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Sign up for an NDSCS Special Event Tour Day

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North Dakota State College of Science will be hosting ten special event days on the Wahpeton campus to showcase selected academic programs to prospective students.

Attendees will have a chance to tour the NDSCS-Wahpeton campus, visit with department students and staff, get an up close look at the academic offerings and speak with financial aid or an enrollment specialist with any questions. Lunch will be provided by NDSCS.

NDSCS Special Event Days:

  • Dental Day- October 20, 2011
  • Open Campus Day- October 20 and 21, 2011
  • Auto/Diesel Day- October 28, 2011
  • Ag Day- November 10, 2011
  • Electrical Day- November 14, 2011
  • High School Senior Day- November 18, 2011
  • John Deere Tech Day- November 21, 2011
  • Dental Day- January 18, 2012
  • Manufacturing Day- February 3, 2012
  • Discovery Day- March 23, 2012

To register for a special event day, log on to ndscs.edu/specialevent or call 701-671-2173.  If you have questions or would like more information, contact Sonja Fenske at 701-671-2173 or by email at sonja.fenske@ndscs.edu.

Manufacturing jobs are in high demand

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by Valley News Live

Area Jobs in High Demand Video

Kyle Young has known what he’s wanted to do for a long time.

Young says, “I was always very interested in manufacturing. I was interested in mostly cars and the assembly line process.”

But little did he know, his manufacturing job would be in high demand.

Fargo-Moorhead Economic Development Corporation President, Kevin McKinnon, says, “Those employers, that they have grown and that they do have the demand for their products.”

It’s a good problem with a bad reputation. At North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, one of the manufacturing program is only half full.

One reason people don’t choose manufacturing jobs is the stigmas against it where people think they’ll sit at a conveyor belt and tighten a bolt all day, but technology has changed that.

McKinnon says, “You are not manually doing heavy lifting yourself. You’re actually operating machines.”

Most jobs only take two years of school. And if all that isn’t enough to persuade you, how about around 50 thousand dollars starting pay? And with a high placement rate, you can almost guarantee yourself a high tech and stable job.

In the region, Caterpillar is expanding its plant and adding 250 new jobs in the next few years, so that means demand will be even higher. But manufacturers aren’t employer’s only hot commodity. There is also a shortage in IT, engineering and healthcare.