Mayor's Office of Employment Development/ City Wide Industry Advisory
Board

Manufacturing Engineering and Technology " Technology 2000 Exposition"

Mergenthaler High School
3500 Hillen Road, Baltimore, Maryland

The Career Connections Manufacturing Engineering and Technology City Wide Advisory Board, Chaired by Leon Gibson of Black and Decker, is sponsoring its annual " Technology 2000" Exposition on February 14, 2001 at 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. The Exposition will be held at Mergenthaler High School ( 3500 Hillen Road). Over300 middle and high school students will have the opportunity to explore careers in the Manufacturing and Engineering and Technology industries

Participating Industry businesses include: Adcore, U.S. Coat Guard Shipyard, Black and Decker, Britchard and Brown, DOALL Industries, NIST, Micro Machining, Fabricator Steel, Precision Computer, Berman's Auto, Kennel, and Amex. Participating schools include Mergenthaler, Patterson, Northwestern, and Southern High Schools, Herring Run, Falstaff, Highlandtown, Ben Franklin, Canton, Thurgood Marshall, Chinquapin, and Northeast Middle Schools. Mergenthaler Alumni Association and local officials were also invited to the event.

Career Connections is a partnership program sponsored by the Office of Employment Development and the Baltimore City Public School System. Career Connections brings educators, employers, students, parents, and other community leaders together to prepare students for career and educational opportunities. Through the Career Connections partnership, employers can take an active role in molding and shaping students' perspective of current industry trends and practices. The use of Industry Advisory Boards brings business and the future workforce together. Students gain direct access to industry opportunities, and employers in turn have the capacity to access well-prepared employees. The partnership does not just raise the quality of the individual professions, but it raises the quality of living for the entire community.

For more information on this event contact Josephine Morgan (MOED) Mayor's Office of Employment Development (410) 396-6727

"Technology 2000" is sponsored by The Office of Employment Development, Baltimore City Public Schools, and the Baltimore City Workforce Investment Board-Youth Council