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everyone would please have their

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seats members and those in the

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back. I'm gonna call the

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meeting to order. The committee

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clerk has taken a silent roll

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call and a quorum has been

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there being a quorum established

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I recognize the co-chair for a

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motiondamir, I move that the

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minutes from the meeting held on

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August 9,2026 be approved. The

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question is on the motion that

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the minutes from August 9,2026

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be approved. all those in favor

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say aye.

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those opposed no in the opinion

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of the chair the ayes have it. I

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declare the motion adopted.

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the next item on the agenda is a

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presentation on the success of

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the underderwood Smith teaching

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scholarship from Doctor Sarah

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Tucker, Chancellor of the WvHEPc

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Good morning Chancellor. Good

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morning Mrs Chairman. thank you

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all for having me here today and

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I am really excited to get to

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present about this particular

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scholarship today. Um, in2019

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you all made some pretty

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significant changes to the

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Underwood Smith Teacher

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scholarship programme. You

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increased that grant award.

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let me go through

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it quickly.

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well essentially you made

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this the most competitive

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scholarship in the state of West

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Virginia and so the idea was how

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do weta attract and retain

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teachers to the state of West

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Virginia. How do we make sure

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that they stay instate teaching

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in high demand fields. And so

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what you did was you provided a

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grant for25 teachers per cohort

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annually. so when we have all

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four cohorts that's100 students

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at a time

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It's10,000 dollars a year up

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to40,000 dollars. It is a

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stackable scholarship so if a

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student gets promise they still

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get10,000 dollars for Underwood

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Smith. If they get HEgp they

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still get10,000 dollars for

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Underwood Smith.

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It requires students to teach in

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the state for five years after

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they graduate

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they have to be a teacher in a

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high needs field. the high needs

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field is identified in code

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that special education,

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mathematics, science or early

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childhood education

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or elementary education I'm

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sorry

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the students move through four

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rounds of a selection process.

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so the first round is to apply

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for the scholarship

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The second round they have GPA

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and test scores applied we start

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whittling down the number of

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students. then we bring in an

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outside committee that outside

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committee scores an essay that

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each of the students write about

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why they want to become a

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teacher and then we whittle that

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group down to about30 to40

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students and then we get to

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that30 to40 we say take your

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essay and turn it into a video.

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and explain to us why you want

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to become a public school

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teacher in west Virginia.

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and they do that and then we

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select25 students at the end.

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so far our first cohort

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graduated from college in2024.

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teaching scholars who are

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currently teaching in a West

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Virginia classroom in and public

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education. Now why42 and not50.

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While some students went to

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graduate school. Some students

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got into the teaching field and

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they were freshmen and they were

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like you know what I don't want

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to do this anymore so they

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changed majors just like you

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know you would see normally but

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we have42 students who are

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currently teaching in the state

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of west Virginia

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so I want to talk with you a

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little bit about the pipeline of

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these students. So in2024 we

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had111 eligible applicants

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who we did not award

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of those111 students 94

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eventually enrolled in a public

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higher education institution in

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West Virginia. Now I am certain

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that more of those enrolled in a

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private school I'm certain more

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of those went out of state. I

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just can't measure how many

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there were. I know that 94

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enrolled in a public higher

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education institution in West

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applicants.

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of the22167 were eligible. The

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majority of those who were not

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eligible were actually college

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students

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who decided they wanted to go

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into the teaching field

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but this program is for high

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school students who are entering

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so we had to limit a number of

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those students because they were

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not eligible based on that

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criteria alone. So167 eligible

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applicants were not awarded the

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Underwood Smith scholarship

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of those118 enrolled in a public

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West Virginia higher education

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institution. We then went on and

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looked to see what fields they

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were going into and the vast

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majority of those students all

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enrolled in teacher education

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when they matriculated on to

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college. So I give you these

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numbers because these students

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are serious this is what they

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want to do for their vocation

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they're not just students who

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are sitting around thinking oh

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let me apply for every

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scholarship under the sun. These

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are students who really want to

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go into the teaching profession.

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um, and you know this this

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scholarship is terrific but

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we're all obviously limited in

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the number of students that we

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can award.

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So as of this state we've had57

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underderwood Smith scholars who

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have graduated.gain, we have42

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that are teaching in West

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Virginia classrooms some of that

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lag between the42 and57

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is that a lot of these students

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participate in therow your own

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program that you all know about

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through K1w2. So they're getting

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dual credits in teacher

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education while they're still in

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high school so we had a number

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of students who graduated early

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and who just haven't had time

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to get into the teaching

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profession yet so we'll see

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these numbers go up this fall

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and we can see how many more

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students go in.

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we also have 8 of our graduates

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who have gone on to a

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master'sgre program in

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education.

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So where are the42 working

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Currently they're working in22

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different counties you can see

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in your map the spread across

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the state it's a pretty good

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we have students in lots of

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counties from the you know far

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west to the far east to the

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northern panhandle to the

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southern part of the state.

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in some of those counties we

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have multiple students so that's

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why they're only22 and not42,

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but I expect that this spread

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will continue to grow as we have

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more and more students graduate.

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so now I'm gonna do something a

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little different. those of you

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who are used to seeing me in

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front of you know that I'm very

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data heavy. I'm about to be very

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not data heavy because I want

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you to see the students that I

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get to see and I want you to see

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how amazing they are and how

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dedicated they are. So this is

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Lauren Marquardt, Lauren

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graduated from Wheeling Park

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High School gowheeling. Anyone

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hears from wheeling? I am.

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she we did an interview with

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Lauren to see what was

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important about the Underwood

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Smith scholarship for her. why

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it was important in her life and

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in her graduation. She of course

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talked about the financial

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assistance

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but she also talked about the

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confidence that it built in her

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decision to become a teacher.

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We don't just give these

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kids10,000 dollars a year.

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We bring them in as a cohort. we

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make them feel special. we have

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a banquet every year for them

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where they come and learn about

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what they're about to embark on.

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We give them a mentor teacher

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and that mentor teacher works

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with them for four years. That

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teacher helps them understand

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how to apply what they're

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learning in the classroom to the

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actual classroom where they're

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good mentor and she talked a lot

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about how that connection with

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her mentor helped her in the

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classroom when she got there.

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how it gave her the freedom to

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be to be able to focus on being

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the best teacher she could be.

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and then really interestingly

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because of this scholarship

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Lauren was able to graduate not

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just with a bachelor's degree

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but also with a master's degree

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with $0 in debt.

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So one of her quotes that she

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provided us was that it reminded

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me that teaching is an important

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profession and motivated me to

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work even harder to become the

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kind of educator my students

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deserve.

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Today Lauren is a second grade

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teacher in Suncrest Elementary

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School in Morgantown.

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she says that the investment

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that you all made in her in

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going to college

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is going to be an investment in

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all of the students that she

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teaches in the future.

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She's building relationships

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with students and families and

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helping the young people of West

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Virginia recognize their own

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potential.

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Now I want you to meet Sam.

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Sam moved to McDowell County at

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the age of 9

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his

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concentration and focus of

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interest has been on creating

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math and he wants to be a math

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and history teacher in McDowell

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County.

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um, so Sam told us his story and

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his video you remember the

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fourth round is that students

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provided videos they are amazing

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OK. so here's why I want to be a

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teacher

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When I was 9 years old my family

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moved from Ohio to McDowell

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County, West Virginia.

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to serve in the mission field to

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bring teachers to McDowell

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County an area that desperately

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needed them

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when I moved here I instantly

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fell in love with the community.

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I fell in love with the people,

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I fell in love with the area.

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my dream is to teach in Mcdowell

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County schools

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I could really serve to a need.

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If I get the scholarship I would

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use it to be able to go to a

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school in Parkersburg and I

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would be able to get my

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education degree and double

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major in history and math.

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both of those areas we need

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teachers desperately in our

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community

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I'm going to adapt a very

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relational teaching style. I

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love developing relationships

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with people

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if you don't know someone it's

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very hard to learn from them

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my upbringing has taught me to

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be a caring and loving person.

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you never know what a person has

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been through in their life so

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you cannot just judge a person

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based on their appearance or how

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they may act in a certain

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situation you have to truly know

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them

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in the classroom I want to have

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a very powerful personality.

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when I speak I want kids to be

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able to understand that I have

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something important to say and I

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want them to be drawn to me

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in my teaching style I also plan

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to be very hands on one thing

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that I feel is very undervalued

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especially in math is relating

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math concepts to real world.

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I want to stress that I'm not

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just here to take this40,000

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dollars, spend my five years in

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west Virginia and there just bol

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to some other place. I've really

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been touched by this community

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down here my goal is to live and

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just give back to as much as

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possible.

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just know that if you give me

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the scholarship it will not be

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wasted and you can look back for

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years to come with pride knowing

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that you were able to positively

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affect southern west Virginia

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and McDow County.

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thank you.

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Hi, my name is Isabellaoge and

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I'm a

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So todayamm is living on his

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dream. He has returned to

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McDowell County

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he is teaching in Riverview High

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School and he is a math teacher.

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it's pretty remarkable

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going to give you one more

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student

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and one more video. I have

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hundreds of these it took a lot

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to figure out which two to show

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you. I figured you didn't have

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enough time to watch hundreds of

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them so I chose two that I

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thought were or we chose two

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that we thought were pretty good

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this is Bailey Bailey was in

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the2024 cohort of students so

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she is still in college

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Bailey's passion is for helping

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special needs students because

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their older brother has autism

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and she wanted to make sure that

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teachers for kids who had autism

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were able to reach them the same

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way that some of his teachers

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were able to reach him.

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and so let me show you Bailey's

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video.

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I may not have been born here

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but I've lived here since I was

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one in West Virginia will always

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be my home. I want to make an

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impact on the kids teaching

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elementary special education

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right here in the great state of

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west Virginia. We interrupt this

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program to bring you a special

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report

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justin we've just gotten word

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that Baileiger of Bruce and

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Mose, West Virginia is going to

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make a huge difference in this

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state by becoming a top educator

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in the field of elementary

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special education with more on

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this developing story let's get

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right to the sourceurer herself

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Bailey

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hi, thank you. Several months

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ago I committed to West Virginia

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University and will be majoring

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in elementary education with

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minors in special education

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inequine therapy. I have a

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passion for teaching because

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I've always loved kids and

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particularly those with special

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needs. My older brother has

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autism and was diagnosed right

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before I was born. I've grown up

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seeing his struggles and want to

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be the one to help kids like him

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be successful. It's personal for

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me. I care too much not to help.

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Many people feel that you need

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to be a leader in order to be an

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effective teacher. your thoughts

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on that? Yes.

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I'm a natural leader. I'm the

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coditor in chief on my yearbook

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and work with the younger staff

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to teach them everything that

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goes into producing our

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yearbook. I am also the

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secretary for my FFfa chapter

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and I helped lead the

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I understand that you are a

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finalist for the prestigious

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underwoodsmith teaching scholars

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programme. Why do you feel you

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deserve this award?

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I don't plan on teaching in west

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virginia for five years. I plan

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on teaching in west virginia my

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entire career.

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I'm not becoming a teacher for

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the schedule I'm becoming a

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teacher for the students. I feel

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like it helps students reach the

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greatest potential for figuring

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out

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every child learns the same and

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it's necessary to figure out

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what works best for each

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student.

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I have the patience

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Are there any other ways you

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will help your future students

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be successful?

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Oh yes, I want to make school

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fun and interesting so my

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students are excited with

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special ed no two days are the

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same. I will thrive in this type

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of situation and I know I can

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help my students flourish.

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Many people say they have

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someone they look up to that has

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shown them the type of teacher

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they want to be. Do you have a

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specific person that stands out

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for you?

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absolutely it's Miss Saggs my

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yearbook teacher. She's shown me

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what being a teacher really is

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she cares so much for all of her

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students and she shows it in so

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many ways she makes learning so

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much fun

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I want to be that teacher, the

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teacher that makes kids excited

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to come to school and learn.

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Bailey, thank you for sharing

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your story. Best of luck to you.

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Now back to our regular

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scheduled program

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According to Oxford

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So Bailey did an interview on

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Talkline after she was

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selected and she said it's

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really big because I'm actually

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putting myself through college

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it's going to help me so much to

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have this scholarship.

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and as you heard the iveyear

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commitment doesn't affect me

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because I plan to stay in West

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Virginia. I love it here and I

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want to see improvement.

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So this presentation is really

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just sort of a victory lap for

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all of you. I want to thank you

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for this scholarship I want to

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thank you for providing these

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students the opportunities that

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you have provided them. I want

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you to know what a trickledown

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effect these scholarships are

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going to have on our future

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students here in west Virginia

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and the kids that are going to

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come after them and that are

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going to be taught by these

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incredible educators

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I also know that we hear lots of

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negative things about West

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Virginia. look at these kids

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they're amazing. I mean these

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are amazing students and we have

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hundreds of them that apply

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every year that all want to stay

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here and all want to teach and

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all want to do better for the

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state of West Virginia I hope

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that they inspire you as much as

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they inspire me every time

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we get to get together with

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these students

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at the end of at the banquet

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that we do every year our

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masters of ceremony a woman

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named Michelle Marlowe puts

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together a quote

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that she gives to the teachers

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to try to inspire that cohort of

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teachers for the you know the

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rest of their teaching career

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and so I thought this quote was

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really poignant. This is the

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quote for this year

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Education is not the filling of

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the pail but the lighting of a

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fire.

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that's what this scholarship has

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done for these students the

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scholarship has lit a fire

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underneath them to be better

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teachers and hopefully it will

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light a fire under them as they

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teach and their students as they

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teach

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um, to work harder to try harder

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and to be better west virginians

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so thank you all I'm happy to

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answer

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Thank you chancellor very much

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great presentation I'm wondering

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if you might be able to come

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back to us with some

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madede a decision that they want

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associated with that certainly

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these students leaving high

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school maybe

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grow your own program but

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go through that transition. Yep

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are there further questions for

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the chancellor?

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the cochair has a question.

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Chancellor Tucker.

579
00:21:53,540 --> 00:21:53,790
can you tell me I

580
00:22:10,190 --> 00:22:10,440
to help

581
00:22:13,526 --> 00:22:13,776
ur r ent ly no but could I

582
00:22:14,094 --> 00:22:14,344
figure it out? Yes.

583
00:22:16,496 --> 00:22:16,746
I will thank you

584
00:22:21,568 --> 00:22:21,818
that are there further questions

585
00:22:22,235 --> 00:22:22,485
for the

586
00:22:24,304 --> 00:22:24,554
delegate Hornby

587
00:22:26,039 --> 00:22:26,289
thank you madam Chair

588
00:22:30,310 --> 00:22:30,560
Unlike the vice chair I I don't

589
00:22:31,878 --> 00:22:32,128
understand the the the financing

590
00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:34,130
out can you explain with with

591
00:22:35,649 --> 00:22:35,899
where the financing comes from

592
00:22:37,617 --> 00:22:37,867
and it does the legislature

593
00:22:39,619 --> 00:22:39,869
provide you with yearly funding

594
00:22:40,253 --> 00:22:40,503
for this scholarship we

595
00:22:43,990 --> 00:22:44,240
top of my head I'm trying to

596
00:22:45,425 --> 00:22:45,675
think of what that is. I don't

597
00:22:46,192 --> 00:22:46,442
know. I'll find out they will

598
00:22:47,694 --> 00:22:47,944
find out for you in just a

599
00:22:48,328 --> 00:22:48,578
second we have an annual

600
00:22:52,165 --> 00:22:52,415
appropriation that funds um,25

601
00:22:55,435 --> 00:22:55,685
students per cohort. so we have

602
00:22:57,470 --> 00:22:57,720
at any given time once the

603
00:22:58,071 --> 00:22:58,321
program is up and running100

604
00:22:58,738 --> 00:22:58,988
students.

605
00:23:01,808 --> 00:23:02,058
roughly a million dollars per

606
00:23:02,475 --> 00:23:02,725
year

607
00:23:02,725 --> 00:23:02,975
roughly

608
00:23:08,181 --> 00:23:08,431
and you have over200

609
00:23:12,018 --> 00:23:12,268
roughly applicants that are

610
00:23:13,887 --> 00:23:14,137
eligible every single year. Last

611
00:23:16,122 --> 00:23:16,372
year we had220 applicants of

612
00:23:19,726 --> 00:23:19,976
those167 were eligible because

613
00:23:21,728 --> 00:23:21,978
the difference between the167

614
00:23:23,730 --> 00:23:23,980
and the220 was largely that they

615
00:23:24,464 --> 00:23:24,714
were students who were enrolled

616
00:23:25,965 --> 00:23:26,215
in college and the eligible

617
00:23:26,566 --> 00:23:26,816
applicants have to be a high

618
00:23:27,233 --> 00:23:27,483
school senior.

619
00:23:29,602 --> 00:23:29,852
you think that

620
00:23:33,673 --> 00:23:33,923
allowing those students that are

621
00:23:34,407 --> 00:23:34,657
already in college who are

622
00:23:35,875 --> 00:23:36,125
looking to get into the teaching

623
00:23:39,979 --> 00:23:40,229
career program would be

624
00:23:42,215 --> 00:23:42,465
beneficial to to to the program

625
00:23:45,719 --> 00:23:45,969
to allow that eligibility do it

626
00:23:47,954 --> 00:23:48,204
it's a matter of without an

627
00:23:49,956 --> 00:23:50,206
increase of cost it's a it's a

628
00:23:51,424 --> 00:23:51,674
matter of what you restrict

629
00:23:52,025 --> 00:23:52,275
right? So

630
00:23:53,860 --> 00:23:54,110
it would come down to the budget

631
00:23:57,430 --> 00:23:57,680
thank you chancellor it thank

632
00:23:58,064 --> 00:23:58,314
you madam Chair thank you

633
00:23:58,598 --> 00:23:58,848
delegate. Are there further

634
00:23:59,165 --> 00:23:59,415
questions for the chancellor?

635
00:24:01,568 --> 00:24:01,818
it's1.48 million ann

636
00:24:05,605 --> 00:24:05,855
Thank you thank you very much

637
00:24:11,444 --> 00:24:11,694
The next item on the agenda,

638
00:24:13,446 --> 00:24:13,696
I do believe we have several

639
00:24:15,415 --> 00:24:15,665
people here to speak so if

640
00:24:16,149 --> 00:24:16,399
everyone that plans to speak at

641
00:24:17,617 --> 00:24:17,867
the podium could just make their

642
00:24:18,284 --> 00:24:18,534
way down, that would be

643
00:24:18,852 --> 00:24:19,102
great.

644
00:24:27,460 --> 00:24:27,710
So the next item on the agenda

645
00:24:28,228 --> 00:24:28,478
is Reshore West Virginia which

646
00:24:30,163 --> 00:24:30,413
is reshoring opportunities in

647
00:24:31,431 --> 00:24:31,681
Westvirginia and we have several

648
00:24:33,700 --> 00:24:33,950
people here to speak what

649
00:24:35,402 --> 00:24:35,652
I'll have each of you do is if

650
00:24:36,035 --> 00:24:36,285
you could please just state your

651
00:24:37,937 --> 00:24:38,187
name and title when you step up

652
00:24:39,572 --> 00:24:39,822
to the podium so everybody knows

653
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:40,490
who is speaking

654
00:24:43,576 --> 00:24:43,826
Mr. Bisssett, will you start? OK

655
00:24:51,451 --> 00:24:51,701
And you may begin whenever

656
00:24:53,420 --> 00:24:53,670
you're ready. awesome. good

657
00:24:54,187 --> 00:24:54,437
morning. My name is Bill Bissett

658
00:24:55,688 --> 00:24:55,938
I'm president of the weststerio

659
00:24:57,690 --> 00:24:57,940
Manufacturers association. great

660
00:24:59,426 --> 00:24:59,676
to be with you today I wanna

661
00:25:00,059 --> 00:25:00,309
thank the members of the joint

662
00:25:00,660 --> 00:25:00,910
committee as well as its

663
00:25:01,961 --> 00:25:02,211
leadership for allowing us to

664
00:25:03,930 --> 00:25:04,180
present reshore West Virginia to

665
00:25:05,698 --> 00:25:05,948
you some of you heard about it

666
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:07,650
but I think it's an important

667
00:25:08,168 --> 00:25:08,418
program not just to grow

668
00:25:10,170 --> 00:25:10,420
manufacturing in west Virginia

669
00:25:11,905 --> 00:25:12,155
which I think is in all of our

670
00:25:13,673 --> 00:25:13,923
interests but also a way to give

671
00:25:15,875 --> 00:25:16,125
my members the building blocks

672
00:25:17,977 --> 00:25:18,227
the materials that they need to

673
00:25:18,645 --> 00:25:18,895
make their products

674
00:25:19,612 --> 00:25:19,862
which is critical

675
00:25:22,248 --> 00:25:22,498
that's literally one of the most

676
00:25:23,917 --> 00:25:24,167
biggest cons one of the biggest

677
00:25:25,652 --> 00:25:25,902
concerns I hear from my members

678
00:25:27,687 --> 00:25:27,937
is supply chain issues or

679
00:25:29,656 --> 00:25:29,906
markets and either way Reshore

680
00:25:31,491 --> 00:25:31,741
westrginia really benefits us in

681
00:25:32,192 --> 00:25:32,442
that way you'll hear a lot more

682
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:34,210
about this in a moment but I

683
00:25:35,462 --> 00:25:35,712
also want thank delegate

684
00:25:35,962 --> 00:25:36,212
Laurie Whitman for her interest

685
00:25:37,464 --> 00:25:37,714
in this because there's an

686
00:25:38,097 --> 00:25:38,347
interesting educational

687
00:25:39,732 --> 00:25:39,982
component to this program which

688
00:25:40,467 --> 00:25:40,717
is what brings us here today

689
00:25:45,438 --> 00:25:45,688
so when President Trump took

690
00:25:47,907 --> 00:25:48,157
office a new word was

691
00:25:48,408 --> 00:25:48,658
injected into the collective

692
00:25:49,609 --> 00:25:49,859
consciousness and that word was

693
00:25:50,276 --> 00:25:50,526
tariffs

694
00:25:53,446 --> 00:25:53,696
and some of my members were very

695
00:25:54,214 --> 00:25:54,464
concerned some of them were very

696
00:25:55,949 --> 00:25:56,199
supportive oferrets because they

697
00:25:57,717 --> 00:25:57,967
have a domestic to the United

698
00:25:59,986 --> 00:26:00,236
States supply chain and market

699
00:26:01,588 --> 00:26:01,838
so it affected our membership

700
00:26:02,255 --> 00:26:02,505
very differently

701
00:26:05,625 --> 00:26:05,875
but that said the concern was it

702
00:26:06,292 --> 00:26:06,542
created a lot of uncertainty

703
00:26:08,194 --> 00:26:08,444
which business much like us

704
00:26:08,761 --> 00:26:09,011
individuals do not like

705
00:26:11,698 --> 00:26:11,948
and that uncertainty was driven

706
00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:13,950
by litigation by the on and off

707
00:26:15,702 --> 00:26:15,952
nature of a tariffs by a

708
00:26:17,403 --> 00:26:17,653
changing landscape that seemed

709
00:26:19,405 --> 00:26:19,655
to continue but when you have a

710
00:26:20,039 --> 00:26:20,289
challenge how can you turn that

711
00:26:20,707 --> 00:26:20,957
into an opportunity?

712
00:26:23,443 --> 00:26:23,693
and the way you do that is

713
00:26:24,143 --> 00:26:24,393
finding a person with expertise.

714
00:26:25,979 --> 00:26:26,229
finding a person that has that

715
00:26:26,613 --> 00:26:26,863
granular knowledge of the issue

716
00:26:29,716 --> 00:26:29,966
who could help us take advantage

717
00:26:31,684 --> 00:26:31,934
of it and benefit West Virginia

718
00:26:33,686 --> 00:26:33,936
and that person is Ed Ryan he's

719
00:26:35,455 --> 00:26:35,705
a west virginian he's educated

720
00:26:36,256 --> 00:26:36,506
from Mars University and he has

721
00:26:38,258 --> 00:26:38,508
a tremendous knowledge not only

722
00:26:38,892 --> 00:26:39,142
of US customs

723
00:26:40,460 --> 00:26:40,710
but international logistics

724
00:26:43,930 --> 00:26:44,180
and what I'm especially proud

725
00:26:45,932 --> 00:26:46,182
about Rehore West Virginia is Ed

726
00:26:47,667 --> 00:26:47,917
brings this to westvirginia he's

727
00:26:49,469 --> 00:26:49,719
lived out of state he's returned

728
00:26:50,136 --> 00:26:50,386
home we're happy to have him

729
00:26:52,005 --> 00:26:52,255
here but when I met with him

730
00:26:53,706 --> 00:26:53,956
more than a year ago he started

731
00:26:55,942 --> 00:26:56,192
explaining how we connect our

732
00:26:56,609 --> 00:26:56,859
manufacturers with each other

733
00:26:58,177 --> 00:26:58,427
instate

734
00:27:01,748 --> 00:27:01,998
to not only supply the materials

735
00:27:03,716 --> 00:27:03,966
they need but also possibly sell

736
00:27:05,885 --> 00:27:06,135
their products in state as well

737
00:27:07,921 --> 00:27:08,171
in short it's much better that

738
00:27:09,622 --> 00:27:09,872
we get these materials from Clay

739
00:27:10,290 --> 00:27:10,540
County than China.

740
00:27:13,426 --> 00:27:13,676
how do we do that and what's

741
00:27:14,027 --> 00:27:14,277
interesting about manufacturing

742
00:27:15,662 --> 00:27:15,912
a lot of my members don't know

743
00:27:17,697 --> 00:27:17,947
another manufacturer 20 minutes

744
00:27:19,432 --> 00:27:19,682
away we're probably the closest

745
00:27:21,401 --> 00:27:21,651
thing to an interconnection of

746
00:27:23,670 --> 00:27:23,920
manufacturing our association in

747
00:27:25,872 --> 00:27:26,122
the state but using technology

748
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:27,890
using the custom codes using

749
00:27:29,409 --> 00:27:29,659
many things that Ed understands

750
00:27:30,143 --> 00:27:30,393
very very well he's assembled

751
00:27:31,911 --> 00:27:32,161
this team that I think allows us

752
00:27:33,646 --> 00:27:33,896
to not only benefit

753
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:34,530
manufacturing the state and

754
00:27:34,914 --> 00:27:35,164
economic development

755
00:27:37,750 --> 00:27:38,000
but also train the next

756
00:27:38,284 --> 00:27:38,534
generation

757
00:27:39,953 --> 00:27:40,203
in how they can work in this

758
00:27:40,587 --> 00:27:40,837
field and benefit our state as

759
00:27:41,254 --> 00:27:41,504
well

760
00:27:42,355 --> 00:27:42,605
without further ado Ed Ryan

761
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:47,810
Thank you Bill

762
00:27:50,396 --> 00:27:50,646
just a special thanks to

763
00:27:50,964 --> 00:27:51,214
delegate

764
00:27:53,566 --> 00:27:53,816
Diman for allowing us to

765
00:27:57,537 --> 00:27:57,787
our our story

766
00:28:01,975 --> 00:28:02,225
just being a teacher and being a

767
00:28:04,210 --> 00:28:04,460
delegate at the same time

768
00:28:05,545 --> 00:28:05,795
what an amazing balance I know

769
00:28:06,212 --> 00:28:06,462
you're probably missing your

770
00:28:09,749 --> 00:28:09,999
thank them for us for your

771
00:28:11,684 --> 00:28:11,934
service here at the capitol

772
00:28:13,953 --> 00:28:14,203
I'm met Ryan I'm the founder

773
00:28:17,423 --> 00:28:17,673
of Reshore West Virginia I

774
00:28:18,024 --> 00:28:18,274
wanna to talk to you about our

775
00:28:18,691 --> 00:28:18,941
course

776
00:28:20,193 --> 00:28:20,443
I'm so excited about the

777
00:28:21,928 --> 00:28:22,178
educational offering that

778
00:28:23,963 --> 00:28:24,213
we're providing through Reshore

779
00:28:25,698 --> 00:28:25,948
West Virginia and I think the

780
00:28:27,567 --> 00:28:27,817
best way for me to do that is to

781
00:28:28,234 --> 00:28:28,484
give you several different

782
00:28:30,503 --> 00:28:30,753
through so I've brought up

783
00:28:34,173 --> 00:28:34,423
a bunch of my friends and

784
00:28:37,443 --> 00:28:37,693
partners to talk to you about

785
00:28:39,412 --> 00:28:39,662
Reshore West Virginia and the

786
00:28:40,179 --> 00:28:40,429
educational piece and how they

787
00:28:43,583 --> 00:28:43,833
serve to be a part of that so

788
00:28:44,217 --> 00:28:44,467
with that I'd like to

789
00:28:46,219 --> 00:28:46,469
ask Mr Matt Turner to come up

790
00:28:47,553 --> 00:28:47,803
from higherducation

791
00:28:48,021 --> 00:28:48,271
Policycommission

792
00:28:53,660 --> 00:28:53,910
Thank you Ed. thank you chairs

793
00:28:55,595 --> 00:28:55,845
and members speaking on

794
00:28:56,162 --> 00:28:56,412
behalf of the higher education

795
00:28:58,197 --> 00:28:58,447
Policy commission, I'm not sure

796
00:29:00,233 --> 00:29:00,483
if it's evident yet but Ed has a

797
00:29:02,201 --> 00:29:02,451
tremendous amount of enthusiasm

798
00:29:03,936 --> 00:29:04,186
for the state and certainly for

799
00:29:05,405 --> 00:29:05,655
this project and he's

800
00:29:06,506 --> 00:29:06,756
challenging us he really is and

801
00:29:09,442 --> 00:29:09,692
trying to adapt platforms

802
00:29:10,276 --> 00:29:10,526
that were not initially

803
00:29:12,245 --> 00:29:12,495
intended for one of his academic

804
00:29:14,247 --> 00:29:14,497
programs to to make it happen

805
00:29:15,748 --> 00:29:15,998
and we continue to work with him

806
00:29:16,416 --> 00:29:16,666
but

807
00:29:18,051 --> 00:29:18,301
you know this is a real

808
00:29:19,419 --> 00:29:19,669
opportunity for the state

809
00:29:19,919 --> 00:29:20,169
building a workforce that

810
00:29:21,954 --> 00:29:22,204
understands the economics and

811
00:29:24,023 --> 00:29:24,273
practical skills that are

812
00:29:25,658 --> 00:29:25,908
bringing manufacturing supply

813
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:28,010
chains back home and we

814
00:29:28,294 --> 00:29:28,544
certainly believe this is

815
00:29:29,429 --> 00:29:29,679
something that west Virginia

816
00:29:30,229 --> 00:29:30,479
higher education should support

817
00:29:32,231 --> 00:29:32,481
so as I said our statewide

818
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:34,250
online platform our online

819
00:29:35,435 --> 00:29:35,685
learning platform is called

820
00:29:37,403 --> 00:29:37,653
WVrocks. it was designed for

821
00:29:39,672 --> 00:29:39,922
returning students and has

822
00:29:40,273 --> 00:29:40,523
helped so many countless

823
00:29:43,476 --> 00:29:43,726
students who are entering

824
00:29:43,976 --> 00:29:44,226
higher education again through

825
00:29:45,745 --> 00:29:45,995
the region's bachelor of artts

826
00:29:46,412 --> 00:29:46,662
program to to

827
00:29:47,947 --> 00:29:48,197
try to get them on a the fast

828
00:29:49,916 --> 00:29:50,166
forward track so that they can

829
00:29:51,684 --> 00:29:51,934
complete their degrees and we're

830
00:29:52,351 --> 00:29:52,601
working with Ed and his team to

831
00:29:56,255 --> 00:29:56,505
use that platform to try to make

832
00:29:57,890 --> 00:29:58,140
his coursework that will help

833
00:29:59,926 --> 00:30:00,176
students understand the

834
00:30:01,661 --> 00:30:01,911
reassuring concept to make that

835
00:30:02,361 --> 00:30:02,611
available statewide. he's

836
00:30:03,996 --> 00:30:04,246
already successfully implemented

837
00:30:05,431 --> 00:30:05,681
it at at least one of our

838
00:30:05,965 --> 00:30:06,215
schools I think what two is that

839
00:30:08,201 --> 00:30:08,451
rightd University of Charleston

840
00:30:11,370 --> 00:30:11,620
and and Wvu and we're trying to

841
00:30:12,105 --> 00:30:12,355
adapt our platform to make that

842
00:30:13,906 --> 00:30:14,156
a statewide option for that so

843
00:30:17,477 --> 00:30:17,727
that work continues but we

844
00:30:18,244 --> 00:30:18,494
really are thrilled with Ed's

845
00:30:19,712 --> 00:30:19,962
enthusiasm for this and bringing

846
00:30:21,447 --> 00:30:21,697
the right partners together and

847
00:30:22,248 --> 00:30:22,498
we're we're proud to support

848
00:30:22,815 --> 00:30:23,065
this this effort and

849
00:30:25,685 --> 00:30:25,935
look forward to continuing to

850
00:30:27,420 --> 00:30:27,670
work with the reshore project to

851
00:30:28,154 --> 00:30:28,404
see how we can open this up to

852
00:30:29,722 --> 00:30:29,972
even more institutions across

853
00:30:30,456 --> 00:30:30,706
the state so we're we're pleased

854
00:30:32,225 --> 00:30:32,475
to support that and and eager to

855
00:30:33,559 --> 00:30:33,809
see what the next steps are

856
00:30:34,093 --> 00:30:34,343
thank you all

857
00:30:39,966 --> 00:30:40,216
Um, next I'd like to bring up

858
00:30:43,402 --> 00:30:43,652
Doctor John Saldanaha, Doctor

859
00:30:45,671 --> 00:30:45,921
Saldanaha is the chair of the

860
00:30:47,673 --> 00:30:47,923
supply chain management program

861
00:30:48,307 --> 00:30:48,557
at West Virginia University.

862
00:30:48,975 --> 00:30:49,225
Johnn.

863
00:30:55,564 --> 00:30:55,814
Good morning John Saldanna,

864
00:30:56,182 --> 00:30:56,432
professor of supply chain Man

865
00:30:59,619 --> 00:30:59,869
andc's chair of global supply

866
00:31:00,286 --> 00:31:00,536
chain Man.

867
00:31:00,536 --> 00:31:00,786
so

868
00:31:03,956 --> 00:31:04,206
listening to Ed when he first

869
00:31:05,691 --> 00:31:05,941
pitched this to me I said you

870
00:31:06,425 --> 00:31:06,675
know this is perfect because in

871
00:31:07,693 --> 00:31:07,943
this current s business

872
00:31:09,695 --> 00:31:09,945
environment strategic sourcing

873
00:31:10,329 --> 00:31:10,579
is particularly challenging

874
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:14,250
The long established trade

875
00:31:15,668 --> 00:31:15,918
routes that we have currently

876
00:31:17,570 --> 00:31:17,820
have been altered by

877
00:31:18,004 --> 00:31:18,254
geopolitical forces

878
00:31:20,139 --> 00:31:20,389
we have taken for granted supply

879
00:31:20,807 --> 00:31:21,057
sources

880
00:31:23,976 --> 00:31:24,226
existing decades that are now

881
00:31:25,778 --> 00:31:26,028
risky due to historic

882
00:31:26,312 --> 00:31:26,562
restructuring of tradegre

883
00:31:26,879 --> 00:31:27,129
agreements

884
00:31:29,715 --> 00:31:29,965
consumer demand has also become

885
00:31:31,984 --> 00:31:32,234
much harder to predict due to

886
00:31:32,652 --> 00:31:32,902
constantly changing markets

887
00:31:37,890 --> 00:31:38,140
so the only certainty in today's

888
00:31:38,591 --> 00:31:38,841
business environment is

889
00:31:39,158 --> 00:31:39,408
uncertainty.

890
00:31:42,195 --> 00:31:42,445
the supply chain management

891
00:31:43,930 --> 00:31:44,180
program at the Chambers College

892
00:31:45,932 --> 00:31:46,182
of Business is very proud of our

893
00:31:48,167 --> 00:31:48,417
graduates100% place and rate at

894
00:31:51,971 --> 00:31:52,221
global brand name ins companies

895
00:31:53,639 --> 00:31:53,889
like General Electric, General

896
00:31:55,675 --> 00:31:55,925
Motors including companies here

897
00:31:57,677 --> 00:31:57,927
in our state toyota Lockheed

898
00:31:59,679 --> 00:31:59,929
Martin. We also very proud of

899
00:32:00,313 --> 00:32:00,563
our graduates being placed at

900
00:32:03,449 --> 00:32:03,699
high impact institutions like

901
00:32:05,818 --> 00:32:06,068
Georgetown Carnegie Mellon

902
00:32:06,352 --> 00:32:06,602
after they graduate.

903
00:32:09,922 --> 00:32:10,172
sayingying this we believe that

904
00:32:10,590 --> 00:32:10,840
the potential of Reho West

905
00:32:11,123 --> 00:32:11,373
Virginia's coursework

906
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:14,210
to contribute to our students

907
00:32:15,728 --> 00:32:15,978
career successes in this new

908
00:32:16,329 --> 00:32:16,579
business of mind with is

909
00:32:16,896 --> 00:32:17,146
critical.

910
00:32:21,701 --> 00:32:21,951
today supply chain mans consider

911
00:32:23,536 --> 00:32:23,786
supply chains as malleable

912
00:32:24,103 --> 00:32:24,353
they're not fixed anymore.

913
00:32:26,339 --> 00:32:26,589
because of this unreliable

914
00:32:26,873 --> 00:32:27,123
sourcing

915
00:32:30,276 --> 00:32:30,526
and accelerated clock speed of

916
00:32:30,943 --> 00:32:31,193
market changes that happen

917
00:32:34,146 --> 00:32:34,396
all of these give rise to

918
00:32:35,615 --> 00:32:35,865
requirement for new sources of

919
00:32:36,282 --> 00:32:36,532
supply.

920
00:32:39,719 --> 00:32:39,969
so going back to the literature

921
00:32:41,454 --> 00:32:41,704
I looked at what are the

922
00:32:41,954 --> 00:32:42,204
advantages of reassuring

923
00:32:44,357 --> 00:32:44,607
over the relatively low cost of

924
00:32:44,991 --> 00:32:45,241
offshore sources of supply.

925
00:32:49,428 --> 00:32:49,678
Most importantly is lower cost

926
00:32:50,129 --> 00:32:50,379
of supply chain logistics

927
00:32:51,931 --> 00:32:52,181
obviouslyviously lower

928
00:32:53,799 --> 00:32:54,049
transportation costs but most

929
00:32:54,433 --> 00:32:54,683
importantly the

930
00:32:55,868 --> 00:32:56,118
removal of the layers of

931
00:32:56,435 --> 00:32:56,685
bureaucracy

932
00:32:59,772 --> 00:33:00,022
that are embedded in executing

933
00:33:00,406 --> 00:33:00,656
global sourcing decisions

934
00:33:03,910 --> 00:33:04,160
reassuring also reduces the

935
00:33:05,678 --> 00:33:05,928
distances to our sources which

936
00:33:06,512 --> 00:33:06,762
makes our manufacturers in west

937
00:33:07,179 --> 00:33:07,429
Virginia

938
00:33:09,548 --> 00:33:09,798
more agile and more responsive

939
00:33:10,216 --> 00:33:10,466
to

940
00:33:15,421 --> 00:33:15,671
So we view the reassuring west

941
00:33:16,122 --> 00:33:16,372
Virginia co that we did

942
00:33:18,524 --> 00:33:18,774
in spring semester of2026 as a

943
00:33:19,191 --> 00:33:19,441
living lab

944
00:33:22,194 --> 00:33:22,444
the course provided our students

945
00:33:23,930 --> 00:33:24,180
an experiential learning

946
00:33:25,698 --> 00:33:25,948
opportunity to work on complex

947
00:33:27,433 --> 00:33:27,683
problems that supply chain

948
00:33:27,967 --> 00:33:28,217
managers are working on

949
00:33:28,534 --> 00:33:28,784
currently.

950
00:33:31,637 --> 00:33:31,887
so as we all know experiential

951
00:33:32,371 --> 00:33:32,621
learning is the most effective

952
00:33:35,408 --> 00:33:35,658
mode of pedagogy that we all

953
00:33:36,042 --> 00:33:36,292
want to strive for in higher

954
00:33:36,709 --> 00:33:36,959
education

955
00:33:38,244 --> 00:33:38,494
so I supervised a group of

956
00:33:39,912 --> 00:33:40,162
students who worked on one such

957
00:33:40,579 --> 00:33:40,829
project this past semester.

958
00:33:43,783 --> 00:33:44,033
first the students had to frame

959
00:33:44,450 --> 00:33:44,700
the objective

960
00:33:47,653 --> 00:33:47,903
and articulate the project

961
00:33:48,454 --> 00:33:48,704
deliverables then they had to

962
00:33:49,588 --> 00:33:49,838
formulate an implementation plan

963
00:33:53,826 --> 00:33:54,076
they also had to execute the

964
00:33:54,393 --> 00:33:54,643
plan

965
00:33:56,562 --> 00:33:56,812
they had to develop a

966
00:33:56,996 --> 00:33:57,246
methodology

967
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:01,650
be able to identify data analyze

968
00:34:02,368 --> 00:34:02,618
the data and then arrive at the

969
00:34:03,069 --> 00:34:03,319
project deliverables.

970
00:34:06,172 --> 00:34:06,422
Most importantly the students

971
00:34:06,839 --> 00:34:07,089
had carefully think through

972
00:34:09,942 --> 00:34:10,192
how they could communicate these

973
00:34:11,677 --> 00:34:11,927
findings in a compelling and

974
00:34:12,578 --> 00:34:12,828
concise report to the managers

975
00:34:13,212 --> 00:34:13,462
who they were working with

976
00:34:18,184 --> 00:34:18,434
The report and subs subsequent

977
00:34:19,452 --> 00:34:19,702
presentation to the organis

978
00:34:21,454 --> 00:34:21,704
organization's managers needed

979
00:34:22,188 --> 00:34:22,438
to clearly convey the

980
00:34:23,789 --> 00:34:24,039
deliverables along with the

981
00:34:24,390 --> 00:34:24,640
sourcing strategy

982
00:34:27,460 --> 00:34:27,710
and the plan along with

983
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:28,210
assessment of post

984
00:34:29,829 --> 00:34:30,079
implementation risks and

985
00:34:30,363 --> 00:34:30,613
rewards.

986
00:34:33,432 --> 00:34:33,682
so at every stage of the

987
00:34:34,133 --> 00:34:34,383
cappstone project whether in

988
00:34:37,636 --> 00:34:37,886
reading comprehension whether in

989
00:34:39,705 --> 00:34:39,955
writing oral communication

990
00:34:41,707 --> 00:34:41,957
project management, mathematical

991
00:34:42,441 --> 00:34:42,691
modeling students were

992
00:34:43,743 --> 00:34:43,993
challenged to develop an

993
00:34:44,310 --> 00:34:44,560
analytical mindset.

994
00:34:44,777 --> 00:34:45,027
so

995
00:34:48,314 --> 00:34:48,564
this was a real boon for our

996
00:34:48,981 --> 00:34:49,231
students

997
00:34:51,917 --> 00:34:52,167
when they interviewed with

998
00:34:53,652 --> 00:34:53,902
potential employers the

999
00:34:54,186 --> 00:34:54,436
employers saw the value that

1000
00:34:54,820 --> 00:34:55,070
they brought to Westvirginia

1001
00:34:55,488 --> 00:34:55,738
firms

1002
00:34:58,190 --> 00:34:58,440
so this value in delivering

1003
00:35:00,192 --> 00:35:00,442
theoretically theoreticallyrin

1004
00:35:01,961 --> 00:35:02,211
rigorous scientific analysis

1005
00:35:03,696 --> 00:35:03,946
supported by Reho Westvirginia's

1006
00:35:05,931 --> 00:35:06,181
platform supports firm's

1007
00:35:07,666 --> 00:35:07,916
decision making calculus to

1008
00:35:09,435 --> 00:35:09,685
build reliable and competitive

1009
00:35:10,136 --> 00:35:10,386
sources of supply here in

1010
00:35:10,669 --> 00:35:10,919
westvirginia.

1011
00:35:15,441 --> 00:35:15,691
So I believe this coursework has

1012
00:35:16,142 --> 00:35:16,392
the potential of building a

1013
00:35:17,743 --> 00:35:17,993
virtue cycle of helping west

1014
00:35:19,612 --> 00:35:19,862
Virginia firms improve their

1015
00:35:20,279 --> 00:35:20,529
strategic sourcing

1016
00:35:22,415 --> 00:35:22,665
while also building a pipeline

1017
00:35:23,916 --> 00:35:24,166
of talented supply chain

1018
00:35:25,951 --> 00:35:26,201
managers trained in strategic

1019
00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:27,970
sourcing from west Virginia

1020
00:35:29,722 --> 00:35:29,972
manufacturers that in turn

1021
00:35:31,757 --> 00:35:32,007
builds more business for other

1022
00:35:32,425 --> 00:35:32,675
Westvirginia manufacturers.

1023
00:35:35,428 --> 00:35:35,678
so we are supply chain

1024
00:35:35,928 --> 00:35:36,178
management programme at West

1025
00:35:37,797 --> 00:35:38,047
Virginia University is grateful

1026
00:35:38,464 --> 00:35:38,714
to partner with Ed Ryan

1027
00:35:40,199 --> 00:35:40,449
in his effort to generate new

1028
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:41,050
business for West Virginia

1029
00:35:41,367 --> 00:35:41,617
manufacturers.

1030
00:35:44,203 --> 00:35:44,453
This partnership also achieves

1031
00:35:45,604 --> 00:35:45,854
West Virginia University's land

1032
00:35:46,272 --> 00:35:46,522
grant mission

1033
00:35:48,174 --> 00:35:48,424
to improve the economic

1034
00:35:49,575 --> 00:35:49,825
prosperity of the residents of

1035
00:35:50,242 --> 00:35:50,492
Westvirginia.

1036
00:35:53,646 --> 00:35:53,896
in doing so we believe that West

1037
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:54,730
Virginia could become an example

1038
00:35:55,147 --> 00:35:55,397
for the rest of the country

1039
00:35:57,950 --> 00:35:58,200
we can demonstrate how to

1040
00:35:59,919 --> 00:36:00,169
leverage the current business

1041
00:36:01,687 --> 00:36:01,937
environment to encourage greater

1042
00:36:03,656 --> 00:36:03,906
manufacturing capacity in west

1043
00:36:05,758 --> 00:36:06,008
Virginia and thereby also build

1044
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:08,010
the US domestic manufacturing

1045
00:36:08,461 --> 00:36:08,711
capacity that we have lost over

1046
00:36:09,128 --> 00:36:09,378
the last half century.

1047
00:36:09,895 --> 00:36:10,145
thank you

1048
00:36:17,636 --> 00:36:17,886
Thank you Dr. Saanha next I'd

1049
00:36:19,405 --> 00:36:19,655
like to bring up two speakers

1050
00:36:21,507 --> 00:36:21,757
from Marshall University, Derek

1051
00:36:22,174 --> 00:36:22,424
Scarborough from the

1052
00:36:29,415 --> 00:36:29,665
Thank you Ed and thanks members

1053
00:36:30,182 --> 00:36:30,432
for having me. My name is Derek

1054
00:36:31,951 --> 00:36:32,201
Scarborough. I'm the director of

1055
00:36:32,685 --> 00:36:32,935
Marshall's Advanced

1056
00:36:33,118 --> 00:36:33,368
Manufacturing Center.

1057
00:36:35,921 --> 00:36:36,171
the advanced manufacturingent at

1058
00:36:37,923 --> 00:36:38,173
Marshall is a very externally

1059
00:36:39,925 --> 00:36:40,175
focused applied engineering

1060
00:36:41,660 --> 00:36:41,910
workforce development arm of

1061
00:36:43,429 --> 00:36:43,679
marshall that works with

1062
00:36:43,963 --> 00:36:44,213
business all across the state

1063
00:36:47,433 --> 00:36:47,683
last year we did projects

1064
00:36:49,902 --> 00:36:50,152
with358 companies and many of

1065
00:36:52,138 --> 00:36:52,388
those are workforce training

1066
00:36:54,173 --> 00:36:54,423
engineering custom tooling kind

1067
00:36:56,142 --> 00:36:56,392
of projects but many of them are

1068
00:36:59,411 --> 00:36:59,661
also supply chain issues helping

1069
00:37:02,214 --> 00:37:02,464
companies find sources for

1070
00:37:04,183 --> 00:37:04,433
certain services or products

1071
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:07,970
they need and also helping

1072
00:37:09,421 --> 00:37:09,671
smaller companies figure out how

1073
00:37:11,457 --> 00:37:11,707
to get into a larger supply

1074
00:37:13,726 --> 00:37:13,976
chain so we try to work both

1075
00:37:14,326 --> 00:37:14,576
sides of the equation there and

1076
00:37:15,027 --> 00:37:15,277
help

1077
00:37:17,463 --> 00:37:17,713
companies develop business

1078
00:37:19,698 --> 00:37:19,948
opportunities especially close

1079
00:37:22,168 --> 00:37:22,418
to home and what Bill said about

1080
00:37:25,938 --> 00:37:26,188
many companies not knowing about

1081
00:37:28,207 --> 00:37:28,457
resources in their backyard you

1082
00:37:30,142 --> 00:37:30,392
know we have many examples of

1083
00:37:31,677 --> 00:37:31,927
where we connected a larger

1084
00:37:33,913 --> 00:37:34,163
company with a machine shop in

1085
00:37:35,681 --> 00:37:35,931
the same county that had never

1086
00:37:37,449 --> 00:37:37,699
talked to each other before and

1087
00:37:38,184 --> 00:37:38,434
now they're supplying parts to

1088
00:37:41,654 --> 00:37:41,904
each other it's great but what

1089
00:37:43,956 --> 00:37:44,206
excites me about what Ed is

1090
00:37:44,557 --> 00:37:44,807
doing with Reshore west Virginia

1091
00:37:49,695 --> 00:37:49,945
is he's bringing his expertise

1092
00:37:51,864 --> 00:37:52,114
and export import knowledge

1093
00:37:54,633 --> 00:37:54,883
along with a powerful set of

1094
00:37:55,201 --> 00:37:55,451
data

1095
00:37:59,405 --> 00:37:59,655
that folks like us and these

1096
00:38:00,005 --> 00:38:00,255
other organizations can use

1097
00:38:03,909 --> 00:38:04,159
in applied work directly with

1098
00:38:07,413 --> 00:38:07,663
businesses in your districts

1099
00:38:08,180 --> 00:38:08,430
to help them realize

1100
00:38:10,416 --> 00:38:10,666
opportunities opportunities to

1101
00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:12,000
sell and source

1102
00:38:14,053 --> 00:38:14,303
more products in the area

1103
00:38:17,890 --> 00:38:18,140
and these classroom projects

1104
00:38:19,925 --> 00:38:20,175
that are happening with the

1105
00:38:20,593 --> 00:38:20,843
student teams working on Reshore

1106
00:38:23,696 --> 00:38:23,946
you know they're going to be

1107
00:38:26,031 --> 00:38:26,281
able to dig into specific

1108
00:38:26,599 --> 00:38:26,849
examples

1109
00:38:28,033 --> 00:38:28,283
specific companies

1110
00:38:31,904 --> 00:38:32,154
and help go through that data

1111
00:38:33,939 --> 00:38:34,189
withedd's expertise to look for

1112
00:38:35,941 --> 00:38:36,191
those opportunities and then

1113
00:38:37,676 --> 00:38:37,926
organizations like mine can

1114
00:38:39,678 --> 00:38:39,928
perhaps come in to say all right

1115
00:38:42,181 --> 00:38:42,431
we've identified this business

1116
00:38:43,916 --> 00:38:44,166
that's got this capability that

1117
00:38:45,718 --> 00:38:45,968
makes this widget that this

1118
00:38:47,686 --> 00:38:47,936
company across the state buys

1119
00:38:52,224 --> 00:38:52,474
from Asia and help them maybe

1120
00:38:53,759 --> 00:38:54,009
get up to certification

1121
00:38:56,128 --> 00:38:56,378
train additional workers so they

1122
00:38:58,163 --> 00:38:58,413
can expand capacity what have

1123
00:39:01,634 --> 00:39:01,884
you so it's a a good way to grow

1124
00:39:03,702 --> 00:39:03,952
an economy helping existing

1125
00:39:04,270 --> 00:39:04,520
businesses find more

1126
00:39:07,506 --> 00:39:07,756
we're all in very excited to be

1127
00:39:08,173 --> 00:39:08,423
part of this

1128
00:39:14,179 --> 00:39:14,429
Thank youerrek next from

1129
00:39:16,181 --> 00:39:16,431
Marshall University I'd like to

1130
00:39:16,815 --> 00:39:17,065
ask Kit Sowards to come up

1131
00:39:23,555 --> 00:39:23,805
thank you madam Chair and the

1132
00:39:24,256 --> 00:39:24,506
members of the committee for

1133
00:39:24,890 --> 00:39:25,140
this opportunity

1134
00:39:30,296 --> 00:39:30,546
marshall and also the associate

1135
00:39:31,597 --> 00:39:31,847
director of the Appalachian

1136
00:39:32,164 --> 00:39:32,414
Transportation Ins

1137
00:39:42,174 --> 00:39:42,424
re sh or ing actct as part of

1138
00:39:43,942 --> 00:39:44,192
that initial study we determined

1139
00:39:46,145 --> 00:39:46,395
that there was roughly $680

1140
00:39:49,415 --> 00:39:49,665
million of products using2025 to

1141
00:39:51,684 --> 00:39:51,934
date data that could reasonably

1142
00:39:53,485 --> 00:39:53,735
be reassured in West Virginia

1143
00:39:54,286 --> 00:39:54,536
we've been working with Reshore

1144
00:39:55,921 --> 00:39:56,171
West Virginia since that effort

1145
00:39:57,956 --> 00:39:58,206
to examine that for the

1146
00:39:59,725 --> 00:39:59,975
entire13state Appalachian

1147
00:40:00,292 --> 00:40:00,542
regional commission.

1148
00:40:02,194 --> 00:40:02,444
footprint and that work

1149
00:40:03,562 --> 00:40:03,812
continues we see a lot more

1150
00:40:11,403 --> 00:40:11,653
our efforts so far have really

1151
00:40:12,204 --> 00:40:12,454
made us understand that we just

1152
00:40:13,572 --> 00:40:13,822
can't look at what products

1153
00:40:18,143 --> 00:40:18,393
that's only the starting point

1154
00:40:19,645 --> 00:40:19,895
what we really wanted to

1155
00:40:21,580 --> 00:40:21,830
question is how do we turn that

1156
00:40:22,247 --> 00:40:22,497
information into a disciplined

1157
00:40:25,584 --> 00:40:25,834
it starts with

1158
00:40:41,567 --> 00:40:41,817
harmonized tariff schedule data

1159
00:40:42,234 --> 00:40:42,484
allows

1160
00:40:45,537 --> 00:40:45,787
but also what trade def

1161
00:40:55,714 --> 00:40:55,964
from there we'd use economic

1162
00:40:56,382 --> 00:40:56,632
impact

1163
00:42:27,573 --> 00:42:27,823
our outreach and help manu

1164
00:42:37,583 --> 00:42:37,833
that's where our research can

1165
00:42:38,250 --> 00:42:38,500
make reshoring a practical

1166
00:42:50,229 --> 00:42:50,479
So this is one of my first

1167
00:42:51,997 --> 00:42:52,247
students from University of

1168
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:55,650
Charleston I wanna give a

1169
00:42:56,134 --> 00:42:56,384
special shout out he couldn't be

1170
00:42:58,203 --> 00:42:58,453
here today but he gave me my

1171
00:42:59,571 --> 00:42:59,821
first chance to teach in the

1172
00:43:00,138 --> 00:43:00,388
un

1173
00:43:05,644 --> 00:43:05,894
thank you doctorRoth for that

1174
00:43:06,411 --> 00:43:06,661
opportunity with that I'd

1175
00:43:09,548 --> 00:43:09,798
like to ask Kelton Bobbitts to

1176
00:43:10,215 --> 00:43:10,465
come up and talk about his

1177
00:43:23,962 --> 00:43:24,212
Morning everybody my name is

1178
00:43:25,931 --> 00:43:26,181
Kelton Bowitz. I am an MBA

1179
00:43:27,666 --> 00:43:27,916
student at the University of

1180
00:43:29,368 --> 00:43:29,618
Charleston and anybody that

1181
00:43:30,002 --> 00:43:30,252
knows me knows I am a very proud

1182
00:43:30,636 --> 00:43:30,886
Westvirginian

1183
00:43:33,405 --> 00:43:33,655
grew up infayette County no more

1184
00:43:34,139 --> 00:43:34,389
than5 minutes away from the

1185
00:43:35,641 --> 00:43:35,891
Newriver Gorge Bridge and

1186
00:43:36,241 --> 00:43:36,491
haven't grown up in such a

1187
00:43:37,910 --> 00:43:38,160
beautiful part of the state I

1188
00:43:39,411 --> 00:43:39,661
got to experience so many of the

1189
00:43:40,112 --> 00:43:40,362
great things our state has to

1190
00:43:42,147 --> 00:43:42,397
offer. but I also got to

1191
00:43:43,415 --> 00:43:43,665
experience some of its

1192
00:43:45,651 --> 00:43:45,901
challenges so to better

1193
00:43:46,151 --> 00:43:46,401
understand these challenges I

1194
00:43:46,752 --> 00:43:47,002
went to the University of

1195
00:43:47,953 --> 00:43:48,203
Charleston double major business

1196
00:43:48,587 --> 00:43:48,837
man and political science

1197
00:43:52,190 --> 00:43:52,440
and decided to pursue my MBA in

1198
00:43:54,192 --> 00:43:54,442
my first semester in my MBA

1199
00:43:57,429 --> 00:43:57,679
career I got the opportunity to

1200
00:43:59,431 --> 00:43:59,681
take Ed's course and it was a

1201
00:44:00,365 --> 00:44:00,615
little daunting and I didn't

1202
00:44:01,033 --> 00:44:01,283
know if I was getting in over my

1203
00:44:01,700 --> 00:44:01,950
head.

1204
00:44:04,403 --> 00:44:04,653
but I was I spent hours and

1205
00:44:06,238 --> 00:44:06,488
hours looking over data, looking

1206
00:44:07,973 --> 00:44:08,223
at manufacturers in West

1207
00:44:09,675 --> 00:44:09,925
Virginia really trying to

1208
00:44:11,443 --> 00:44:11,693
piece it together in a way that

1209
00:44:12,177 --> 00:44:12,427
could produce something valuable

1210
00:44:13,946 --> 00:44:14,196
and while it was difficult and

1211
00:44:15,914 --> 00:44:16,164
challenging that's exactly why I

1212
00:44:17,449 --> 00:44:17,699
was able to grow from the

1213
00:44:17,950 --> 00:44:18,200
experience and that's why it was

1214
00:44:19,952 --> 00:44:20,202
so valuable to me because I

1215
00:44:21,653 --> 00:44:21,903
learned more about tariffs,

1216
00:44:23,422 --> 00:44:23,672
international trade and the

1217
00:44:24,189 --> 00:44:24,439
domestic manufacturing in west

1218
00:44:26,224 --> 00:44:26,474
Virginia than I did in any class

1219
00:44:27,826 --> 00:44:28,076
in undergrad and the reason why

1220
00:44:28,493 --> 00:44:28,743
was simple

1221
00:44:30,162 --> 00:44:30,412
it's because we were focused on

1222
00:44:32,297 --> 00:44:32,547
solving a real problem outside

1223
00:44:32,965 --> 00:44:33,215
the classroom

1224
00:44:35,934 --> 00:44:36,184
what we did in the research was

1225
00:44:37,936 --> 00:44:38,186
we took an industry select a

1226
00:44:39,938 --> 00:44:40,188
business within that industry

1227
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:41,690
figureed out what that business

1228
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:42,290
imported and asked a very

1229
00:44:42,608 --> 00:44:42,858
practical question.

1230
00:44:45,577 --> 00:44:45,827
can that be manufactured in west

1231
00:44:46,244 --> 00:44:46,494
Virginia

1232
00:44:49,481 --> 00:44:49,731
If yes then we ran a comparative

1233
00:44:50,182 --> 00:44:50,432
analysis of the domestic

1234
00:44:53,452 --> 00:44:53,702
manufacturing cost to the landed

1235
00:44:55,454 --> 00:44:55,704
or imported costs and to make

1236
00:44:56,154 --> 00:44:56,404
the research as actionable as we

1237
00:44:58,023 --> 00:44:58,273
could we made an implementation

1238
00:44:58,657 --> 00:44:58,907
plan

1239
00:45:00,225 --> 00:45:00,475
very different than just writing

1240
00:45:01,927 --> 00:45:02,177
a paper for a grade.

1241
00:45:03,695 --> 00:45:03,945
interestingly enough through

1242
00:45:04,262 --> 00:45:04,512
some of my connections in

1243
00:45:05,664 --> 00:45:05,914
economic development I was able

1244
00:45:07,966 --> 00:45:08,216
to send my research to some

1245
00:45:09,668 --> 00:45:09,918
individuals in that field now

1246
00:45:11,670 --> 00:45:11,920
did they do anything with my

1247
00:45:12,270 --> 00:45:12,520
research I don't know but

1248
00:45:15,941 --> 00:45:16,191
what I do know is this is that

1249
00:45:18,110 --> 00:45:18,360
they now have an option that

1250
00:45:18,744 --> 00:45:18,994
they didn't have before

1251
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:21,930
and I think that's what makes

1252
00:45:23,415 --> 00:45:23,665
this course so valuable because

1253
00:45:24,182 --> 00:45:24,432
I know I've had friends and I'm

1254
00:45:25,450 --> 00:45:25,700
sure many of you have

1255
00:45:26,151 --> 00:45:26,401
experienced this as well who

1256
00:45:27,986 --> 00:45:28,236
have wanted to stay in west

1257
00:45:29,688 --> 00:45:29,938
virginia they wanted to work in

1258
00:45:30,389 --> 00:45:30,639
west Virginia raise families in

1259
00:45:31,957 --> 00:45:32,207
west Virginia but they weren't

1260
00:45:33,692 --> 00:45:33,942
able to not because they didn't

1261
00:45:34,393 --> 00:45:34,643
want to but rather they

1262
00:45:35,827 --> 00:45:36,077
struggled to find the

1263
00:45:36,261 --> 00:45:36,511
opportunity here.

1264
00:45:38,096 --> 00:45:38,346
and that to me is a tragedy

1265
00:45:41,466 --> 00:45:41,716
and I also think that's where

1266
00:45:42,100 --> 00:45:42,350
this course can add value

1267
00:45:44,136 --> 00:45:44,386
because I'm just one student

1268
00:45:47,472 --> 00:45:47,722
doing one piece of research but

1269
00:45:49,474 --> 00:45:49,724
imagine if hundreds of students

1270
00:45:50,175 --> 00:45:50,425
across this state were asking

1271
00:45:51,877 --> 00:45:52,127
the same questions that I was

1272
00:45:53,645 --> 00:45:53,895
asking in my research going

1273
00:45:54,212 --> 00:45:54,462
through the data, looking at

1274
00:45:56,181 --> 00:45:56,431
manufacturers trying to find

1275
00:45:57,949 --> 00:45:58,199
that opportunity. Not every

1276
00:45:59,451 --> 00:45:59,701
piece of research is going to be

1277
00:46:00,218 --> 00:46:00,468
a major breakthrough and some of

1278
00:46:01,653 --> 00:46:01,903
it might not even be used but

1279
00:46:03,922 --> 00:46:04,172
that's ok because somebody some

1280
00:46:05,691 --> 00:46:05,941
student is bound to find

1281
00:46:06,358 --> 00:46:06,608
something that'll change West

1282
00:46:07,893 --> 00:46:08,143
Virginia for the better

1283
00:46:11,463 --> 00:46:11,713
and to me that's a win for

1284
00:46:13,732 --> 00:46:13,982
everybodyudents gain real skills

1285
00:46:14,433 --> 00:46:14,683
knowledge and abilities

1286
00:46:17,402 --> 00:46:17,652
manufacturers gain ideas in west

1287
00:46:19,604 --> 00:46:19,854
virginians ultimately gain

1288
00:46:20,138 --> 00:46:20,388
opportunity.

1289
00:46:22,274 --> 00:46:22,524
so if there's anything that I

1290
00:46:23,675 --> 00:46:23,925
would like the committee to take

1291
00:46:25,444 --> 00:46:25,694
away from my experience as a

1292
00:46:26,078 --> 00:46:26,328
student that's been through this

1293
00:46:26,745 --> 00:46:26,995
course it's this

1294
00:46:29,681 --> 00:46:29,931
students are learning real

1295
00:46:31,450 --> 00:46:31,700
knowledge and skills while

1296
00:46:32,350 --> 00:46:32,600
having the potential to solve

1297
00:46:33,018 --> 00:46:33,268
real problems

1298
00:46:35,654 --> 00:46:35,904
I'd encourage this committee to

1299
00:46:37,456 --> 00:46:37,706
support giving other students

1300
00:46:38,156 --> 00:46:38,406
the opportunity that I've had to

1301
00:46:39,925 --> 00:46:40,175
give back to the communities I

1302
00:46:41,693 --> 00:46:41,943
care so much about because I

1303
00:46:42,294 --> 00:46:42,544
believe that the best thing that

1304
00:46:43,462 --> 00:46:43,712
you can get from a college

1305
00:46:45,464 --> 00:46:45,714
experience is not simply a

1306
00:46:46,465 --> 00:46:46,715
degree but rather the ability to

1307
00:46:47,132 --> 00:46:47,382
look at a problem

1308
00:46:50,202 --> 00:46:50,452
figure it out and have the

1309
00:46:51,970 --> 00:46:52,220
confidence that your work can

1310
00:46:53,939 --> 00:46:54,189
make a difference and for me

1311
00:46:54,573 --> 00:46:54,823
that's exactly what this course

1312
00:46:55,273 --> 00:46:55,523
did

1313
00:46:56,208 --> 00:46:56,458
thank you so much for your time

1314
00:47:02,630 --> 00:47:02,880
he got an A if you're wondering

1315
00:47:07,652 --> 00:47:07,902
yeah amazing yeah so our last

1316
00:47:09,654 --> 00:47:09,904
our last speaker I want I

1317
00:47:11,423 --> 00:47:11,673
want you all to hear from

1318
00:47:11,923 --> 00:47:12,173
who's the beneficiary of all

1319
00:47:12,591 --> 00:47:12,841
this

1320
00:47:14,459 --> 00:47:14,709
and that's our westvirginia

1321
00:47:17,529 --> 00:47:17,779
manufacturers we had the

1322
00:47:18,096 --> 00:47:18,346
opportunity to work in our

1323
00:47:18,630 --> 00:47:18,880
second

1324
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:21,850
with one of our state's greatest

1325
00:47:22,267 --> 00:47:22,517
man

1326
00:47:26,104 --> 00:47:26,354
if you've not heard of

1327
00:47:27,639 --> 00:47:27,889
rubberlight, hopefully today

1328
00:47:29,875 --> 00:47:30,125
we'll shed some light on some

1329
00:47:31,643 --> 00:47:31,893
of the amazing things that we're

1330
00:47:33,545 --> 00:47:33,795
making in our state so with that

1331
00:47:34,246 --> 00:47:34,496
Jeff Gord

1332
00:47:42,254 --> 00:47:42,504
Well it's it's my pleasure to be

1333
00:47:43,955 --> 00:47:44,205
here in front of you and I'm

1334
00:47:45,690 --> 00:47:45,940
struggling with whether I talk

1335
00:47:47,626 --> 00:47:47,876
about all the great things that

1336
00:47:48,260 --> 00:47:48,510
rubberlight does.

1337
00:47:49,728 --> 00:47:49,978
or all the great things I've

1338
00:47:55,433 --> 00:47:55,683
Mr Ryan's the one that

1339
00:47:56,001 --> 00:47:56,251
invited me here so I'm going to

1340
00:47:57,435 --> 00:47:57,685
try to stick to that but rubber

1341
00:47:59,437 --> 00:47:59,687
lights are relatively small

1342
00:48:01,706 --> 00:48:01,956
company in terms of people and

1343
00:48:03,441 --> 00:48:03,691
size about a half a million

1344
00:48:04,009 --> 00:48:04,259
square feet under roof in

1345
00:48:04,576 --> 00:48:04,826
Huntington

1346
00:48:06,511 --> 00:48:06,761
and about165 employees

1347
00:48:09,481 --> 00:48:09,731
but we're big in global

1348
00:48:11,483 --> 00:48:11,733
footprint and product footprint.

1349
00:48:12,617 --> 00:48:12,867
We export to about 20 different

1350
00:48:13,285 --> 00:48:13,535
countries

1351
00:48:16,288 --> 00:48:16,538
I'm sure that most of you

1352
00:48:19,457 --> 00:48:19,707
probably use a product that has

1353
00:48:20,158 --> 00:48:20,408
rubber light materials in it

1354
00:48:23,495 --> 00:48:23,745
and we like to look at rubber

1355
00:48:24,563 --> 00:48:24,813
lead as one of the best kept

1356
00:48:25,130 --> 00:48:25,380
secrets in west virginia

1357
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:28,450
but we don't necessarily need to

1358
00:48:30,101 --> 00:48:30,351
be a secret in west virginia and

1359
00:48:30,802 --> 00:48:31,052
this was a great opportunity

1360
00:48:35,774 --> 00:48:36,024
for us when Ed came to me and

1361
00:48:36,441 --> 00:48:36,691
our president

1362
00:48:40,245 --> 00:48:40,495
Brad Mayo and pitched what

1363
00:48:41,613 --> 00:48:41,863
reshore west virginia was

1364
00:48:45,450 --> 00:48:45,700
we thought this is brilliant

1365
00:48:46,484 --> 00:48:46,734
they're taking just volumes and

1366
00:48:49,454 --> 00:48:49,704
volumes of data import export

1367
00:48:51,990 --> 00:48:52,240
data and translating that into

1368
00:48:53,792 --> 00:48:54,042
materials that we could sell

1369
00:48:57,462 --> 00:48:57,712
in our state materials that

1370
00:48:58,230 --> 00:48:58,480
we're exporting to Malaysia

1371
00:48:59,731 --> 00:48:59,981
China

1372
00:49:03,668 --> 00:49:03,918
Australia and indeed our

1373
00:49:04,269 --> 00:49:04,519
largest customer is in Malaysia.

1374
00:49:07,439 --> 00:49:07,689
and and we thought well this is

1375
00:49:09,441 --> 00:49:09,691
brilliant. it seems to make a

1376
00:49:10,475 --> 00:49:10,725
lot of sense so he's mining the

1377
00:49:13,411 --> 00:49:13,661
data the materials people are

1378
00:49:14,246 --> 00:49:14,496
bringing into west Virginia and

1379
00:49:15,580 --> 00:49:15,830
just saying look rubber light

1380
00:49:16,248 --> 00:49:16,498
makes

1381
00:49:20,185 --> 00:49:20,435
and so we had the good fortune

1382
00:49:22,187 --> 00:49:22,437
of being part of a capstone

1383
00:49:22,787 --> 00:49:23,037
project with

1384
00:49:25,790 --> 00:49:26,040
students from Drctor Saana's

1385
00:49:26,358 --> 00:49:26,608
class

1386
00:49:29,527 --> 00:49:29,777
and I can't tell you how

1387
00:49:30,095 --> 00:49:30,345
impressed I was with

1388
00:49:35,433 --> 00:49:35,683
did a study without our help

1389
00:49:37,402 --> 00:49:37,652
without any insight from us,

1390
00:49:39,905 --> 00:49:40,155
using the reshore West Virginia

1391
00:49:42,140 --> 00:49:42,390
methods our methodologies I

1392
00:49:43,942 --> 00:49:44,192
should say and I'm sure a little

1393
00:49:45,977 --> 00:49:46,227
bit of Mr. Ryan's talent and

1394
00:49:46,611 --> 00:49:46,861
insight and

1395
00:49:49,848 --> 00:49:50,098
they put together an amazing

1396
00:49:50,515 --> 00:49:50,765
study

1397
00:49:54,152 --> 00:49:54,402
that was just found was very

1398
00:49:57,923 --> 00:49:58,173
accurate and found an absolute

1399
00:49:59,724 --> 00:49:59,974
custom potential customer that

1400
00:50:01,459 --> 00:50:01,709
we've actually had in our sites

1401
00:50:03,695 --> 00:50:03,945
for many years but found it

1402
00:50:05,563 --> 00:50:05,813
challenging to compete with the

1403
00:50:06,231 --> 00:50:06,481
foams that are made

1404
00:50:12,203 --> 00:50:12,453
supply chain

1405
00:50:15,874 --> 00:50:16,124
but I'll tell you rubber

1406
00:50:17,876 --> 00:50:18,126
light is a company that does not

1407
00:50:19,878 --> 00:50:20,128
chase nickels and dimes at the

1408
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:22,330
expense of dollars. so we are

1409
00:50:25,684 --> 00:50:25,934
almost solely US based in terms

1410
00:50:27,886 --> 00:50:28,136
of our raw materials buying our

1411
00:50:29,654 --> 00:50:29,904
building blocks for the

1412
00:50:30,588 --> 00:50:30,838
polymers that we make all

1413
00:50:31,156 --> 00:50:31,406
domestically.

1414
00:50:34,192 --> 00:50:34,442
we use a few specialty catalysts

1415
00:50:36,194 --> 00:50:36,444
and things that come from places

1416
00:50:36,861 --> 00:50:37,111
because no one else makes them

1417
00:50:40,198 --> 00:50:40,448
but basically all of our carbon

1418
00:50:41,933 --> 00:50:42,183
building blocks come from the

1419
00:50:43,902 --> 00:50:44,152
United States and even one

1420
00:50:45,870 --> 00:50:46,120
product line it's all west

1421
00:50:48,106 --> 00:50:48,356
virginia. The one side of the

1422
00:50:49,708 --> 00:50:49,958
reaction is made in New

1423
00:50:50,475 --> 00:50:50,725
Martinsville the other side's

1424
00:50:51,943 --> 00:50:52,193
maden South Charleston and

1425
00:50:53,678 --> 00:50:53,928
they're we're putting them all

1426
00:50:55,413 --> 00:50:55,663
together to make a line of

1427
00:50:57,682 --> 00:50:57,932
highly specialized technical irs

1428
00:50:59,918 --> 00:51:00,168
that are used in processes

1429
00:51:01,753 --> 00:51:02,003
that is it's quite an

1430
00:51:02,220 --> 00:51:02,470
innovative piece of material.

1431
00:51:05,690 --> 00:51:05,940
so anyway, back to the the

1432
00:51:07,726 --> 00:51:07,976
cappstone project. The students

1433
00:51:11,429 --> 00:51:11,679
we had the opportunity to host

1434
00:51:13,665 --> 00:51:13,915
them at at uhrubberli they came

1435
00:51:14,366 --> 00:51:14,616
down we gave them tours

1436
00:51:16,134 --> 00:51:16,384
they knew what they were looking

1437
00:51:17,902 --> 00:51:18,152
at as they were looking through

1438
00:51:19,738 --> 00:51:19,988
there was it was they were

1439
00:51:20,305 --> 00:51:20,555
they did their homework

1440
00:51:23,375 --> 00:51:23,625
and and they're their study and

1441
00:51:25,410 --> 00:51:25,660
the the quality of of the output

1442
00:51:27,712 --> 00:51:27,962
of that capstone project I was I

1443
00:51:28,380 --> 00:51:28,630
was impressed

1444
00:51:30,181 --> 00:51:30,431
and honestly I'm kind of a hard

1445
00:51:33,451 --> 00:51:33,701
guy to impress so I wasn't

1446
00:51:33,985 --> 00:51:34,235
expecting too much and so

1447
00:51:37,655 --> 00:51:37,905
I have no dog in this fight but

1448
00:51:39,457 --> 00:51:39,707
I do know that supply chain

1449
00:51:41,493 --> 00:51:41,743
security is our bread and

1450
00:51:42,193 --> 00:51:42,443
butter. That's Rubberli's bread

1451
00:51:43,928 --> 00:51:44,178
and butter and the more young

1452
00:51:45,964 --> 00:51:46,214
people know or the people coming

1453
00:51:47,932 --> 00:51:48,182
into the workforce understand

1454
00:51:51,403 --> 00:51:51,653
the criticality of supply chain

1455
00:51:52,370 --> 00:51:52,620
the better off all of our

1456
00:51:53,738 --> 00:51:53,988
companies are going to be

1457
00:51:55,940 --> 00:51:56,190
you know sustainability is a

1458
00:51:56,608 --> 00:51:56,858
word that's kicked around a lot

1459
00:51:59,911 --> 00:52:00,161
in my industry in the

1460
00:52:01,679 --> 00:52:01,929
chemicals and polymer industry,

1461
00:52:03,715 --> 00:52:03,965
but the primary sustainability

1462
00:52:05,717 --> 00:52:05,967
is security of supply and that's

1463
00:52:07,719 --> 00:52:07,969
where we live that is our bread

1464
00:52:08,386 --> 00:52:08,636
and butter. So through C covid

1465
00:52:09,587 --> 00:52:09,837
we didn't lose a beat

1466
00:52:13,458 --> 00:52:13,708
some of our lo much larger peers

1467
00:52:14,225 --> 00:52:14,475
in the industry they did why?

1468
00:52:16,494 --> 00:52:16,744
sourcing of materials

1469
00:52:20,165 --> 00:52:20,415
to save those nickels and dimes

1470
00:52:22,133 --> 00:52:22,383
and and that's something that

1471
00:52:23,902 --> 00:52:24,152
that rubber light does not do so

1472
00:52:25,437 --> 00:52:25,687
I encourage you to learn a

1473
00:52:26,037 --> 00:52:26,287
little bit about rubber light

1474
00:52:27,906 --> 00:52:28,156
and what we do. I thank you for

1475
00:52:29,908 --> 00:52:30,158
those that already do advocate

1476
00:52:32,177 --> 00:52:32,427
for us, uh, uh, such as

1477
00:52:33,878 --> 00:52:34,128
Billissett here in the west

1478
00:52:35,413 --> 00:52:35,663
Virginia Manufacturers

1479
00:52:36,381 --> 00:52:36,631
association for ed for Marshall

1480
00:52:39,417 --> 00:52:39,667
University we get quite a few

1481
00:52:40,151 --> 00:52:40,401
of our technical resources out

1482
00:52:43,421 --> 00:52:43,671
of Marshall we use an

1483
00:52:45,924 --> 00:52:46,174
informal internship program.

1484
00:52:47,625 --> 00:52:47,875
I've hired 3 engineers,2

1485
00:52:48,193 --> 00:52:48,443
chemists

1486
00:52:51,396 --> 00:52:51,646
multitude of technicians

1487
00:52:51,930 --> 00:52:52,180
staff out of Marshall

1488
00:52:53,565 --> 00:52:53,815
University. it's a nice

1489
00:52:54,132 --> 00:52:54,382
resource to have

1490
00:52:57,535 --> 00:52:57,785
thank you again. good luck.

1491
00:53:03,575 --> 00:53:03,825
thank you all

1492
00:53:05,710 --> 00:53:05,960
for taking the time to to come

1493
00:53:06,377 --> 00:53:06,627
in today

1494
00:53:11,583 --> 00:53:11,833
so as as as you heard today

1495
00:53:12,150 --> 00:53:12,400
this is our mission

1496
00:53:15,587 --> 00:53:15,837
rubber light's a great

1497
00:53:21,526 --> 00:53:21,776
about1,000 manufacturers

1498
00:53:25,563 --> 00:53:25,813
we want to introduce

1499
00:53:33,538 --> 00:53:33,788
about4.9

1500
00:53:39,711 --> 00:53:39,961
we're gonna do that through the

1501
00:53:40,378 --> 00:53:40,628
reshor

1502
00:53:45,550 --> 00:53:45,800
so this coming semester at WU

1503
00:53:46,251 --> 00:53:46,501
I've got

1504
00:53:49,988 --> 00:53:50,238
reshoring opportunities in west

1505
00:53:51,990 --> 00:53:52,240
Virginia I want thank

1506
00:53:53,691 --> 00:53:53,941
doctorctor Saldanaha for his

1507
00:53:55,994 --> 00:53:56,244
partnership and mentoring me to

1508
00:53:58,163 --> 00:53:58,413
become an adjunct instructor

1509
00:54:00,498 --> 00:54:00,748
I never dreamed of being a a

1510
00:54:03,668 --> 00:54:03,918
college professor but I think

1511
00:54:05,937 --> 00:54:06,187
the necessity of the opportunity

1512
00:54:06,638 --> 00:54:06,888
demands it so

1513
00:54:09,974 --> 00:54:10,224
I'm inspired by students like

1514
00:54:11,943 --> 00:54:12,193
Kelton who can get up here and

1515
00:54:13,711 --> 00:54:13,961
and tell you his story and

1516
00:54:14,245 --> 00:54:14,495
show you

1517
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:22,170
so we're gonna be running the

1518
00:54:23,655 --> 00:54:23,905
reshoring opportunities in west

1519
00:54:25,456 --> 00:54:25,706
Virginia of course at Wvu but

1520
00:54:26,057 --> 00:54:26,307
then we look to expand that

1521
00:54:27,559 --> 00:54:27,809
so I would ask

1522
00:54:33,464 --> 00:54:33,714
man to assist us in bringing

1523
00:54:35,700 --> 00:54:35,950
that course to universities both

1524
00:54:38,303 --> 00:54:38,553
private and public across the

1525
00:54:38,970 --> 00:54:39,220
great state of westvirginia

1526
00:54:41,573 --> 00:54:41,823
we see an opportunity for

1527
00:54:42,106 --> 00:54:42,356
hundre

1528
00:54:49,581 --> 00:54:49,831
and pour in at that same level

1529
00:54:50,248 --> 00:54:50,498
that Kelton has

1530
00:54:57,522 --> 00:54:57,772
One product one import

1531
00:54:57,989 --> 00:54:58,239
opportunity

1532
00:55:01,559 --> 00:55:01,809
So with that I'd like to

1533
00:55:07,599 --> 00:55:07,849
Any questions

1534
00:55:15,974 --> 00:55:16,224
thank you

1535
00:55:17,942 --> 00:55:18,192
I really appreciate this

1536
00:55:18,509 --> 00:55:18,759
presentation

1537
00:55:21,412 --> 00:55:21,662
have you guys looked at access

1538
00:55:23,414 --> 00:55:23,664
to capital once you've done the

1539
00:55:24,082 --> 00:55:24,332
research on saying here's a

1540
00:55:26,184 --> 00:55:26,434
here's a need and the demand

1541
00:55:28,019 --> 00:55:28,269
level in West Virginia it can be

1542
00:55:28,686 --> 00:55:28,936
met

1543
00:55:31,422 --> 00:55:31,672
now you need an entrepreneur

1544
00:55:32,023 --> 00:55:32,273
who's going to be able to go out

1545
00:55:33,925 --> 00:55:34,175
and access capital is where is

1546
00:55:34,626 --> 00:55:34,876
that next step addressed yet?

1547
00:56:06,224 --> 00:56:06,474
So when you're when you're

1548
00:56:07,925 --> 00:56:08,175
talking to banks is it across

1549
00:56:09,761 --> 00:56:10,011
the state is it just a couple of

1550
00:56:10,461 --> 00:56:10,711
them you don't have to tell us

1551
00:56:11,429 --> 00:56:11,679
which one they are and the

1552
00:56:12,230 --> 00:56:12,480
reason I ask is because

1553
00:56:15,933 --> 00:56:16,183
in my private life there's a

1554
00:56:17,402 --> 00:56:17,652
lot of banking relationships we

1555
00:56:18,136 --> 00:56:18,386
have and when things those needs

1556
00:56:19,904 --> 00:56:20,154
come up they will sometimes

1557
00:56:21,639 --> 00:56:21,889
reach out and say hey you might

1558
00:56:22,307 --> 00:56:22,557
want to look into this type

1559
00:56:22,874 --> 00:56:23,124
thing

1560
00:56:26,210 --> 00:56:26,460
I would encourage that part of

1561
00:56:27,679 --> 00:56:27,929
it because I was there's there's

1562
00:56:29,414 --> 00:56:29,664
a million ideas and you guys are

1563
00:56:30,148 --> 00:56:30,398
really going through and and

1564
00:56:31,749 --> 00:56:31,999
getting the plan to implement an

1565
00:56:32,417 --> 00:56:32,667
idea

1566
00:56:34,552 --> 00:56:34,802
in one of the biggest challenges

1567
00:56:35,953 --> 00:56:36,203
I think we face once we get to

1568
00:56:36,621 --> 00:56:36,871
that spot in west Virginia is

1569
00:56:37,255 --> 00:56:37,505
having

1570
00:56:40,024 --> 00:56:40,274
access to capital to get it done

1571
00:56:40,692 --> 00:56:40,942
here

1572
00:56:41,893 --> 00:56:42,143
so it's

1573
00:56:45,897 --> 00:56:46,147
if if you're finding barriers as

1574
00:56:47,699 --> 00:56:47,949
you go along along that path

1575
00:56:48,299 --> 00:56:48,549
it'd be I'd be interested in

1576
00:56:48,966 --> 00:56:49,216
hearing what those barriers are

1577
00:56:59,544 --> 00:56:59,794
right thank you gentlemen very

1578
00:57:00,211 --> 00:57:00,461
much.

1579
00:57:03,614 --> 00:57:03,864
Is there any other business to

1580
00:57:04,282 --> 00:57:04,532
come before the committee

1581
00:57:08,152 --> 00:57:08,402
OK they bring no further

1582
00:57:09,420 --> 00:57:09,670
business before the committee. I

1583
00:57:10,221 --> 00:57:10,471
recognize the co-chair. madamir,

1584
00:57:11,956 --> 00:57:12,206
I move that the meeting be

1585
00:57:13,624 --> 00:57:13,874
adjourned. All those in favor

1586
00:57:14,258 --> 00:57:14,508
say aye.

1587
00:57:16,194 --> 00:57:16,444
those opposed no in the opinion

1588
00:57:17,995 --> 00:57:18,245
of the chair the ayes have it

1589
00:57:18,663 --> 00:57:18,913
the meeting is adjourned. Thank

1590
00:57:19,330 --> 00:57:19,580
you everyone.