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MEC is designated a 2009 Innovation of the Year
The League for Innovation in the Community College recognized Central Community College’s Mechatronics Education Center for the college’s 2009 Innovation of the Year. The award honored MEC innovations in the Learning and Teaching categories. (more...)
The MEC collaborative role in Workforce Development
The Mechatronics Education Center program plays an important role in developing the current and future workforce in Nebraska. Besides delivering training for over 1600 workers and students in technical workshops and college courses since 2005, the MEC has leveraged relationships with its business, education, and government partners to grow. (more...)
Returning to “Work” Leads to the Design of Problem-based Learning Activities
To help bridge the perceived disconnect between the needs of business and industry and the requirements of formal education, the MEC sponsored a collaborative program designed to build new
relationships and address some of the issues. (more...)
Festo: A Key Partner in a Vibrant Program
Nine years ago, Festo Corporation, an international manufacturer and automation solution provider, and Central Community College (CCC), an innovative higher education institution, met at the Community College Futures Assembly in Orlando, Florida, and started a relationship that became the foundation for the Mechatronics Education Center (MEC). (more...)
Nebraska Mechatronics Education Center: Experiential Education and a New Level of Technical Training
The MEC team was selected to conduct a breakout session presentation during the 2008 Workforce Innovations Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. (more...)
MEC Program Overview and a YouTube Presence
In July 2008, an MEC Program Overview DVD was released. The DVD defines Mechatronics and explains its importance to business and industry in Nebraska. (more...)
Helping develop a Mechatronics program in another state
Through MEC successes and collaboration with partners at a national level, Mechatronics Project Coordinator Dan Davidchik was invited to conduct a Mechatronics project workshop to the key leaders associated with the TechReadySC project - TechReadySC is a collaboration of five technical/community college programs in the Upstate region of South Carolina. (more...)
MEC Technical Workshops build capacity of BD employees
In the summer of 2007, the Mechatronics Education Center successfully initiated a Return-to-Work (RTW) program which allowed educators the opportunity to learn more Nebraska manufacturers through a job-shadowing experience. In 2007, the RTW program successfully facilitated 41 educators from throughout Nebraska as they shadowed one of 18 host manufacturers. (more...)
Linking Business and Education Leaders Summit
Central Community College hosted a conference entitled Linking Business and Education Leaders Summit – Recruiting for the Future; A Competition for Talent to address workforce shortages facing all Nebraska businesses. (more...)
MEC Technical Workshops build capacity of BD employees
Central Community College collaborated with MEC business participant BD Pharmaceutical to develop a training program - the SCF Customized Training Pilot Program was designed to improve both skill and knowledge areas within the department, and, ultimately, allow the SCF department to become more productive. (more...)
Welding Training Provides Critical Skills for ESL Students
Leaders from business and industry shared concerns about their needs for workers with welding skills with leaders in the Nebraska Workforce Development office, the Columbus Economic Council, and Central Community College. To address the shortfall for welders in manufacturing, the group worked to develop and deliver two 112-hour welding programs. (more...)
Mechatronics Awareness Leads to Degree Program Growth
The Central Community College (CCC) Mechatronics/Industrial Technology degree program is beginning to reap the academic benefits of the Mechatronics Education Center (MEC) career awareness programs. One of the goals of the MEC is to increase an awareness of high skill, high demand careers in manufacturing. (more...)
Becton Dickinson Seeks to Develop its Capabilities in Tight Labor Market
Becton Dickinson is embracing the resources of the Mechatronics Education Center. Three separate BD manufacturing plants in Nebraska are training their people and hosting area educators as participants in the MEC project. (more...)
Opportunities with the NFPA Education/Industry Summit
In March 2007, representatives from the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) invited Mechatronics Education Center team members to submit an abstract for a proposal on fluid power. The proposal was accepted and MEC Project Director Doug Pauley presented it at the NFPA Education/Industry Summit in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21-22, 2007. (more...)
The Columbus High School Mechatronics Program
The Mechatronics Education Center (MEC) and its staff have assisted Columbus High School in the development of the state’s first high school Mechatronics program. (more...)
Scotus Central Catholic and Science in the Community
The Mechatronics Education Center (MEC) and its staff has worked diligently to help Nebraska high school teachers, business leaders and local manufacturing companies understand new learning opportunities related to the emerging field of Mechatronics. (more...)
Cargill invests in Schuyler's Mechatronics program
A designed intent of the Mechatronics Education Center is to foster statewide mentor relationships between MEC businesses and partner high schools. This is occurring in a number of locations through MEC business-high school partner communications in Nebraska. (more...)
Tri-V Tool grows MEC with Papillion La Vista Schools
Jim and John Vyhidal, Quality Director and Vice President, respectively, for Tri-V Tool & Manufacturing kept running into the Mechatronics Education Center (MEC). (more...)
The Nebraska SkillUSA Mechatronics Competition
For the third consecutive year, Central Community College hosted the state of Nebraska SkillsUSA competition. (more...)
“Return to Work” Program Promotes Manufacturing Career Awareness
In spring 2007, college and high school teachers, guidance counselors, and administrators were invited to participate in another MEC program offering called Return-to-Work (RTW). (more...)
SkillsUSA Nationals and the Growth of Interest in Manufacturing Careers
During a recent MEC Steering Committee meeting Tony Glenn, Educational Specialist for the Nebraska Department of Education, remarked that the MEC was having a favorable impact on the enrollment and interest in industrial technology programs in the Nebraska. (more...)
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