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An engineer from Calumet Electronics will visit the White House today and the event will be broadcast online.
Michigan Tech graduate Audra Thurston will be meeting and speaking with President Donald Trump and Special Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump in Washington D.C.
The 23-year-old engineer is speaking as part of an event marking the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s Executive Order to develop a national strategy to expand the skilled workforce in key industries like manufacturing.
This event follows Tuesday’s visit to Calumet Electronics by U.S. Small Business Administration Acting Administrator Chris Pilkerton.
Pilkerton recognized Calumet Electronics as a company who signed the pledge as a part of the IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries’ pledge of 1 million job and reskilling opportunities.
The live stream of today’s meeting will be broadcast on Whitehouse.gov at 3:30pm.
