Michelin holds “Signing Day” for Technical Scholars program
May 17, 2017
Michelin North America’s Lexington manufacturing site held a ‘Signing Day’ ceremony for area high school students who have been selected to further their education at Midlands Technical College, as part of Michelin’s Technical Scholar program.
Eight students from area high schools in Lexington School District One and Lexington/Richland School District 5 were chosen as Michelin Technical Scholars. In fall 2017, they will enroll in Midlands Technical College’s Electronic Engineering Technology and Associate in General Technology (Mechatronics) degree programs. The students, through Michelin’s Technical Scholars program, will receive full scholarships covering their tuition, fees and books. The students will also work part-time at Michelin, earning on-the-job training and experience in their chosen field. Each of the students selected for the program has exhibited the potential for a career as a technician with Michelin.
Students receiving the scholarships include:
- James Daniel Phillips – White Knoll High School
- Tyler Blaine Martin – White Knoll High School
- Kameron Thomas Keisler – River Bluff High School
- Jacob Lee O’Neal – Pelion High School
- Dylan Blake Frost – Gilbert High School
- Katelyn Elise Bosma – Chapin High School
- Ross Carlyle Gilbert – Dutch Fork High School
- Quinten Thomas Epting – Midlands Technical College
“The Michelin Tech Scholars program is one of Michelin’s innovative approaches to workforce development. It is the perfect partnership between industry, K-12 education and the Technical College System,” according to Michael Williams, Facility Personnel Manager for the Lexington passenger tire manufacturing plant. “Like college athletic ‘signing days,’ we’re here to celebrate with this ‘career signing day.’”
“These students are signing with Midlands Technical College as well as Michelin,” said MTC President Ronald L. Rhames. “We are very proud to welcome these outstanding individuals to the MTC family. MTC and Michelin North America have a proven history of partnerships. MTC provides technically minded students with the best education possible. Michelin provides the scholarships that help those students succeed. I hope this signing day is the first of many more we will celebrate for years to come.”
About Michelin North America
Dedicated to the improvement of sustainable mobility, Michelin designs, manufactures and sells tires for every type of vehicle, including airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, heavy-duty trucks and motorcycles. The company has earned a long-standing reputation for building innovative premium tires. In addition to tires, the company also publishes travel guides, hotel and restaurant guides, maps and road atlases. Headquartered in Greenville, S.C., Michelin North America (www.michelinman.com) employs about 22,700 and operates 19 major manufacturing plants.
About Midlands Technical College
Midlands Technical College (MTC) is a comprehensive, multi-campus, public, two-year college serving Richland, Lexington and Fairfield counties of South Carolina. The fifth-largest provider of higher education in South Carolina and the largest provider of transfer students to four-year colleges and universities in the state, MTC enrolls approximately 15,000 credit students annually. The college’s Corporate and Continuing Education program, one of the largest and most comprehensive in the Southeast, annually has 15,000 and provides continuing education to hundreds of area businesses each year. MIDLANDSTECH.EDU
