NGTC accepting entries for 23rd annual MAW student design competition
North Georgia Technical College is now accepting entries for the 23rd annual Manufacturing Appreciation Week (MAW) student design competition.
The competition is open to all elementary (K-5), middle (6-8) and high school (9-12) students in Georgia.
The MAW Student Design Contest is held annually in conjunction with Manufacturers’ Appreciation Week (April) and is designed to promote awareness of the important role manufacturing plays in the economy of the State of Georgia for elementary to high school students statewide.
Manufacturing is the process of creating physical objects that will be used by someone or used to build something else. Manufacturing provides jobs for approximately 396,000 Georgians.
The more than 9,700 manufacturing facilities in Georgia are devoted to making products as diverse as textiles to automotive parts.
Students should consider products made in their hometowns, counties or statewide to include Georgia products in their designs to illustrate the role that manufacturing plays in their community.
The artwork submitted to North Georgia Tech will be entered in the statewide competition where three winners will be chosen in each of the groups.
The first, second, third place and honorable mention in each age category will be honored at the Governor’s Awards Luncheon on April 18, 2019.
The first-place winners receive monetary scholarships for $500. The second-place winners receive $300, the third place winners receive $100 and honorable mention receives $50. The top entries will be displayed at the luncheon.
Entries must be labeled on the back, upper-right corner of each submission with the student’s name, grade level, school, school phone number and the words, “North Georgia Technical College.”
Artwork must be received by the NGTC Marketing and Communications Office at the Clarkesville Campus by 5PM on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 for consideration. Mail or deliver entries to: North Georgia Technical College, 1500 GA HWY 197 North, P.O. Box 65, Clarkesville GA 30523, Attention Office of Marketing and Communications.
For additional information on Georgia Manufacturing Week or the MAW student design competition, visit www.georgiamaw.org.