GREENE – The Raymond Corporation hosted a group of 49 seniors from the Greene Central School Physics Department on May 8, providing educational information on careers in the manufacturing industry; the event serving as an opportunity for students to have a look at the engineering behind Raymond lift trucks.

The program - in alignment with the objectives of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Coalition Council for Chenango, Delaware and Otsego counties - facilitated a forum in which students were able to get a detailed look at STEM related careers at Raymond.

While at Raymond, students were able to learn about an array of aspects regarding the manufacturing industry. The students were placed into three groups, and were able to participate in activities including hands-on experiments in the Raymond lab, informational sessions on various engineering tools, and Raymond engineer-led programs.

“From the student surveys, the students liked the back stories of the Raymond employees,” said Greene physics teacher Ethan Leet. “Each Raymond employee would introduce themselves, say where they went to college, the type of degree they earned, the places they worked before Raymond. Many stories included two year degrees, that transferred to four year schools for engineering. Some had people going back to school after working five to ten years.”