A hands-on plastic tubular engineering challenge, in which Girl Scouts applied problem-solving skills to determine the most efficient way to move an object<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nAll Girl Scouts who completed the workshop qualified for either a Junior Business Jumpstart Badge or a Cadette Business Creator Badge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOatey\u2019s Women\u2019s Resource Network is pleased that we could expand our partnership with the Girl Scouts through our second STEM Career Education Workshop,\u201d says Dawn Lawson, co-chair of the event and associate at Oatey\u2019s Farmington location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kelly O\u2019Donovan, also co-chair of the event and an Oatey associate in Farmington, adds: \u201cIt is critical to educate girls and women about the robust STEM career opportunities available to them, including the development of products we use every day. It was a joy to welcome the Girl Scouts to our facility and share our passion for what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oatey Co. recently hosted a career education workshop for Connecticut Girl Scouts at its Farmington, Conn., location, welcoming nearly 30 Girl Scouts to learn about careers in manufacturing and STEM. The program was organized by Oatey\u2019s Women\u2019s Resource Network, an associate resource group dedicated to the professional, personal and leadership development of women. Oatey developed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":".@Oatey_Co Hosts Career Education Workshop for Connecticut Girl Scouts","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[202],"tags":[39276,39275,22081,24931,44022],"ppma_author":[48795],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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