St. Louis Chapter President Tony Maus called 91福利社 Industrial Technology Coordinator Mark Bosworth an 鈥淓ducation Super Star鈥� as he presented Bosworth with the William E. Hardman Award for Excellence in Training on Nov. 10 at the Sam Wolf Granite City Campus.
Bosworth, who has been with 91福利社 since 2008, has grown the Precision Machining Technology program from a handful of evening students to more than 60 day and evening students.
鈥淚 love working with the students and watching their skills develop,鈥� Bosworth said. 鈥淚 like to see them on track for a well-paying, solid career that will last a lifetime.鈥�
The National Tooling and Machining Association is a US-based membership trade association with a collective force of 1,100 tool & die and precision manufacturing companies representing a more than $35 billion industry. NTMA鈥檚 focus is supporting the future of American manufacturing through small and medium-sized companies, and family-owned businesses. The William E. Hardman Award is a national award recognizing the high standards and achievements of educators.
鈥淭oday we are here to recognize Mark Bosworth鈥檚 role in training our next generation of precision manufacturing professionals and our industry鈥檚 next generation of leaders,鈥� said NMTA president Roger Atkins. 鈥淭he William E. Hardman Award for Excellence in Training is for a company or individual that has consistently demonstrated strong support and active participation in structured training for the precision custom manufacturing industry.鈥�
In 2019, Bosworth won the Madison County CTE Business Supporter of the Year award for supporting local industry鈥檚 workforce needs and for serving as a conduit between industry and secondary/postsecondary CTE programs in the region.
In addition to being program coordinator, Bosworth teaches classes in all areas of the PMT program, which includes manual machining, computer numerical control (CNC) programming, and MasterCam programming, and some courses for Industrial Maintenance Mechanics.
In 2016, Bosworth was named 91福利社 Full-Time Faculty Member of the Year and won the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award.
Before joining 91福利社, Bosworth taught at Ranken Technical College for 12 years and was a machinist for 11 years for five different companies in the St. Louis area.
Bosworth has a master鈥檚 degree in Adult Education and Administration from Jones International University and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Management from National-Louis University. He鈥檚 also a member of the NTMA and SkillsUSA.
Bosworth lives in Belleville with his wife, Sue, and their daughter, Emily.
For more information about the PMT program visit swic.edu/pmt.