Architecture Expo (MECCA) where over 1,000 Pinellas County students learned about career opportunities!

Thank you to everyone who came out to our cool MECCA event today and learned about all the amazing opportunities in the fields of manufacturing, engineering, construction, and architecture! ⚙️

Today is Manufacturing Day! Manufacturing’s biggest annual event helps inspire the next generation of creators. Since 2012, Manufacturing Month has kicked off on the 1st Friday in October to help students discover financially rewarding job opportunities. We will be sharing events happening throughout Florida. Please share your events with .

Congratulations to Marilyn Barger who was inducted today to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows Class of 2023! College membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering and medicine research, practice, or education” and to "the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering or developing/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education." FloridaMakes

Southern Manufacturing Technologies introduced 30 seniors from Alonso High School (Hillsborough County) to manufacturing careers today! Thanks to Future Career Academy, and local industries, students visited multiple companies over 8 days of field trips (today is day 6).

It's CTE Month! Join us as we celebrate the value of CTE and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs
across the country. Career and technical education directly prepares students for high-wage, high-skill and high-demand careers. It's CTE Month! Visit ctemonth.org for ways to get involved.

NCyTE is coming to Florida for this Cybersecurity Across Disciplines Faculty Training on Jan 5-6! $500 stipend. Register now: https://ncytecenter.wildapricot.org/event-4926918

📢Share this opportunity with your advanced manufacturing colleagues!

Cybersecurity knowledge and abilities are needed in many of today's industries. That's why NCyTE, in collaboration with Microsoft, FLATE, College of Central Florida, and CSSIA, are excited to offer this exciting opportunity:

Cybersecurity Across Disciplines: Faculty Development for Manufacturing/Automation.

The focus of this academy is to cross-train multi-disciplinary faculty to incorporate cybersecurity concepts and practices into their community / technical college program disciplines.

WHEN:
January 5-6, 2023 | 9:00AM - 3:00PM Eastern

IN-PERSON:
College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL.

This 2-day in-person faculty development academy is tailored for community college faculty in manufacturing and automation. The workshop will provide faculty with curriculum, content, and assessment instruments.

Seating is limited to 20 faculty. Eligible faculty will receive a $500 stipend upon successfully completing the academy. Lunch will be provided.

Each workshop includes:

-Model lesson plans
-Cybersecurity Principles
-Cybersecurity operations
-Risk Management and assessment
-Incident Response
-Secure communications
-Governance and compliance
-Disaster recovery and business continuity

Participants can expect to:

-Improve their knowledge of emerging technologies, products, and trends in the cybersecurity field
-Receive Instructional resources and regional workforce statistics
-Increase technical expertise and credentials
-Gain knowledge of how to engage with regional industry
-Build additional leadership skills

Don't miss out. Register here: https://ncytecenter.wildapricot.org/event-4926918