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HIWT Visits Troy High School

By: April Wise

It was a delightful and eye opening day for the students at Troy
High School on February 24th. April Wise and Melinda Jeffery
visited the high school with both the Miller Augmented Arc and
Lincoln Vtrex Engage virtual reality welders. This was a prelude
to the workshop that was scheduled for March 21st for Troy HS
kids who had never been exposed to welding. The visit was
educational and interesting with several kids trying their hand at
virtual welding. Students asked a lot of questions about what
welding was, what a career in welding would be like and how
to get into it. Some students we spoke with had no idea what
the Institute was or that we were located in their backyard of
Troy, OH. Many of the students made multiple passes with the
welders, competing to get a better score then their friends had
gotten. Even some of the Troy High School teachers and the
Principal gave it a go. This brought out the competitive nature
in many students who then decided they needed to see if they Students and Teachers try test their Skill at Welding
could best their teacher’s and principal’s score.

“It is so rewarding seeing students get excited about a trade they knew nothing about”
stated HIWT Career Development Coordinator and HIWT Alum April Wise. “My dad was
a millwright so I knew about the skilled trades growing up. It is sad that kids don’t get
exposure to the careers that are available in these fields. I think our trip to Troy High School
gave students something else to consider when deciding on a career path.”

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Georgetown University Study
Georgetown University Study
By Janet Piechocki
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology Workforce titled: Ranking ROI of 4,500
hosts an annual Collaborate to Educate U.S. Colleges and Universities. The study
event in June of each year. Last year, showed that of the 4,500 post-secondary
Cassandra Wirth from the Bureau of schools analyzed, Hobart Institute of HIWT staff has always found pleasure
Labor and Statistics attended the event Welding Technology placed 19th for in our students’ successes. We cannot
to discuss how the BLS calculates and the 10-year return on investment. This succeed if they don’t succeed. The best
posts the consumer price index and how placed HIWT in the .05 percent in all education in the world means nothing
the instructors that attended this event schools in the survey. The criteria they if the student can’t find a viable career.
could utilize this information in educating used calculated the NPV (Net Present Our job at HIWT is not only delivering
their students. Cassandra also spoke Value). The net present value is how the best training we can to our students,
about the shortage of welders in the much a sum of money in the future but also ensuring that they are able
field and how they calculate statistics is valued today. This metric includes to find rewarding work and letting
regarding the field of welding. Her costs, future earnings, and the length them know our door is always open if
presentation was very insightful and she, of time it would take to invest and earn they need us to help them within their
in-turn learned a lot about the field of a certain amount of money over a fixed careers in the future.
welding. horizon. You can view the entire survey Source: Carnevale, A. P., Cheah, B., & Van Der
In December 2019, Cassandra alerted by visiting: https://cew.georgetown.edu/ Werf, M. (2019). A First Try at ROI: Ranking 4,500
Colleges. Retrieved May 12, 2020, from https://
us about a study done by Georgetown cew-reports/CollegeROI/ cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/collegeroi/
University’s Center on Education and the

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