GRAND RAPIDS - The Going PRO Talent Fund is a Michigan government program that manufacturers have leveraged to equip workers with the skills they need in the Industry 4.0 landscape. The program, which received $40 million in the current state budget, awards grants to manufacturers and other employers throughout the state that they can use
ALLENDALE — Grand Valley State University leaders have expanded a tuition-free program that opens its doors to any qualified Michigan student who wants to enroll at the university. The Grand Valley Pledge awards full undergraduate tuition (renewable for four years) to qualified students who have a family income of less than $50,000. It is available
WASHINGTON D.C. – The National Association of Manufacturers announced the Executive Committee of its Board of Directors has elected Dow Inc. Chairman and CEO Jim Fitterling as board chair and appointed Johnson & Johnson Executive Vice President and Chief Global Supply Chain Officer Kathy Wengel as vice chair. With the industry on the front lines
DETROIT - It seems as if during the past couple of years we have entered the wave towards the legalization of marijuana throughout the world has kicked off. And although we’d very much like to think that soon this plant will be fully legal in several more countries, we have to face the fact that
ANN ARBOR - When Russia invades the Ukraine in the next week or so, according to US Intelligence Reports, will the US response provoke Russia into attacking the US power grid? Richard Stiennon, founder of IT-Harvest, and author of the Book, "There will be Cyberwar," weighs in on that question in this video interview. Already
ANN ARBOR - In the new Netflix movie “Don’t Look Up,” two actors playing fictional Michigan State University astronomers discover a comet on a collision course with Earth and struggle to convince people to take them seriously. The film is a satire about society’s inability to cope with climate change. Below, several real-world scientists from
DETROIT - General Motors is finding new markets for its hydrogen fuel cell systems, announcing that it will work with another company to build mobile electricity generators, electric vehicle charging stations and power generators for military camps. The emissions-free generators will be designed to power large commercial buildings in the event of a power outage,
ANN ARBOR - Rick Thompson, executive director of Michigan NORML, provides the latest cannabis headlines, including Kalamazoo Valley Community College to offer cannabis training programs; the Pot for Plasma drive that offers free pre-rolls for blood donations; how big will cannabis reform be nationally in 2022; and excavations in China shows the Tang Dynasty rulers
DETROIT - In a time where millions of people around the world are working from their homes, companies need to ensure their remote workers have a reliable means of communication with colleagues and clients. When a company has a workforce distributed throughout the world, they often find themselves in a circumstance where one or two
ANN ARBOR - The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the pace of business and companies with superior technology capabilities are winning the race, says Executive Search Partners' Gary Erickson. Now companies are looking for CIOs (Chief Information Officers) with business improvement track records, and not just technological expertise, he says. If you are looking for
