CMMA January Meeting and Tours
January 23, 2025

Meeting at Kimball Area High School
Speaker - Dr. King Banaian
Tours of Kimball Area High School CTE Program
and Styme Industries

7:15 - 9:00 a.m. - Breakfast and Meeting
9:00 a.m. - Tours of Kimball Area High School CTE Program
and Styme Industries

SPEAKER: King Banaian, Professor in the Department of Economics at St. Cloud State
TOPIC: Economic Forecast

Dr. King Banaian is a professor in the Department of Economics at SCSU and director of the Center for Policy Research and Community Engagement. He specializes in the economy of central Minnesota and the state, monetary affairs and the economics of sports, with two books and more than forty articles discussing these topics. King is host of the King Banaian Show on The Biz 1440 KYCR in Minneapolis, and co-author of the St. Cloud Area Quarterly Business Report. King was as state representative in the Minnesota House, District 15B, from 2011 to 2013.

SPEAKER: Nancy Bonnifield, Kimball Area High School Principal

TOPIC: Kimball Area High School's CTE Program & Makerspace

KAHS offers four CTE programs including business, FACS, technology education (shop classes) and agriculture education. Each program offers a sequence of courses that combine academic knowledge with technical and occupational skills. Cubs Career Pathways allow students to register for classes most likely to align with their future career pathway. Additionally, the Design Den is a newly-formed makerspace with lots of hands-on applications available for all Gr 6-12 students.

TOURS: Kimball Area High School CTE Facilities and Styme Industries

Styme Industries serves the global OEM market, bringing over 20 years of industry expertise to the manufacturing supply chain. Styme furnishes complete sheet metal job shop services including design, engineering, laser cutting, shearing, forming, metal fabrication, welding and packaging. By utilizing JobBoss manufacturing software for estimating, shop control, order entry/tracking, and cost evaluation, they are able to produce materials to customer specifications and timeframes.

Thank you to our meeting sponsor: Edward Jones - Robert Stark, Financial Advisor

As is CMMA's policy for general meetings and tours, all K12 school representatives are invited to attend at no cost; registration is required.

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Date and Time

Thursday Jan 23, 2025
7:30 AM - 11:00 AM CST

7:15 a.m. - Registration
7:30 a.m. - Breakfast and Networking
8:00 a.m. - Presentations
9:00 a.m. - Tour Kimball High School CTE Program and Styme Industries

Location

Parking Instructions: Park in the south parking lot and enter at Door 10

Kimball Area High School
100 Highway 55
Kimball, MN 55353

Styme Industries
9250 135th Street
Kimball, MN 55353

100 Hwy 55 Kimball MN 55353

Fees/Admission

$25/member*
$35/nonmember
K12 school representatives are invited to attend at no cost; registration is required.
Includes full breakfast. CMMA requests remittance for all reservations not canceled prior to the meeting.
*If a company is a CMMA member, ALL employees are eligible to attend at the member rate. Special needs? Call 800-654-5773 or email.

Invite A Guest! CMMA members are encouraged to bring a potential member from another company as a one time FREE guest!

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