WEBVTT - 2-5-26 Sloan with Gregory Crawford 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:05.760 You want to join me. Dowbound seven hundred WLA. Welcome 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:07.600 to it. You know, I am sick to the trade. 0:00:07.840 --> 0:00:11.119 Only first on the radio station that actually is a 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:13.159 blue collar kind of guy. Everyone else sits on and they, 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:15.840 you know, they really suese people. It's a stupid job. 0:00:16.680 --> 0:00:18.439 I sit in here and talk to myself for three hours. 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:20.400 I have no idea if you're listening, and then why 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:23.320 I'm not here. I'm doing the constructor light itself, you know, remodeling, 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:25.079 and I rentals and things like that. So I love 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:27.920 the trades and I'm passionate about it, and I love 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:31.080 getting people in industry and manufacturing and things like that. 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:33.640 So that's I'm excited when I saw this story. A 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:37.120 thirty one million dollar advanced manufacturing workforce and innovation hub 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:39.479 is going in in Hamilton. It's if you know the 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:41.760 old Champion Paper building is, it's located there. It's like 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.279 three hundred and seventy five thousand square feet. It's it's 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:47.879 incredible the scope of this, and it's Butler Tech. It's 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:50.880 Ohio mean Jobs, Butler County and our friends at Miami 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:54.200 University are all teaming up to do this project because 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:56.680 Ohio every year. We generate something like one hundred and 0:00:56.680 --> 0:00:59.960 forty billion dollars annually. Seven hundred thousand jobs in Ohio 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:02.840 are in what's called a m when you hear AM hub, 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:05.520 that's advanced manufacturing hub, and we want more of those 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:07.600 jobs here. Ohi's in the top five. We want to 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:09.960 be number one. And one of the people behind this 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:14.600 is the president of the Miami University, Gregory Crawford. Mister President, 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:15.559 Good morning, how are you. 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:16.440 Thanks for having me. 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:18.039 Yeah, I don't think I've ever had a president and 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:20.680 studio of anything before. Maybe you're gonna be the first. 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.280 This is hollowed ground. Hey, good to have you here 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:24.800 on the show this morning. And by the way, you know, 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:27.399 i'd be remiss by to take congratulations to your basketball team. 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:30.640 I know our men's team is undefeated and women is 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:34.080 undefeated in the MAC and hockey teams really doing super 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:38.720 well too. Yeah, so we're all excited about Red Hawk athletics. 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:41.880 I know I'm sick for hockey and Coffe's college basketball too. 0:01:41.959 --> 0:01:43.920 So Miami it's always a fun place to go and 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:47.560 watch games as well, And so congratulations for that. By 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:49.760 the way, you are the hope that of all Cincinnati 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:51.120 right now, because all the rest of our teams here 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:53.840 are terrible. So we are like totally leaning into Miami 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:55.480 University Athletics right now. 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:59.160 You hope we love the attention. I know you do. 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.520 Let's get into you'll hear the term am AT today 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:04.760 AM hub. We have AM and it means advanced manufacturing. 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.560 People here that go what exactly is advanced manufacturing? 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.440 So advanced manufacturing utilizes the state of the art equipment 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:16.560 and technology, and furthermore, it's leverages data science and artificial 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:20.560 intelligence and cybersecurity and the digital side of it as well. 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.600 And so our Advanced Manufacturing Hub is bringing that all 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:27.480 together for training for students that can do certificates, they 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:29.720 can do associate degrees or bachelor's degrees. 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:34.079 Yeah. And there's another one too. It's called additive manufacturing, 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:34.760 which is three D. 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.679 Right, it's three D manufacturing, yeah, and so it can 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:40.960 be One example would be a polymer that you program 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:43.280 it in it keeps layering the polymer down until it 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:45.400 gives you a great object that you're trying to design. 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:47.840 Right right, this is the future of you know, machine 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:50.040 shops used to be these greasy places and now it's 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:52.119 like a computer lab. Where you have to it's clean 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.200 rooms and white white lab coats, and even more so 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:56.080 with three D printing. And so if you think this 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:58.480 is these are the manufacturing jobs of old where you're 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:00.960 in a factory and it's awful, and you know, giant 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:03.480 presses are smashing your body parts, It's like, that's not 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:04.400 the way it is anymore. 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:09.079 Because D it's very it's super high tech. It's really impressive. 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:10.280 And what of these do you know the top of 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:13.720 your head, with these jobs typically pay, I'm not sure. 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:16.760 The graduates of engineering technology can start off in the 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:20.560 sixty to seventy thousand dollars range, just depending whether your 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:25.720 mechanical technology or computer technology or electoral technology. And so 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:27.880 there tend to be well paying jobs. They are in 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.680 demand and the employers are looking for that talent. 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:33.000 Yeah, and and and then that's the thing too, is 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:35.680 we have this in Ohio, this unique strategic advantage that 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:38.880 most other states don't have. Right, we have that geographic 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.160 position in Cincinnati is the heart of the country, right, 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:43.640 we're in the middle in the valley of that. We 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:47.960 also have infrastructure that's already in place, be it rail roads, 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:52.240 an automotive corridor. We have aerospace here in southwest Ohio, 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:54.280 and so all those things come together and it's really 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:57.640 attractive for businesses. The only missing piece, of course is 0:03:57.960 --> 0:03:59.000 workforce reagular labor. 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:02.040 Yeah, work for development is super important for Ohio and 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:05.080 any time they're trying to recruit a company to Ohio, 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:07.840 it comes down to talent, talent and talent. And so 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:10.880 we believe Butler Tech and Miami University and all our 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:15.120 partners Ohio means jobs. The Butler County Commissioners and the 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.320 City of Hamilton believe we can pull this off and 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:20.359 deliver the talent that this state needs to attract those companies. 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:22.200 Okay, so take me through it. Let's say somebody wants 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:24.520 to get into this program. What is their day like, 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:25.359 what is their life like? 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:28.560 Well, it's interesting, So there's all kinds of entry level points. 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:32.400 So we collaborate with the phenomenal Career Tech High School 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:36.080 and there we coexist together, but it's much more integrated 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:39.160 in that building. So Butler Tech is there, and so 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:42.159 students can graduate with the high school diploma with the 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:46.320 workforce development in manufacturing and then if they wish, they 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:50.160 can do a certificate at the Manufacturing hug they can 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:53.240 do an associate degree a bachelor's degree, and so the 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.719 education is very hands on, and so if a student's 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.880 looking to do experiential learning to get in there and learn, 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:03.919 I doing improve with practice and growth experience. It's the 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.480 right sort of career choice that you can take and 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:10.279 graduate with a great job and you don't necessarily have 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:12.280 to do all your degree all at once. You can 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:15.200 come in, get a certificate, go work. Then the company 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:18.039 can help pay for associate degree, go back, so we 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:21.520 can cycle back all these you know, students that we're 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.159 graduates and then get more advanced degrees as time goes on, 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:26.320 and we work hand in hand with our employers. 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:28.760 Yeah, and it's you, it's Butler Tech, it's Butler County, 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:31.080 and a high means jobs and so it's not just 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.760 you know, engineering students for example at Miami University, it's 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:36.520 also people to Butler Tech that are going to be 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:39.560 the technicians in the field and even high schools. It 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:41.600 sounds like as well, and you're you're encompassing all this. 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.359 It's a multi generational kind of thing and multi multi 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:45.520 practice kind of thing as well. 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:48.839 Yeah. Absolutely, and we're so excited to work with Butler Tech. 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.760 You know, it's a phenomenal career tech high school. It's 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:54.320 well known in Ohio but across the country, and we 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:56.800 bring that together with the Miami brand, and then we 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:59.240 have all the support of our partners through the Butler 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:02.160 County Commissioner and Ohio Means Jobs in the city of Hamilton, 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:04.320 and so it all kind of blended together in a 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:07.000 great way. And we had to launch on Monday, and 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:08.440 so we're off and going. I love this. 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.320 Everything's up and running at this point. How many students 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:12.520 that any one time can go through this. 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:16.159 It's a very large building, and so there'll certainly be 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:19.800 several hundred students in our Engineering technology program and there'll 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:23.120 be several hundred students that'll be from Butler Tech, and 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:24.839 we'll kind of have that end to end, you know, 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:26.560 the high school of the kids that'll be working a 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:29.800 little bit with the students at Miami and vice versa. 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:33.000 The Butler Tech students can also get college credit while 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:36.160 they're there, and so they can accelerate an associate or 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:38.960 a bachelor's degree and pay a lot less money for it. 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:41.880 And when they're done, because they can leverage the programs 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:44.039 at Ohio and get it paid for it. 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:48.200 I love how it also com mingles different different experiences 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.159 and backgrounds, which is important at university like Miami President Crawford, 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:53.719 but also younger people like it started. I'm guessing what 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:55.960 ninth tenth grade this starts, and then you get on 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:58.200 this track and then you're you know, working alongside or 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:01.039 learning alongside I should say, students from my university. And 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:03.640 so it's like this whole pipeline and when they graduate, 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:04.320 they're ready to go. 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:07.120 With the workforce exactly. So we're super excited and we 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:09.560 couldn't be more happy with our partners that came in 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:13.080 to make this all happen, this vision of reality. And 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:15.480 then I was super excited because it took about two 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:18.320 years and you could see it progress. We were able 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:21.080 with the Butler County Commissioner support and finance, we were 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:23.600 able to get that building is already adjacent to our 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:27.440 campus and touches it and so it broadened our campus out. 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:30.200 But the building, if you haven't seen it as spectacular 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:32.000 and the equipment is even more important. 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:33.920 I have to see it in person at some point too, 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:35.640 because I'm fast and I love that stuff and I 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.520 love advocating for it. He's a president of Miami University 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.720 doctor Gregor Crawford and study this morning and talking about 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:45.600 this new thirty one million dollar advanced manufacturing hub in Hamilton, 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:48.080 which is going to be a pipeline, a conduit for 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:49.920 jobs here in Ohio. We have all these wonderful things. 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:53.080 We've got proximity, we've got a location, we've got we've 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:55.720 got a workforce ready to go, and it's bringing all 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:56.400 these things together. 0:07:57.000 --> 0:07:58.480 And I don't often talk about you, as you know, the. 0:07:58.440 --> 0:08:01.720 Struggles universities are are well known, and I don't want 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:02.960 to say, you know, you've hit a bubble, but you 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:03.880 know your transition. 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:05.520 Let's put it this is this the future of the 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:06.520 way schools are going to go. 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:09.080 Now where we're we're taking not just the you know, 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:11.400 the halls of academia, but we're also going, hey, you know, 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:14.239 if you want hands on learning, experience and workforce ready, 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:16.760 we're pairing that into one seamless operation. 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:19.520 Yeah. It's it's actually works really well with our Hamilton 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:24.640 campus and the degrees there that were really popular was Engineering, 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:28.160 Technology and Commerce, which is the business degree there, and 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:31.520 nursing and healthcare and so forth. So it really came 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:35.400 into the vision with this manufacturing technology in a big way, 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:37.760 and then we hit with Butler Tech and then off 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:40.760 we go. And so I do think this experiential learning 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:44.000 is something that students are looking for. And also when 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:46.640 they graduate, you know, college is expensive, no question, they're 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:49.040 looking for a great career to jump right in. 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.640 And or or maybe it's the fact that like, hey, 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:54.319 I'm reluctant to do college because it's so expensive college. 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:56.080 I don't know if I'm college material, but I'll start 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.959 here with this hands on and maybe it grows to 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:00.959 the point where, like, you know what, I really want 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:02.760 to be an engineer, and then you go into the 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.640 Beckelord program at Miami and you know, you know you're 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:06.319 ready by that point. 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:08.800 Yeah, absolutely, And that's the pathway that they can follow 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.640 as well. They can start at the manufacturing hob and 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.319 if they want to go into, you know, an engineering degree, 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:18.079 they can transfer over to Miami and Oxford seamlessly and 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:20.240 and you know, move their career ahead that way. Yeah. 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:22.000 We're also going to see and I'm sure there is 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:25.160 how many companies, how many manufacturing companies are behind this, 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:27.760 because that's the motivator for them is, hey, we invest 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:29.880 in this, We've got a workforce already. We have a 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:34.440 say basically in how these students are coming out of school. 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:35.960 They're ready to learn as opposed to you know, you're 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:37.600 the stories like, well, now we've got to retrain them 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:39.520 the right way because of what they learned. Is there's 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:42.520 a disconnect. It sounds like this, this eliminates that. How 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:44.320 many companies are involved in this process? 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.240 Yeah, we got thirty companies so far, and it's an 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:50.240 exciting cohort. And you're right. They work with us to 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:53.720 think through the curricula and like what their talent needs 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:55.960 if they hire them in their company. And so we 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:59.600 get that first hand knowledge from our constituents and our 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:02.040 stakehold holders, and so we brought them into the fold 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.160 to help us think through what the next what the 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:05.320 future curriculum looks like. 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:09.120 Yeah, so Miami University is part of Miami Thrive. 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:10.960 I keep seeing that pop up to what is that. 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:14.200 Miami Thrive is the name of our brand new strategic plan. 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:17.000 And so we've been at it and we just are 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:20.440 now in the execution phase. We talked to more than 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:23.760 two thousand people and stakeholders. We had more than two 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:26.920 hundred that were involved in committee work and we thought 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:30.240 future back, so we ask ourselves, what do students want 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:33.199 twenty thirty five, and how do we prepare for that? 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:35.679 We thought present forward, lots of challenges and hire ed 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:38.040 as you mentioned, and so how do we stay robust? 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:40.760 And then also we thought past fulfilling. What got us 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:44.440 to this. Miami's been known for undergraduate education, the teacher 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.680 scholar model. We have phenomenal faculty that do both very well, 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:50.200 and we're really known for being student first, and we're 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:52.280 never going to lose that piece of it. So we're 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:55.120 moving into the future with some of the traditions that 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:57.400 got us here and then thinking big about some of 0:10:57.440 --> 0:10:58.640 the new stuff that we'll be offering. 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:01.360 Yeah, how quickly from graduation or you get a certificate? 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:03.400 Orders are you? Are you in the workforce the next 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:05.560 day if you wanted to be. There's gonna be no 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:08.480 problem to imagine matching people who graduate with a. 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:11.920 Job, absolutely no problem. Yeah whatsoever? Yeah, it's you know, 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:14.280 the next day. We may be embellishing a little bit there, 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:18.160 but once they graduate and also working at the manufacturing hub, 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:21.560 they're already knowing the companies who are going to want 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.320 to hire that, and so they'll have that in place, 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:27.000 and so they may even have job offers long before 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:28.920 they ground. They're fighting over the bodies. That's spine. It's 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:29.400 going to be fought. 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:32.160 It makes you feel you know, it validates your what 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:33.920 you've done, what you've invested in. You're like, Wow, all 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:35.800 these companies want to hire me. That's pretty cool. And 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:37.960 the better yar at what you do, have more money 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:39.719 you're gonna make. So that's that's how it should work. 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:40.160 Anyway. 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:42.280 I love that Ohio meets Jobs is right there with 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:44.240 you as well, and this whole step of the way 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:46.080 where they're going to you know, place people in these 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:48.280 and we're going to see more fan manufacturing wind up 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:50.880 relocating to Ohio because of the set imagine. 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:52.920 Yes, for sure, with the on storing and restoring taking 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:56.760 place in the country and how important manufacturing has been 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:59.719 in this country as a cornerstone and now going to 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:03.280 the future with advanced manufacturing, smart manufacturing and all the 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:06.760 AI that's taking place in manufacturing, we're ready to go. 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:09.760 And so we want to recruit the talent to graduate 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:11.800 and be a part of this industry and also recruit 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:14.560 those companies to Ohio and make a stronger economy here. 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:15.920 I'm sure the state is part of this going. 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:17.560 Hey, listen, we're going to try and now get these 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:20.320 companies to come back to Ohio and put up manufacturing 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:22.200 hubs around there, because you know in that area. It's 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:24.559 beautiful in Oxford, but there's all sorts of rumor if 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:26.280 you want to do it up there. I guess near Hamilton, 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:28.440 there's some areas that you can do that. But that's 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:29.840 not just here, it's across the whole state. And then 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:31.880 of course, you know Columbus, we've got Intel at some 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:34.000 points going and I think in thirty thirty one we've 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.400 got these AI data centers coming in and we're starting 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:38.120 to see resurgence here in Ohio. 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.360 Absolutely, and it's exciting because that just means there's a 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:43.439 lot more opportunity for our graduates right right. 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:44.719 Well, you want to you know, you want to be 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:46.559 able to pay off the loan at some point. I 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:48.960 got service the loan. That's a problem. And these are 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:50.920 the jobs that are needed right now. And I'm glad 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:53.200 we're finally leaning into this year. You know, I've been 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:55.079 a big proponent of the trades, but that's also part 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:56.840 of this too. You know that the people are going 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.319 to build a swiicility. You know, you've got plumbers, you've 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:01.560 got electricians, you get people who are experts in motor 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:03.880 systems and things like that, buildings and you know it's 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:07.040 good for everybody, and that that rising tide lifts all boats. 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:09.480 Where do you want to see this like in ten years? 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:11.960 Oh, I think it's going to be just thousands and 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:14.360 thousands of students. And we do want to have the 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.640 model where as I mentioned earlier, cycle back, So come 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:20.640 go to the workforce, work, you know, come part time, 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.520 take time off, come full time back to us. Just 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:26.000 keep it, you know, keep learning, piling up those credentials, 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:28.840 always to keep advancing in your career. But we're there 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:31.280 for you. And it really is a new definition of 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:33.640 lifelong learning because they can keep coming back and keep 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:35.920 getting more continuous learning as it were. 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:38.800 You know, where was there a spot at the room 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:40.280 at the table And I didn't get into this. I 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:42.480 should have before. Maybe adults that want to get into 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:44.320 this too, because it's like, Okay, we've got high school kids, 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:47.480 we've got young people in college, but what about somebody 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:49.480 who is working a job now going I got to 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:51.280 do something else that's as a future. 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:53.160 Yeah, absolutely, and that's always been a strength of our 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:56.120 regional campus there in Hamilton. For adult learners, there is 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:59.559 always a pathway back. And working with Ohio Means Jobs 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:03.120 is really they work with adults. They're looking to pivot 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.280 in their career or enhance their career or find a 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:08.160 new career path. And so we'll be working with adults 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:10.319 as well. So it'll be end to end from high 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:12.120 school students all the way have through adults. And I 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.480 see there's like child carest part of this too. Yeah. Absolutely, 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:16.240 we'll be moving to make sure we have solutions for 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:17.480 that in the future as well. Yeah. 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:19.480 One of the other big things is transportation. Does that 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:20.160 affect you all? 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.600 Yeah? They have the bus service comes right up front 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:24.880 of the building and drops them off, and so that's 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:28.320 particularly super important for Ohio Means Jobs. You thought of everything. 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:30.800 I hope we did. What about lunch? You got a 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:34.840 place that you had lunch? There to parking, parking spots, 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:36.000 we got enough parking, got. 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:38.920 Parking and has a mult situation, Got good mulch around 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:42.960 the buildings. Right now, you're going too far. I gotta ask. 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.360 I was like, make sure I got to poke holes? 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:47.240 Does it make sure that you thought this through completely, 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.560 young man. I No, I think it's awesome and I'm 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:51.400 really excited about this too, because I think this is 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:52.960 the future. You know, there's so much bad news and 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:55.520 negative news these days with the economy and things, and 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:57.880 you hear this and go, wow, we're starting to figure 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:00.120 it out here in Ohio, like we could really you 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:02.720 bring this manufacturing back. You know, the President was talking 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:05.800 about that and repatriating jobs and I'm shoring jobs here. 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:07.640 But this is where the rubber meets the road. It's 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.240 getting young people involved saying, hey, this is a good career. 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:13.800 It's hands on, it's tactile, we're leaning in it. I'm 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:15.080 glad Miami's spiriting this. 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:19.240 No, we're super excited. And the building's oppressive. The equipment's 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:22.440 more impressive. Probably when you talk with our students, the 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:25.680 Butler Tech students that are there and the Miami University students, 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:28.800 you will just be blown away, a boy, how excited 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.640 they are and how enthusiastic they are, and how talented 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:33.640 these students are. And they're going to be the next 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.080 you know, manufacturing engineering technologists in our country. 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:38.160 And if you're a mom, dad, Gramma, grip, don't don't 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:41.280 go in on manufacture. I'm telling it's like nanotechnology and 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.160 three D and robot it's it's not all the way 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:44.640 it used to be. 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.160 How even twenty years ago or five years ago for that, 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:49.960 you're you're right. It is as high tech as it gets, 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.440 and it's not what you might think of what manufacturing 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:55.360 used to look like decades ago. It's just a it's 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:58.200 a phenomenal career path and we're there. Yeah, I'll talk. 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:00.120 I'll talk to parents about you know, like I'm the 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:02.160 building trades or something like. I don't know, I saw 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.400 those guys are like sitting there eating their lunch on 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:07.480 an ingot on top of New York City and in 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:09.320 the black and white picture, Yeah, when they're building the 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:10.840 Empire State Building in nineteen thirty. 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.560 Yeah, yeah, that one. It's like nobody's doing that anymore. 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:16.120 There's no one jumping and throwing firing hot rivets at 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.480 the guy up there, and there's no absolutely no net 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:19.480 below them whatsoever. 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:20.480 I mean, that's. 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:23.000 Incredible and impressive, but it hasn't been that way in 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.720 a long time. It's like, you gotta check out some 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:27.240 of the high tech stuff right now. It's more like 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:28.840 a laboratory than it is a factory. 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:31.960 Oh. Absolutely, you walk through, you see the additive manufacturing, 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:34.640 subtractive manufacturing, the CDC machines. 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:37.640 It's unbelievable. Yeah, extremely close tolerances. And we're doing it 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:39.800 right here in America. And these are great jobs are 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:41.160 going to be around for a long time. That's the 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:41.840 most important thing. 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:44.320 Absolutely. And you know, this country always was known for 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:47.080 making things, and so I'm so glad to see the 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:50.160 manufacturing so strong in Ohio and picking up even more. 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:52.720 I wish more universities would do what you're doing at Miami. Really, 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:55.560 it's impressive, it's cool, and it's the future too. And 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:58.920 the way you've developed this learning model, and because it 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:02.200 directly means jobs, that's what this is we've got a 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:05.280 great workforce. Let's stop the brain during keep those jobs 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:07.280 here and bring more jobs to the Buckeye State. It's 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:07.880 good for all of us. 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:08.560 Absolutely. 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:11.520