New Michigan Skilled Trades Initiative
The state today at the Mackinac Policy Conference announced a partnership with Rowe and his foundation
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Popular Science: Lessons about Labors No One Wants
How To Take Pride In A Shark Autopsy, And Other Lessons From Mike Rowe The former “Dirty Jobs” host has had his share of gross experiences in the workforce By Popular Science Staff This article was originally published in the Read More …
Mike Talks about the Value of Learning a Skilled Trade
Mike opens up on pay, public office and the ‘skills gap’ “I’d love to see every hard worker paid handsomely, including teachers.” ~ Mike Rowe (CNN) — Between Mike Rowe’s television work and his philanthropic efforts with the Mike Rowe Read More …
Men’s Health: Get Ahead by Getting Dirty
Over the years Mike has tried some Dirty Jobs, built a website to support the skilled trades and soon you will be able to watch him on CNN’s Somebody’s Gotta Do It. All of these themes are connected in many ways Read More …
Mike Rowe is on Cloud 9
…Cloud 9 magazine that is. Cloud 9 is a quarterly in-flight magazine for SeaPort Airlines. Recently Laura Allen talked to Mike about the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, the virtues of work ethic and his determination to promote the skilled trades and their Read More …
Ripon Forum talks with Mike
Ripon forum did a Q & A with Mike where they discussed the Skills Gap, America’s relationship with hard work, the importance of S.T.E.M. education and Mike’s new show “Somebody’s Gotta Do It.” View the original article – HERE. DOWNLOAD Read More …
ACP Interview – Dirty Jobs…That’s What Keeps America Going and Growing!
Mike was interviewed by Greg Sitek of Site-K Construction Zone & ACP at CONEXPO-CONAGG in Las Vegas earlier this year. They discussed the “anti-dirty jobs” mentality and the importance of of promoting the skilled trades and vocational education. View original Read More …
Innovation & Technology Today Q&A with Mike Rowe
Read the article – HERE
The Diploma Dilemma
“So I’m in DC, preparing to discuss a litany of critical issues far beyond my pay grade with a bunch of experts much smarter and better-dressed than me. What could possibly go wrong?” How can we make the future brighter Read More …
Mechanical Business Magazine: Down & Dirty with Mike Rowe
Mike is the first U.S. celebrity to grace the cover of Mechanical Business. As the host of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Network and Discovery Canada, Mike Rowe is a perpetual apprentice, and has tried his hand at more than Read More …
Challenge Magazine: Mike Rowe Profoundly Disconnected
In the September 2013 edition of Challenge magazine Mike talks about how he continues to get the message out about the skilled trades with his new initiative Profoundly Disconnected. Read the online edition – HERE
SkillsUSA Champions Fall 2013 Magazine: Mike Rowe ‘Work Smart and Hard’
Mike talks about “flipping a negative image of skilled jobs” in the 2013 Fall issue of SkillsUSA Champions magazine. View the original article here.
Guideposts – Mike Rowe, Using the Tools
TV’s Mike Rowe idolized his grandfather. There was one problem—he could never be like him. Or could he? By Mike Rowe, San Francisco, California Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d make a living hosting and narrating TV Read More …
Fatherhood Issue of Popular Mechanics: Mike Rowe, the Things My Dad Taught Me
“People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.” —Albert Einstein When I was 14, I woke up one Saturday morning to see my father standing at the foot of my bed, sharpening a double-sided ax. “It’s time,” Read More …
USA Today: Empowering America’s Tradesmen
A special supplement hit newsstands in USA Today in New Orleans, Denver, The Carolinas, Kansas City, Dallas, and Atlanta in March of 2013. In case you were not in one of those areas or missed it we have a copy Read More …