Lima’s Lightbulb Labs gave students hands-on experience in engineering and manufacturing, preparing them for local career opportunities, with the next session focusing on robotics and drones.
Lima Senior High School students got the chance to explore a handful of possible career paths.
“That’s ultimately what I decided to do was go work for Crown, because while I was in UNOH, I went for automotive high performance diesel and alternative fuels. And now I became a welder, because I fell in love with that welding and fabrication aspect,” said Cherokee Whitenight, lead welder at Crown Equipment Corporation.
Ohio State Lima’s annual Steam on the Quad offered hands-on STEM and art activities to help kindergarten through eighth-grade students explore potential career paths.
MakerFest 2025 will bring more than 1,500 local freshmen and sophomores to the Allen County Fairgrounds to explore career paths through hands-on demonstrations from 56 companies.