Forge Your Path Career Expo 2021

The FORGE Foundation in partnership with Mississippi Construction Education Foundation (MCEF) hosted their second Forge Your Path Career Expo on October 27^th at EMCC’s Communiversity. Different than your typical career fair, this career expo included a variety of construction themed hands-on activities designed to generate interest in the various capacities of the construction industry. Around 1,000 8^th graders from Lowndes County and Oktibbeha County, along with many chaperones were in attendance. In conjunction with the Career Expo, the Counselor’s Workshop returned.

We owe a big thank you to our vendors for doing a fantastic job providing activities for students. Vendors who participated in the 2021 Expo are:

4 County
APAC
Burns Dirt
Columbus Brick Company
Columbus Library
GALLO Show
Graham Roofing
JBHM
Lowndes CTC
McCrary West
MCEF
McKellar VT
MSU BCS
NAWiC
New Home Building
Parker Roberson Painting
Starkville CTE / Millsaps
Thompson Equipment
UpChurch Plumbing
Waters Truck & Tractor
West Brothers Construction

Our Volunteers:

Mississippi Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) – Sherry Dunlap and Lauren OdomCol-Lowndes Chamber – Wilson Beck
Mississippi Construction Education Foundation (MCEF) Staff
Mississippi State University Research & Curriculum Unit – Tammie Tubbs, Ginger Tedder and JoAnn Watts
MSMS Foundation – Sheila Westbrook
Columbus Schools – Tiffinie Johnson
East Mississippi Community College Ambassadors – Approximately 24 Total
Columbus Brick – Misty McCraw
Burns Dirt Construction Volunteers
West Brothers Construction Volunteers

Thank you to our various sponsors for your donations! Our sponsors for the 2021 Career Expo are: