1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: You want to join me. Dowbound seven hundred WLA. Welcome 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: to it. You know, I am sick to the trade. 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 2: Only first on the radio station that actually is a 4 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,159 Speaker 2: blue collar kind of guy. Everyone else sits on and they, 5 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 2: you know, they really suese people. It's a stupid job. 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 2: I sit in here and talk to myself for three hours. 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 2: I have no idea if you're listening, and then why 8 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 2: I'm not here. I'm doing the constructor light itself, you know, remodeling, 9 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 2: and I rentals and things like that. So I love 10 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 2: the trades and I'm passionate about it, and I love 11 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: getting people in industry and manufacturing and things like that. 12 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 2: So that's I'm excited when I saw this story. A 13 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 2: thirty one million dollar advanced manufacturing workforce and innovation hub 14 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: is going in in Hamilton. It's if you know the 15 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 2: old Champion Paper building is, it's located there. It's like 16 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,279 Speaker 2: three hundred and seventy five thousand square feet. It's it's 17 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 2: incredible the scope of this, and it's Butler Tech. It's 18 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 2: Ohio mean Jobs, Butler County and our friends at Miami 19 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: University are all teaming up to do this project because 20 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: Ohio every year. We generate something like one hundred and 21 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 2: forty billion dollars annually. Seven hundred thousand jobs in Ohio 22 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 2: are in what's called a m when you hear AM hub, 23 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 2: that's advanced manufacturing hub, and we want more of those 24 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 2: jobs here. Ohi's in the top five. We want to 25 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 2: be number one. And one of the people behind this 26 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 2: is the president of the Miami University, Gregory Crawford. Mister President, 27 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:15,559 Speaker 2: Good morning, how are you. 28 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: Thanks for having me. 29 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think I've ever had a president and 30 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 2: studio of anything before. Maybe you're gonna be the first. 31 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 2: This is hollowed ground. Hey, good to have you here 32 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: on the show this morning. And by the way, you know, 33 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 2: i'd be remiss by to take congratulations to your basketball team. 34 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: I know our men's team is undefeated and women is 35 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: undefeated in the MAC and hockey teams really doing super 36 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: well too. Yeah, so we're all excited about Red Hawk athletics. 37 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 2: I know I'm sick for hockey and Coffe's college basketball too. 38 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: So Miami it's always a fun place to go and 39 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 2: watch games as well, And so congratulations for that. By 40 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 2: the way, you are the hope that of all Cincinnati 41 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: right now, because all the rest of our teams here 42 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 2: are terrible. So we are like totally leaning into Miami 43 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 2: University Athletics right now. 44 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: You hope we love the attention. I know you do. 45 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 2: Let's get into you'll hear the term am AT today 46 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 2: AM hub. We have AM and it means advanced manufacturing. 47 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 2: People here that go what exactly is advanced manufacturing? 48 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: So advanced manufacturing utilizes the state of the art equipment 49 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: and technology, and furthermore, it's leverages data science and artificial 50 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: intelligence and cybersecurity and the digital side of it as well. 51 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: And so our Advanced Manufacturing Hub is bringing that all 52 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: together for training for students that can do certificates, they 53 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: can do associate degrees or bachelor's degrees. 54 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 2: Yeah. And there's another one too. It's called additive manufacturing, 55 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 2: which is three D. 56 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,679 Speaker 1: Right, it's three D manufacturing, yeah, and so it can 57 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: be One example would be a polymer that you program 58 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: it in it keeps layering the polymer down until it 59 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: gives you a great object that you're trying to design. 60 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 2: Right right, this is the future of you know, machine 61 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 2: shops used to be these greasy places and now it's 62 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,119 Speaker 2: like a computer lab. Where you have to it's clean 63 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 2: rooms and white white lab coats, and even more so 64 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 2: with three D printing. And so if you think this 65 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 2: is these are the manufacturing jobs of old where you're 66 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 2: in a factory and it's awful, and you know, giant 67 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 2: presses are smashing your body parts, It's like, that's not 68 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 2: the way it is anymore. 69 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: Because D it's very it's super high tech. It's really impressive. 70 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: And what of these do you know the top of 71 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: your head, with these jobs typically pay, I'm not sure. 72 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: The graduates of engineering technology can start off in the 73 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: sixty to seventy thousand dollars range, just depending whether your 74 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: mechanical technology or computer technology or electoral technology. And so 75 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: there tend to be well paying jobs. They are in 76 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: demand and the employers are looking for that talent. 77 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, and and and then that's the thing too, is 78 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 2: we have this in Ohio, this unique strategic advantage that 79 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 2: most other states don't have. Right, we have that geographic 80 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 2: position in Cincinnati is the heart of the country, right, 81 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 2: we're in the middle in the valley of that. We 82 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 2: also have infrastructure that's already in place, be it rail roads, 83 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 2: an automotive corridor. We have aerospace here in southwest Ohio, 84 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 2: and so all those things come together and it's really 85 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 2: attractive for businesses. The only missing piece, of course is 86 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 2: workforce reagular labor. 87 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, work for development is super important for Ohio and 88 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: any time they're trying to recruit a company to Ohio, 89 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: it comes down to talent, talent and talent. And so 90 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: we believe Butler Tech and Miami University and all our 91 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: partners Ohio means jobs. The Butler County Commissioners and the 92 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: City of Hamilton believe we can pull this off and 93 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 1: deliver the talent that this state needs to attract those companies. 94 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 2: Okay, so take me through it. Let's say somebody wants 95 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 2: to get into this program. What is their day like, 96 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:25,359 Speaker 2: what is their life like? 97 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: Well, it's interesting, So there's all kinds of entry level points. 98 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: So we collaborate with the phenomenal Career Tech High School 99 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: and there we coexist together, but it's much more integrated 100 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: in that building. So Butler Tech is there, and so 101 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: students can graduate with the high school diploma with the 102 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: workforce development in manufacturing and then if they wish, they 103 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 1: can do a certificate at the Manufacturing hug they can 104 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 1: do an associate degree a bachelor's degree, and so the 105 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: education is very hands on, and so if a student's 106 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: looking to do experiential learning to get in there and learn, 107 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: I doing improve with practice and growth experience. It's the 108 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: right sort of career choice that you can take and 109 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: graduate with a great job and you don't necessarily have 110 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: to do all your degree all at once. You can 111 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: come in, get a certificate, go work. Then the company 112 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 1: can help pay for associate degree, go back, so we 113 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: can cycle back all these you know, students that we're 114 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 1: graduates and then get more advanced degrees as time goes on, 115 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: and we work hand in hand with our employers. 116 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's you, it's Butler Tech, it's Butler County, 117 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 2: and a high means jobs and so it's not just 118 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 2: you know, engineering students for example at Miami University, it's 119 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 2: also people to Butler Tech that are going to be 120 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 2: the technicians in the field and even high schools. It 121 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 2: sounds like as well, and you're you're encompassing all this. 122 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 2: It's a multi generational kind of thing and multi multi 123 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 2: practice kind of thing as well. 124 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, and we're so excited to work with Butler Tech. 125 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: You know, it's a phenomenal career tech high school. It's 126 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: well known in Ohio but across the country, and we 127 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: bring that together with the Miami brand, and then we 128 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: have all the support of our partners through the Butler 129 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 1: County Commissioner and Ohio Means Jobs in the city of Hamilton, 130 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: and so it all kind of blended together in a 131 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: great way. And we had to launch on Monday, and 132 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: so we're off and going. I love this. 133 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 2: Everything's up and running at this point. How many students 134 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 2: that any one time can go through this. 135 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: It's a very large building, and so there'll certainly be 136 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: several hundred students in our Engineering technology program and there'll 137 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: be several hundred students that'll be from Butler Tech, and 138 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 1: we'll kind of have that end to end, you know, 139 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: the high school of the kids that'll be working a 140 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: little bit with the students at Miami and vice versa. 141 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: The Butler Tech students can also get college credit while 142 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 1: they're there, and so they can accelerate an associate or 143 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: a bachelor's degree and pay a lot less money for it. 144 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: And when they're done, because they can leverage the programs 145 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 1: at Ohio and get it paid for it. 146 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 2: I love how it also com mingles different different experiences 147 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 2: and backgrounds, which is important at university like Miami President Crawford, 148 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 2: but also younger people like it started. I'm guessing what 149 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 2: ninth tenth grade this starts, and then you get on 150 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 2: this track and then you're you know, working alongside or 151 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 2: learning alongside I should say, students from my university. And 152 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 2: so it's like this whole pipeline and when they graduate, 153 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 2: they're ready to go. 154 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: With the workforce exactly. So we're super excited and we 155 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: couldn't be more happy with our partners that came in 156 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: to make this all happen, this vision of reality. And 157 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: then I was super excited because it took about two 158 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: years and you could see it progress. We were able 159 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: with the Butler County Commissioner support and finance, we were 160 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: able to get that building is already adjacent to our 161 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: campus and touches it and so it broadened our campus out. 162 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: But the building, if you haven't seen it as spectacular 163 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: and the equipment is even more important. 164 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 2: I have to see it in person at some point too, 165 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 2: because I'm fast and I love that stuff and I 166 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 2: love advocating for it. He's a president of Miami University 167 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 2: doctor Gregor Crawford and study this morning and talking about 168 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 2: this new thirty one million dollar advanced manufacturing hub in Hamilton, 169 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 2: which is going to be a pipeline, a conduit for 170 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 2: jobs here in Ohio. We have all these wonderful things. 171 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 2: We've got proximity, we've got a location, we've got we've 172 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 2: got a workforce ready to go, and it's bringing all 173 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 2: these things together. 174 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: And I don't often talk about you, as you know, the. 175 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 2: Struggles universities are are well known, and I don't want 176 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 2: to say, you know, you've hit a bubble, but you 177 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 2: know your transition. 178 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: Let's put it this is this the future of the 179 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: way schools are going to go. 180 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 2: Now where we're we're taking not just the you know, 181 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 2: the halls of academia, but we're also going, hey, you know, 182 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,239 Speaker 2: if you want hands on learning, experience and workforce ready, 183 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 2: we're pairing that into one seamless operation. 184 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: Yeah. It's it's actually works really well with our Hamilton 185 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: campus and the degrees there that were really popular was Engineering, 186 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: Technology and Commerce, which is the business degree there, and 187 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: nursing and healthcare and so forth. So it really came 188 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: into the vision with this manufacturing technology in a big way, 189 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: and then we hit with Butler Tech and then off 190 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: we go. And so I do think this experiential learning 191 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: is something that students are looking for. And also when 192 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: they graduate, you know, college is expensive, no question, they're 193 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: looking for a great career to jump right in. 194 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 2: And or or maybe it's the fact that like, hey, 195 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 2: I'm reluctant to do college because it's so expensive college. 196 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 2: I don't know if I'm college material, but I'll start 197 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 2: here with this hands on and maybe it grows to 198 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 2: the point where, like, you know what, I really want 199 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 2: to be an engineer, and then you go into the 200 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 2: Beckelord program at Miami and you know, you know you're 201 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 2: ready by that point. 202 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And that's the pathway that they can follow 203 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: as well. They can start at the manufacturing hob and 204 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 1: if they want to go into, you know, an engineering degree, 205 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 1: they can transfer over to Miami and Oxford seamlessly and 206 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: and you know, move their career ahead that way. Yeah. 207 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 2: We're also going to see and I'm sure there is 208 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 2: how many companies, how many manufacturing companies are behind this, 209 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 2: because that's the motivator for them is, hey, we invest 210 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 2: in this, We've got a workforce already. We have a 211 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 2: say basically in how these students are coming out of school. 212 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 2: They're ready to learn as opposed to you know, you're 213 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 2: the stories like, well, now we've got to retrain them 214 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 2: the right way because of what they learned. Is there's 215 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 2: a disconnect. It sounds like this, this eliminates that. How 216 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 2: many companies are involved in this process? 217 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, we got thirty companies so far, and it's an 218 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: exciting cohort. And you're right. They work with us to 219 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: think through the curricula and like what their talent needs 220 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: if they hire them in their company. And so we 221 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: get that first hand knowledge from our constituents and our 222 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: stakehold holders, and so we brought them into the fold 223 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: to help us think through what the next what the 224 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: future curriculum looks like. 225 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, so Miami University is part of Miami Thrive. 226 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: I keep seeing that pop up to what is that. 227 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 1: Miami Thrive is the name of our brand new strategic plan. 228 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: And so we've been at it and we just are 229 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: now in the execution phase. We talked to more than 230 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: two thousand people and stakeholders. We had more than two 231 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: hundred that were involved in committee work and we thought 232 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: future back, so we ask ourselves, what do students want 233 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 1: twenty thirty five, and how do we prepare for that? 234 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: We thought present forward, lots of challenges and hire ed 235 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: as you mentioned, and so how do we stay robust? 236 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: And then also we thought past fulfilling. What got us 237 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: to this. Miami's been known for undergraduate education, the teacher 238 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 1: scholar model. We have phenomenal faculty that do both very well, 239 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: and we're really known for being student first, and we're 240 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: never going to lose that piece of it. So we're 241 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: moving into the future with some of the traditions that 242 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: got us here and then thinking big about some of 243 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: the new stuff that we'll be offering. 244 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, how quickly from graduation or you get a certificate? 245 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 2: Orders are you? Are you in the workforce the next 246 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 2: day if you wanted to be. There's gonna be no 247 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 2: problem to imagine matching people who graduate with a. 248 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: Job, absolutely no problem. Yeah whatsoever? Yeah, it's you know, 249 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: the next day. We may be embellishing a little bit there, 250 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: but once they graduate and also working at the manufacturing hub, 251 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: they're already knowing the companies who are going to want 252 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: to hire that, and so they'll have that in place, 253 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: and so they may even have job offers long before 254 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: they ground. They're fighting over the bodies. That's spine. It's 255 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: going to be fought. 256 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 2: It makes you feel you know, it validates your what 257 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 2: you've done, what you've invested in. You're like, Wow, all 258 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 2: these companies want to hire me. That's pretty cool. And 259 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 2: the better yar at what you do, have more money 260 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:39,719 Speaker 2: you're gonna make. So that's that's how it should work. 261 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 1: Anyway. 262 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 2: I love that Ohio meets Jobs is right there with 263 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 2: you as well, and this whole step of the way 264 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 2: where they're going to you know, place people in these 265 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 2: and we're going to see more fan manufacturing wind up 266 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 2: relocating to Ohio because of the set imagine. 267 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: Yes, for sure, with the on storing and restoring taking 268 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: place in the country and how important manufacturing has been 269 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,719 Speaker 1: in this country as a cornerstone and now going to 270 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: the future with advanced manufacturing, smart manufacturing and all the 271 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: AI that's taking place in manufacturing, we're ready to go. 272 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: And so we want to recruit the talent to graduate 273 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: and be a part of this industry and also recruit 274 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: those companies to Ohio and make a stronger economy here. 275 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: I'm sure the state is part of this going. 276 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 2: Hey, listen, we're going to try and now get these 277 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 2: companies to come back to Ohio and put up manufacturing 278 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 2: hubs around there, because you know in that area. It's 279 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 2: beautiful in Oxford, but there's all sorts of rumor if 280 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 2: you want to do it up there. I guess near Hamilton, 281 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 2: there's some areas that you can do that. But that's 282 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 2: not just here, it's across the whole state. And then 283 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 2: of course, you know Columbus, we've got Intel at some 284 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 2: points going and I think in thirty thirty one we've 285 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 2: got these AI data centers coming in and we're starting 286 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 2: to see resurgence here in Ohio. 287 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 1: Absolutely, and it's exciting because that just means there's a 288 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,439 Speaker 1: lot more opportunity for our graduates right right. 289 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:44,719 Speaker 2: Well, you want to you know, you want to be 290 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 2: able to pay off the loan at some point. I 291 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 2: got service the loan. That's a problem. And these are 292 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 2: the jobs that are needed right now. And I'm glad 293 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 2: we're finally leaning into this year. You know, I've been 294 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 2: a big proponent of the trades, but that's also part 295 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 2: of this too. You know that the people are going 296 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:59,319 Speaker 2: to build a swiicility. You know, you've got plumbers, you've 297 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 2: got electricians, you get people who are experts in motor 298 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 2: systems and things like that, buildings and you know it's 299 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 2: good for everybody, and that that rising tide lifts all boats. 300 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 2: Where do you want to see this like in ten years? 301 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: Oh, I think it's going to be just thousands and 302 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: thousands of students. And we do want to have the 303 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: model where as I mentioned earlier, cycle back, So come 304 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: go to the workforce, work, you know, come part time, 305 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: take time off, come full time back to us. Just 306 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: keep it, you know, keep learning, piling up those credentials, 307 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: always to keep advancing in your career. But we're there 308 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: for you. And it really is a new definition of 309 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: lifelong learning because they can keep coming back and keep 310 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: getting more continuous learning as it were. 311 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 2: You know, where was there a spot at the room 312 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 2: at the table And I didn't get into this. I 313 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 2: should have before. Maybe adults that want to get into 314 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 2: this too, because it's like, Okay, we've got high school kids, 315 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 2: we've got young people in college, but what about somebody 316 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 2: who is working a job now going I got to 317 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 2: do something else that's as a future. 318 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, and that's always been a strength of our 319 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: regional campus there in Hamilton. For adult learners, there is 320 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 1: always a pathway back. And working with Ohio Means Jobs 321 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: is really they work with adults. They're looking to pivot 322 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: in their career or enhance their career or find a 323 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: new career path. And so we'll be working with adults 324 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,319 Speaker 1: as well. So it'll be end to end from high 325 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: school students all the way have through adults. And I 326 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: see there's like child carest part of this too. Yeah. Absolutely, 327 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: we'll be moving to make sure we have solutions for 328 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: that in the future as well. Yeah. 329 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 2: One of the other big things is transportation. Does that 330 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 2: affect you all? 331 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: Yeah? They have the bus service comes right up front 332 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: of the building and drops them off, and so that's 333 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: particularly super important for Ohio Means Jobs. You thought of everything. 334 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: I hope we did. What about lunch? You got a 335 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 1: place that you had lunch? There to parking, parking spots, 336 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: we got enough parking, got. 337 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 2: Parking and has a mult situation, Got good mulch around 338 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 2: the buildings. Right now, you're going too far. I gotta ask. 339 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 2: I was like, make sure I got to poke holes? 340 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 2: Does it make sure that you thought this through completely, 341 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 2: young man. I No, I think it's awesome and I'm 342 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 2: really excited about this too, because I think this is 343 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 2: the future. You know, there's so much bad news and 344 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 2: negative news these days with the economy and things, and 345 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 2: you hear this and go, wow, we're starting to figure 346 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 2: it out here in Ohio, like we could really you 347 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 2: bring this manufacturing back. You know, the President was talking 348 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 2: about that and repatriating jobs and I'm shoring jobs here. 349 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 2: But this is where the rubber meets the road. It's 350 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 2: getting young people involved saying, hey, this is a good career. 351 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 2: It's hands on, it's tactile, we're leaning in it. I'm 352 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 2: glad Miami's spiriting this. 353 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: No, we're super excited. And the building's oppressive. The equipment's 354 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: more impressive. Probably when you talk with our students, the 355 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: Butler Tech students that are there and the Miami University students, 356 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: you will just be blown away, a boy, how excited 357 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: they are and how enthusiastic they are, and how talented 358 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: these students are. And they're going to be the next 359 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: you know, manufacturing engineering technologists in our country. 360 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 2: And if you're a mom, dad, Gramma, grip, don't don't 361 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 2: go in on manufacture. I'm telling it's like nanotechnology and 362 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 2: three D and robot it's it's not all the way 363 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 2: it used to be. 364 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: How even twenty years ago or five years ago for that, 365 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: you're you're right. It is as high tech as it gets, 366 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: and it's not what you might think of what manufacturing 367 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: used to look like decades ago. It's just a it's 368 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 1: a phenomenal career path and we're there. Yeah, I'll talk. 369 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 2: I'll talk to parents about you know, like I'm the 370 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 2: building trades or something like. I don't know, I saw 371 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 2: those guys are like sitting there eating their lunch on 372 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 2: an ingot on top of New York City and in 373 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 2: the black and white picture, Yeah, when they're building the 374 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 2: Empire State Building in nineteen thirty. 375 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that one. It's like nobody's doing that anymore. 376 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 2: There's no one jumping and throwing firing hot rivets at 377 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 2: the guy up there, and there's no absolutely no net 378 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 2: below them whatsoever. 379 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: I mean, that's. 380 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 2: Incredible and impressive, but it hasn't been that way in 381 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 2: a long time. It's like, you gotta check out some 382 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 2: of the high tech stuff right now. It's more like 383 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 2: a laboratory than it is a factory. 384 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: Oh. Absolutely, you walk through, you see the additive manufacturing, 385 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: subtractive manufacturing, the CDC machines. 386 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 2: It's unbelievable. Yeah, extremely close tolerances. And we're doing it 387 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 2: right here in America. And these are great jobs are 388 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 2: going to be around for a long time. That's the 389 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 2: most important thing. 390 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: Absolutely. And you know, this country always was known for 391 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: making things, and so I'm so glad to see the 392 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: manufacturing so strong in Ohio and picking up even more. 393 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 2: I wish more universities would do what you're doing at Miami. Really, 394 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 2: it's impressive, it's cool, and it's the future too. And 395 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 2: the way you've developed this learning model, and because it 396 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 2: directly means jobs, that's what this is we've got a 397 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 2: great workforce. Let's stop the brain during keep those jobs 398 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 2: here and bring more jobs to the Buckeye State. It's 399 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:07,880 Speaker 2: good for all of us. 400 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: Absolutely. 401 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 2: All Right, Gregory Crawford, President of the at Miami University. 402 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 2: I appreciate you coming in studio this morning. Thanks for 403 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 2: taking time out. 404 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: Thank you. It's wonderful to be here there. 405 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 2: Congratulations. We're about five minutes away from news here on 406 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 2: the show. Well, complete weather update, got some weather moving 407 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,479 Speaker 2: in the next twenty four hours. Figure out what's going 408 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,119 Speaker 2: on without your traffic traffic of course when we return 409 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 2: on the show. I had a representative on yesterday from 410 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 2: Claremont County discussing nil in high school sports, and he 411 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 2: had another lawmaker, but you know, both from these CIN 412 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 2: scenario want to get rid of name, image, likeness, money 413 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 2: going to high school athletes. 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