<body><div>QUINCY, Illinois— On Wednesday, students with John Wood Community College celebrated their upcoming apprenticeships with different area companies .It’s part of a program meant to give students a look at the real workforce.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1Kb8Pl_1DL8L0CH00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1Kb8Pl_1DL8L0CH00" width="1662" height="1247" ></figure>The Great River Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) Program is a nationally recognized program, giving students the chance to partner with different local companies to apply for apprenticeships.<blockquote>“The FAME program is designed to kind of be an earn and learn program. Students are able to be in the classroom for a portion of the time, and then are able to, go right into the workforce at a portion of the time,” Madison Peters the Vice President of the Great River Economic Development Foundation said. “These students are ending their career in two years, as skilled technicians in advanced manufacturing.”</blockquote>Eight different students got the chance to sign up for the real world work experience on Wednesday.ADM had the most signings with four students, Knapheide took on two students this year, while DOT Foods and Titian Wheel had one student sign each.<blockquote>“To us it's a really an exciting opportunity to be able to have students and colleagues with us that are earning and learning at the same time,” Kate Hatem-Pritchett the ADM Complex Manager said. “The program through FAME with John Wood and Greta really allows local, employers to be able to have new, interested-in-manufacturing people come in, learn a lot in the classroom, and then get to apply those skills hands-on in the field. And with our site we're able to partner them with a number of different experienced leaders to be learning from across our refinery, as well as the crush side, and the maintenance, departments, as well as the electrical department. So it's exciting.”</blockquote>This year, John Wood had their first female student selected and sign on for an apprenticeship through the FAME program. Recent high school graduate Maddie Sommer is the one breaking that glass ceiling by signing with ADM.Sommer has been working with FAME since December, after she decided she needed a career-path change. She tells us that she had mixed emotions when she got the call she’d been picked for an apprenticeship.<blockquote>“I was a little nervous at first because I didn't know what my plans were. I literally just graduated, so it's, it's a little nervous on what my plans were,” Sommer said. “I've worked since December for this, so, and then literally we had interviews and then I got the call and I started, like, freaking out.”</blockquote>FAME officials say they are excited to see what these students achieve, and are expected to continue to work with the John Wood Community College to give students the footing they need.John Wood officials say you do have to be a student with JWCC to be eligible for the program. Students can click here to apply or learn more about the program.</div></body>

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QUINCY, Illinois— On Wednesday, students with John Wood Community College celebrated their upcoming apprenticeships with different area companies . It’s part of a program meant to give students a look at the real workforce. The Great River Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) Program is a nationally recognized...

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QUINCY, Illinois— On Wednesday, students with John Wood Community College celebrated their upcoming apprenticeships with different area companies . It’s pa

JWCC’s Great River FAME program guides students into the workforce

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