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Girls encouraged to join work world in manufacturing sector

By: Dave Thompson|March 9, 2025
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    • Paul Smith, at right,  of Black Hawk College in Moline shows a group of girls some of the machinery in the Manufacturing Lab on the Moline campus on Friday, March 7, during the Women in Manufacturing Summit. Nearly 100 junior high school girls attended the event. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    Gillian Scmeider loved what she was seeing Friday, March 7, at Black Hawk College in Moline.

    The 13-year-old girl from Orion Middle School was one of nearly 100 young girls to learn about jobs in the manufacturing world during a summit at the college.

    Gillian and many of her classmates toured a manufacturing lab on the Moline…

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