The AED Foundation is pleased to announce that in 2012 The mikeroweWORKS Foundation will award tools scholarships to two students at each AED Affiliated technical school. Fifty-two equipment technology students will each receive a $1,000 tools scholarship; the total amount of scholarships to be awarded is $52,000.
These scholarships are representative of Mike Rowe’s unique “boots on the ground” approach to technical workforce development. In a time when jobs for many college graduates are hard to come by, The mikeroweWORKS Foundation is working to make students aware of and align them with the excellent opportunities in professional technical occupations. Awareness is a good thing, but Rowe also is helping students receive financial resources they need to pursue these occupations in career areas where there is great employer demand. Just check out www.mikeroweworks.com to learn more about his “grass roots” approach.
AED and The AED Foundation would like to express our sincere thanks to Mike Rowe and the people at The mikeroweWORKS Foundation for everything they are doing on behalf of workforce development in the construction industry, including these tools scholarships.
Mike Rowe is the creator and host of the widely-watched and acclaimed show “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel. I’m sure you have also seen him on television and the Web talking about his relationships with Ford Motor Company, Caterpillar, Inc., Cat Footwear, Master Lock and Kimberly-Clark. What you may not know is that Mike is dedicated to promoting the skilled trades, including our construction-related industries, in an effort to address image and workforce issues. Through his website, mikeroweWORKS.com, young and not-so-young alike are exposed to the great industry we work in, are given lots of resources to help make informed choices as to career and technical job options and information as to where they may find schools and financial aid to help them achieve their goals. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to visit www.mikeroweWORKS.com for yourself. The site will give you an idea of the broad scope of his mission. As is evident by his involvement with “I Make America” (www.imakeamerica.com) and “Go Build Alabama” (www.gobuildalabama.com) campaigns and the continuing work of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, Mike is not just talking about things, he is doing them!
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5 Comments
When you read about how much has been accomplished so far, and in such a short amount of time, it’s very impressive. And to have 52 recipients is wonderful! Congratulations to all of the winners!
Proud to be any part of this.MRW rocks.
Congratulations to those awarded tools scholarship.
May it help get your feet firmly planted in the door.
Awesome news! Congrats to all those who will receive the scholarships and to mrW for helping these students to a great start.
Awesome. Congratulations to those 52 students. Embrace this opportunity.