Renegade Rip, issue 3, Oct. 5, 2022

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The Renegade Rip www.therip.com
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022
Manufacturing Day at BC
By Blake Burton
Reporter
Bakersfield College Career
Education, Industrial Automation,
and STEM hosted
a Manufacturing Day event
in and around BC’s outdoor
theater on Sept. 30.
Students from high schools
throughout Kern County
attended, and there were
booths from different companies
such as API and Amazon.
Students interviewed at
the event said they were
there to gain insights on the
career they wanted to be in.
Many hovered around the
Corvette, which was one of
the most popular displays.
All the booths on hand offered
information and even
treats such as candy, pens,
stickers etc.
Representatives from the
American Petroleum Institute
(API) said they wanted
to share knowledge about
their company, and that they
give out different scholarships.
Scott Bender and Jeff
Hamson said they gave out
about $80,000 of scholarships
in the past.
J.G Boswell Co., an ag
company, said they wanted
to get their name out and
to find students to have options
in what they want to do
with their career. Martha H.
a representative at J.G Boswell
said, “You can’t really
go wrong with AG (agriculture).”
Amazon representatives
said that they were there to
educate the different students
on the different positions
they have at Amazon, and
the different departments
they have. Breana Renteria,
a representative from
Amazon said she has gone
through four departments
and there is always room to
grow at Amazon. Another
representative at Amazon,
Amanda Gray, said they also
are forming a program for
awareness for women and
to say that women are a big
part of Amazon too.
The aerospace company
Stratolaunch said they wanted
to develop a connection
with different students and
even offer some jobs at their
company
Brianna Vogel, a teacher at
West High School, said she
wanted to show her students
the different opportunities
they have in Bakersfield for
STEM and IT.
Anthony Vasquez, a mentor
at South High School
said, Virtual Enterprise, a
program at his high school,
invited him to this event. He
said he made connections
with NASA, and they had
a lot of opportunities and
were very cool to talk to.
High school student Sofia
Villaverde said that she
wanted to explore the different
opportunities they
had here at BC and in Bakersfield
and that the NASA
booth was very interesting.
Another student, Aaliyah
Gonzales said she was chosen
to be here and that her
favorite booth was the corvette,
one and that she might
be interested in working
there.
Elian Bravo, a student
from West High School, said
he came to this event because
he was interested in auto
tech. He went to the PLC
booth and said it seemed like
a good environment to be in.
Matt Mcknisht said he is
in the ROC program at his
school and that he was interested
in the IT career. He
stated that he went to the
Silicon booth and that it was
pretty cool and that it was
very hands-on.
BLAKE BURTON/THE RIP
High school students from around Kern County attend the
Manufacturing Day event at BC on Sept. 30.
BLAKE BURTON/THE RIP
A classic corvette on display at Manufacturing
Day on Sept. 30.