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Nucor official speaks at EDTalks event in Huntington | Business

John Farris, vice president and general manager of Nucor Steel West Virginia, says the best role businesses can play in education is to provide a line of sight to job opportunities.
Farris says businesses have to provide targets for the kids in middle school and high school about what opportunities there are in West Virginia. He says the opportunities are abundant. They re not scarce. Business leaders and job creators need to be in front of the schools and provide those young children with a line of sight to opportunities in the workforce, he said.
Farris was one of the keynote speakers Wednesday for "EdTalks" hosted by the Education Alliance at Marshall University s Brad D. Smith Center for Business & Innovation in Huntington. Approximately 150 business, community, education and legislative leaders attended the event, themed "New Core Partnerships: Business and Community for West Virginia Students." ....

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Nucor GM John Farris speaks at EDTalks event in Huntington | Business

John Farris, vice president and general manager of Nucor Steel West Virginia, said at a business event, on May 1, 2024, that the best role businesses can play in education is to provide a line of sight to job opportunities. Farris says businesses have to provide targets for the kids in middle school and high school about what opportunities there are in West Virginia. He says the opportunities are abundant. They re not scarce. Business leaders and job creators need to be in front of the schools and provide those young children with a line of sight to opportunities in the workforce, he said. Farris was one of the keynote speakers Wednesday for "EdTalks" hosted by the Education Alliance at Marshall University s Brad D. Smith Center for Business & Innovation in Huntington. Approximately 150 business, community, education and legislative leaders attended the event, themed "New Core Partnerships: Business and Community for West Virginia Students." ....

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