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    End-users and integrators are partnering with community colleges and other organizations to recruit, nurture and retain new employees—and get everyone the skills they need
    Source: MxD
    Figure 1: Steady streams of students and other visitors take in the digital and cybersecurity demonstrations at Manufacturing times Digital (MxD) institute, which provides participants with programs in digitalized tools, cybersecurity and workforce expertise.
    Chicago-based MxD familiarizes participants with digitalized tools, cybersecurity and workforce expertise
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    Community college builds labs and collaborates with local schools and companies
    Source: Endress+Hauser
    Endress+Hauser’s local and regional outreach efforts include collaborating with k-12 schools, colleges and universities, and its larger communities, via its Community Career+Education Forum (CCEF) that’s been held annually since 2014. These events were joined in 2022 by its Design & Innovation Studio program for coding, 3D modeling, robotics and automation.
    Nexus interest-matching program and Community Career+Education Forum each reach a decade of service
    Source: CPET and San Jacinto College
    Figure 1: The 32-ft, propylene glycol distillation and recycling unit at LyondellBasell’s Center for Petrochemical Energy & Technology (CPET) at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas, includes an eight tray column, DeltaV DCS, cooling water, boiler and reverse osmosis utilities, and 72 I/O with smart Rosemount transmitters. CPET’s glass pilot plant has two tank farms, feeding four process units, and all-glass and -acrylic components for easier observation.
    Nine labs at LyondellBasell’s Center for Petrochemical Energy & Technology allow hands-on instruction
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    AMT lives and breathes respect, integrity, support and excellence
    Source: JJC
    Joliet Junior College and ISA’s Will-DuPage chapter recently assisted the Polished Pebbles program at Shoop Academy in Chicago with its Pink Hard Hat project to introduce African American and Latina girls to skilled trades, construction and manufacturing, including process automation and JJC’s Process Control Instrumentation Technology program. The project started with JJC hosting 25 students at an automation lab, career panel and networking event.
    JJC graduates, staff and supporters help meeting the staffing needs of Chicago-area process companies
    Source: Emerson
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    Accurate, flexible and simple to use, Rosemount 3144S enables efficient, safe and profitable processes
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    Artificial intelligence helps industry on its path toward autonomous operations
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    Technicians and engineers often fail to make best use of microprocessor-based transmitters
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