Women in Fluid Power
The National Fluid Power Association NFPA, wrapped up its regional meeting series this week with the Chicago area meeting held at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, IL. For more information about 2018 regional meetings please visit their website . It was a very nice event with two excellent speakers. Tamima Farooqui is the Job Resource Specialist at the college and she gave a very thorough overview on what kinds of jobs technical students are seeking and how they can best assimilate into the workforce. She gave some background on the type of training and counseling they receive at Moraine Valley. The second speaker, Neil Barker, Associate Professor of Integrated Systems Technology furthered the notion of a diverse workforce. He gave some great insights into the technical training and career aspirations of their technical students. Later, Neil gave a tour of their new fluid power lab. Near the end of her presentation, Tam...