Expanding Education and Workforce Development
MSU administrators welcomed Continental Tire executives from the company’s Clinton manufacturing facility May 21 to explore a holistic partnership of research, experiential learning and workforce training, building on the current online education agreement between the two. Those involved in the talks were, first row, l to r, Mark E. Keenum, MSU president; Mihaela Bobaru, talent management and organizational development, and Paulo Pinto, maintenance manager, both of Continental Tire; and Josie Guerry, manager of graduate and distance education, MSU Bagley College of Engineering. Second row, Susan Seal, executive director, MSU Center for Distance Education; Robert Green, assistant dean, MSU Bagley College of Engineering; Ted Shaner, product industrialization manager, and Scott Baldwin, production area manager, both of Continental Tire; and Jason Keith, dean, and Kari Babski-Reeves, associate dean and industrial & systems engineering department head, both of the MSU Bagley College of Engineering.
Photo by Kristen Polk
