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GM Technical Center Employees Mentor Explorer Students


October 2006
 Filed under: GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATE Car News | GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATE Headlines
Warren, 2006-10-12 – General Motors Technical Center is home to the Learning for Life Explorer Program, where students between the ages of 14 – 20 have an opportunity to gain practical knowledge and experience in several careers pertaining to the automotive industry. For over 20 years, Bob Mayer, Local #160 UAW member, has been involved in the Explorer Post program at the GM Technical Center, along with Local #1869, Design Center Trim Department.
There are approximately eight Explorer Posts on campus that help spawn future designers, engineers and skilled trade workers. Some of these posts include auto body paint and engineering, engine dynamometers, rapid prototype, auto design, and maintenance, to name a few. The Explorer Post program is the young-adult division of the Boy Scouts of America, although participants are not required to be Boy Scouts.

The Design Center Explorer Post is a six-month program that runs from Oct. 12, 2006 through March, 2007. Thirty-three students will be exposed to design, sketching techniques and mentors, who will provide students with the proper tools and guidance to develop their natural skills. Additionally, these students will have an opportunity to interact with students from the Design Center Pre-Production Operations (PPO) Painting and Trim Explorer’s Post and their HHR rebuild that will be on display at the March 2007 Detroit Autorama.

“All of the staff at GM Design Center and the UAW are proud to support the Explorer program and help the youth in our community as they pursue their career goals,” says Kirk Bennion, design manager and Explorer Post mentor. “In the automotive design post, we teach students the fundamentals of how to draw a car and show them basic proportions. Students will learn sketching techniques, perspective, shading, color effects and an Alias studio paint program.”

Sheryl Garrett, program organizer, has included top students from the GM and College for Creative Studies (CCS) partnership, which offered a mentor program last year to Detroit Public Schools. This program was designed to increase awareness of opportunities in Industrial Design and is one venue to inspire interest in the automotive design field.

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the world’s largest automaker, has been the global industry sales leader for 75 years. Founded in 1908, GM today employs about 327,000 people around the world. With global headquarters in Detroit , GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries. In 2005, 9.17 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall. GM operates one of the world’s leading finance companies, GMAC Financial Services, which offers automotive, residential and commercial financing and insurance. GM’s OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. More information on GM can be found at www.gm.com

Source: General Motors Corp.

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