Taking a moment to highlight the ambitious, hard workers that are apart of 2023-2024 Dutch Manufacturing team.

Gordon Beck

  • Year in School? Senior
  • Role: Apparel Design
  • Why you signed up for Dutch Manufacturing?
    • It was a new class and and seemed interesting
  • What are you enjoying the most about DM?
    • Being able to come up with my own designs
  • Hobbies outside of school?
    • Mowing grass
  • Plans for your future?
    • Going to a trade school for Automotive Mechanics
  • Do you have a job outside of school?
    • Mechanic at Fenice’s garage
Ella Hager
  • Year in School: Senior
  • Role: Public Relations, Website Design, Secretary
  • Why you signed up for Dutch Manufacturing?
    • I choose DM because of the business aspect; DM will give me real experience, knowledge and qualifications before I am apart of the workforce despite my plan to attend college
  • What are you enjoying the most about DM?
    • I enjoy design and communications
  • Hobbies outside of school?
    • I enjoy playing with my dog, Barry Allen
  • Plans for your future?
    • To attend college for Marketing and Business Administration

Tralynn Ginther

  • Year in School: Junior Year
  • Role: Public Relations, Drafting, Engineering, Treasurer
  • Why did you choose Dutch Manufacturing?
    • I wanted to know more about manufacturing and see how it works
  • What are you enjoying the most about DM?
    • I am enjoying the fact that we can do what we are interested in and that we are able to learn and tour different places.
  • Hobbies outside of school?
    • I play tennis and hang with my family
  • Plans for your future?
    • Undecided
  • Do you have a job outside of school? If so, where do you work?
    • I do have a job I work at West Wind

Braeden Stahl

  • Year in School: Senior Year
  • Role: Design, Drafting
  • Why did you choose Dutch Manufacturing?
    • It was a new class that sounded interesting
  • What are you enjoying the most about DM?
    • Being able to come up with new designs
  • Hobbies outside of school?
    • Working
  • Plans for your future?
    • Going to college then working
  • Do you have a job outside of school? If so, where do you work?
    • Don’s Pizza

Mayson Annis

  • Year in School: Senior Year
  • Role: Public Relations, Production, President
  • Why did you choose Dutch Manufacturing?
    • Sounded interesting and like a good way to get into the world of manufacturing and it was brand new.
  • What are you enjoying the most about DM?
    • Connection being made between students and local businesses.
  • Hobbies outside of school?
    • Hunting, working on cars, fishing, work.
  • Plans for your future?
    • Go to the trades or State Police
  • Do you have a job outside of school? If so, where do you work?

    • Yes, I work at JM DeLullo Stone Sales

Clay Solada

  • Year in School: Sophomore
  • Role: Design, Production
  • Why did you choose Dutch Manufacturing?
    • To try something new that I already had a little bit of background knowledge
  • What are you enjoying the most about DM?
    • Auto CAD
  • Hobbies outside of school?
    • Riding dirt bikes; fishing; hunting; working on cars, trucks and dirt bikes
  • Plans for your future?
    • Go to college for teaching then get a job as a middle school science teacher
  • Do you have a job outside of school? If so, where do you work?

    • I work for ATW Tree Service and during the summers for the Allegheny National Forest

Jonah Williams

  • Year in School: 12
  • Role: Production
  • Why did you choose Dutch Manufacturing?
    • Very interested in manufacturing
  • What are you enjoying the most about DM?
    • Running the machines
  • Hobbies outside of school?
    • Riding dirt bike jeeps and hanging with friends
  • Plans for your future?
    • Make at least $350,000 a year
  • Do you have a job outside of school? If so, where do you work?
    • Yes, I work at GM Equipment

Erika Gnan

  • Year in School: Senior
  • Role: Design
  • Why did you choose Dutch Manufacturing?
    • To learn about powdered metal production
  • What are you enjoying the most about DM?
    • Going to the factories and learning about presses
  • Hobbies outside of school?
    • Hunting, fishing, babysitting
  • Plans for your future?
    • Going into a factory

Levi Meyer

  • Year in School: Junior
  • Role: Production
  • Why did you choose Dutch Manufacturing?
    • Because it looked interesting and I wanted to learn more about electrical engineering
  • What are you enjoying the most about DM?
    • The field trips because it showed me what it was like to work in a factory
  • Hobbies outside of school?
    • Drumming, riding, fishing and hunting
  • Plans for your future?
    • To go to trade school and become an electrician
  • Do you have a job outside of school? If so, where do you work?
    • Yes the Nittany MinitMart