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Partner Highlights

This section will be continually updated with photos, details and case study results of the on-going engagement of students with Business/Community Partners.


College-NOW Lunch With the Leaders - Guest Leaders

  • Dr. Kathy Sullivan, President & CEO, COSI Columbus and Former NASA Astronaut


  • Mr. Grant Milliron, President, Milliron Industries


  • Panel of Human Resource Professionals:

    • Dan Fortman, Vise President Human Resources - Eagle Crusher Company Inc.
    • Lee Wilkins, Corporate Director, Human Resources - The Gorman-Rupp Company. Inc.
    • Beth Williams, Senior Human Resources Generalist - Stoneridge, Inc. Hi-Stat Lexington Division


  • Mr. Thomas Ash, Director of Governmental Relations - Buckeye Association of School Administrations


  • Dr. Walter Rychlewski, Professor of Entrepreneurship, an Engineer, an Entrepreneur - Institute for Entrpreneurship & Innovation, School of Computing and Engineering - Bloch School of Business and Public Administration - University of Missouri Kansas City


  • Dr. Kay E. Strong, Initiatives for the Future and Associate Professor of Economics - Bowling Green State University, Firelands College


  • Dr. James M. Marder, Ph.D.., FASM, Technical Director, Lifelong Learning & Education - ASM International - The Materials Information Society



Lunch Session Photos

Dr. James Marder with College-NOW faculty prior to his Lunch With the Leaders presentation.
Dr. Marder listens to a College-NOW student describe the innovative solution students developed for repairing an electric motor.

Dr. Walter Rychlewski, Professor of Entrepreneurship at University of Missouri Kansas City Tells Students About What It Takes to Start A Business and the Importance Of Education
Dr. Kathy Sullivan, Former NASA Astronaut, With College-NOW Students
Dr. Kathy Sullivan Addresses Students on the Importance of Engineering


Dr. Kay Strong informing students about future careers that will be available to them that don't currently exist.

Grant Milliron Critiques Student Presentations
Grant Milliron With College-NOW Students


Student Parcipitation Highlights


College-NOW Students Visit Business Partners Located at Braintree

Mark Hess, Owner of Hess Industries, Demonstrates Solid Edge Design Software
Mark Hess Describes the Tool & Dye Making Process
Mark Huffman Discusses the Generator Developed by By Graywacke Industries
Braintree Business Representatives Meet With Students to Discuss Work Issues and Education


Memorandum of Understanding with the Braintree Center for Business Innovation

Local business incubator establishes relationship with College-NOW




Case Study Results

Cahara Fluid Power

Student summary presentation of work in hydraulics.
View the PowerPoint Presentation



PPG - Crestline Plant

Student presentation of work with acoustic quality control processes.
View the PowerPoint Presentation



Graywacke Engineering

Local engineering start-up company uses the College-NOW program to help fine tune alterations to generators to be used by the federal government.
View the PowerPoint Presentation


College-Now is a program of concurrent enrollment developed through the collaboration of:
North Central State College College Tech Prep Pioneer Career & Technology Center
Contact Us:
P.O. Box 698  /  Mansfield, OH 44901
Phone: 419.755.4794  /  E-Mail: info@college-now.org