by DTE Social Media Team | Nov 8, 2018 | Energizing Youth
Many people rarely consider the vital role that local farmers play in their communities. Before food ends up on the table, there are a multitude of steps and processes that take place. Future Farmers of America (FFA) and Midland’s Gerald Laurenz Farms are passionately...
by Bill Blaul | Oct 3, 2018 | Education & Employment, Energizing Youth, Progress
Workers in the skilled trades are increasingly in demand throughout metro Detroit and the DTE Energy Foundation is ensuring opportunity becomes reality for thousands of Detroiters seeking the training they need to land career-level jobs. The Foundation recently...
by Bill Blaul | Sep 27, 2018 | Education & Employment, Energizing Youth, Progress
On their way to starting careers, countless students have endured summer internships hyped as job experience but instead became a slog of opening mail, filing, answering phones and waiting around. Not so at DTE Energy where this summer more than 1,000 college and high...
by Bill Blaul | Sep 26, 2018 | Education & Employment, Energizing Youth, Progress
Now in its second year of offering a rapid path to career-track energy jobs, the Power and Trades Pathways Program at Henry Ford College in Dearborn has produced its first graduates and admissions are growing. The Power and Trades Pathways program prepares students...
by Bill Blaul | Aug 31, 2018 | Education & Employment, Energizing Youth, People, Progress
Generations of skilled tradespeople built the Motor City, put the world on wheels, and created the American middle class. In recent decades though, interest in skilled trades careers has diminished among youth and young adults nationwide along with vocational...
by Bill Blaul | Jul 23, 2018 | Energizing Youth, Places, Your Neighborhood
Laughter and smiles from hundreds of children replaced ceremony and speeches on Saturday at the one-year anniversary celebration of Beacon Park in downtown Detroit. Event organizers marked the first year of Detroit’s newest public space with a party for children in...
