Ralph Crossley This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. Retooling - 07/11/01

   www.detnews.com/2001/detroit/0 - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/17/2001   Last Visited: 7/17/2001

   Crossley , 32 , had spent hours poring over help wanted ads , searching for a career , not just a job. Maybe this would be his chance , he thought. He called Focus : HOPE and enrolled in the Machinist Training Institute. Now , six years later , Crossley is an associate manufacturing engineer at Detroit Diesel in Detroit. If it hadn't been for this program , I don't know what I'd be doing , said Crossley , who graduated from the machinist institute and went on to earn his bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering at Focus : HOPE's Center for Advanced Technologies. He did not disclose his salary , but entry-level manufacturing engineers earn $47 , 000 to $53 , 000 annually , according to the nonprofit group. Crossley is one of thousands of students who have gone through one of Focus : HOPE's many programs , which include courses at the Machinist Institute , Center for Advanced Technologies and the Information Technologies Center. The group is more than just a charitable organization that doles out 700 tons of food a month to low-income women and children and senior citizens. Its training programs serve as economic lifelines for many students -- two out of three participants are classified as low-income -- by helping them gain employable job skills and move into the economic mainstream. The Machinist Institute has graduated more than 2 , 000 students since it was founded in 1981. The program consists of a $7 , 500 , seven-month basic machine course in which students are taught machine tool math , how to operate machine tools , read blueprints and learn computer drafting. Students are then eligible to take a $4 , 000 , three-month pre-engineering course. People from throughout southeastern Michigan must have mechanical skills , pass a personal interview , have their high school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma , and have at least ninth-grade reading and 10th-grade math skills to enroll.

2. 2. Retooling - 07/11/01

   www.detnews.com/2001/detroit/0 - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/12/2001   Last Visited: 7/12/2001

   Crossley , 32 , had spent hours poring over help wanted ads , searching for a career , not just a job. Maybe this would be his chance , he thought. He called Focus : HOPE and enrolled in the Machinist Training Institute. Now , six years later , Crossley is an associate manufacturing engineer at Detroit Diesel in Detroit. If it hadn't been for this program , I don't know what I'd be doing , said Crossley , who graduated from the machinist institute and went on to earn his bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering at Focus : HOPE's Center for Advanced Technologies. He did not disclose his salary , but entry-level manufacturing engineers earn $47 , 000 to $53 , 000 annually , according to the nonprofit group. Crossley is one of thousands of students who have gone through one of Focus : HOPE's many programs , which include courses at the Machinist Institute , Center for Advanced Technologies and the Information Technologies Center. The group is more than just a charitable organization that doles out 700 tons of food a month to low-income women and children and senior citizens. Its training programs serve as economic lifelines for many students -- two out of three participants are classified as low-income -- by helping them gain employable job skills and move into the economic mainstream. The Machinist Institute has graduated more than 2 , 000 students since it was founded in 1981. The program consists of a $7 , 500 , seven-month basic machine course in which students are taught machine tool math , how to operate machine tools , read blueprints and learn computer drafting. Students are then eligible to take a $4 , 000 , three-month pre-engineering course. People from throughout southeastern Michigan must have mechanical skills , pass a personal interview , have their high school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma , and have at least ninth-grade reading and 10th-grade math skills to enroll.

3. 3. Focus: Hope programs emphasize attendance, achievement - 7/11/01

   www.detnews.com/2001/detroit/0 - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/11/2001   Last Visited: 7/11/2001

   Crossley , 32 , had spent hours poring over help wanted ads , searching for a career , not just a job. Maybe this would be his chance , he thought. He called Focus : HOPE and enrolled in the Machinist Training Institute. Now , six years later , Crossley is an associate manufacturing engineer at Detroit Diesel in Detroit. If it hadn't been for this program , I don't know what I'd be doing , said Crossley , who graduated from the machinist institute and went on to earn his bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering at Focus : HOPE's Center for Advanced Technologies. He did not disclose his salary , but entry-level manufacturing engineers earn $47 , 000 to $53 , 000 annually , according to the nonprofit group. Crossley is one of thousands of students who have gone through one of Focus : HOPE's many programs , which include courses at the Machinist Institute , Center for Advanced Technologies and the Information Technologies Center. The group is more than just a charitable organization that doles out 700 tons of food a month to low-income women and children and senior citizens. Its training programs serve as economic lifelines for many students -- two out of three participants are classified as low-income -- by helping them gain employable job skills and move into the economic mainstream. The Machinist Institute has graduated more than 2 , 000 students since it was founded in 1981. The program consists of a $7 , 500 , seven-month basic machine course in which students are taught machine tool math , how to operate machine tools , read blueprints and learn computer drafting. Students are then eligible to take a $4 , 000 , three-month pre-engineering course. People from throughout southeastern Michigan must have mechanical skills , pass a personal interview , have their high school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma , and have at least ninth-grade reading and 10th-grade math skills to enroll.