Congratulations and Thank You to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems for their Co-Ops and Summer Help Program. 

The Avon headquarters has students from Case Western, Cleveland State, Bowling Green, The Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati, University of Akron, University of Toledo, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Michigan Technological University. This program allows college students to work in Sales and Marketing, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE), and various Engineering roles. Some have been able to take advantage of various training opportunities to get certified in Scrum methods, CPR certification and have travelled to our manufacturing plants to support customer events and demos. 

Congratulations and Thank You to LCCC, Bendix, Logisync, Thogus, Emerson/RIDGID and Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital, JVS for their participation in ESC Lorain County’s Educator Externship.

Educators from 11 different school districts were able to connect their teachers to the above “In Demand” workplaces. This type of professional development experience is transformative to educators and their students as teachers build the bridge between skills-based and knowledge-based education. The externship experience helps teachers connect classroom content with students’ future career interests and helps students develop both the academic and technical skills required in the world they are preparing to enter. Thanks to Dave Miller of the ESC for spearheading this great program!

Both of these Internship and Externship programs are the way we connect to our “emerging workforce” in high school and college and this is how we get the next generation to return and continue to grow Lorain County!