- ACI Foundation Pledges $50,000
 The ACI Foundation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the
American Concrete Institute (ACI), announced its donation of $50,000 to
the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program.
The donation, which will be paid in the amount of $5,000 for the next 10
years, will come from the ACI Foundation's Innovative Concrete Education
(ICE) program, which was created under the Foundation for the purpose of
collecting and distributing funds for new or ongoing innovative concrete
related educational programs. Read full article here.
- ASCA in Dallas 2009: Making a Difference
 CIM exhibited and presented at the
American School Counselor Association's (ASCA) 2009 annual conference,
"Making a Difference," June 28 - July 1, 2009, at the Dallas
Convention Center. This conference brought together approximately 2,000
pre-kindergarten to post-secondary professional school counselors,
counselor educators, supervisors and graduate students and is an
excellent opportunity for school counselors from around the country to
learn about the CIM programs.
In attendance at the conference were MTSU's Marketing and Recruitment
Coordinator, Becky Linville, as well as Dr. Vederaman Sriraman,
Department Chair and Professor, and Dr. Gary Winek, Professor, both in
Engineering Technology at Texas State University. This is the third year
of CIM's participation. Linville presented at the pre-conference
session, "Careers Your Students Need to Know About."
 CIM Program
Seeks Donations For World Of Concrete Auction
The
CIM program is seeking donations for fifth annual auction to be held at the
World of Concrete on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 1 p.m.
Organizers hope the 2010 Auction is even bigger than the 2009 Auction,
which raised approximately $300,000. The money raised from the CIM
Auction, which will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, will
benefit the CIM National Steering Committee and support the CIM
Programs.
According to Wally Johnson of US Concrete, Inc., the 2009 CIM Auction
Chairman, "The money raised will benefit the CIM National Steering
Committee and support the current CIM programs as well as help fund
future program expansion."
In addition to the live auction, a silent auction was held this year.
Auction items included cement, a skid steer, concrete saws, drills,
mixers, vibrators, scaffolding, safety equipment, screeds, fiber
transport systems, dust collectors, NDT equipment, decorative concrete
tools, water meters, pumps, generators, training sessions, reference
books, advertisements, laptop computers, sports memorabilia, sports
travel packages, golf school packages and vacation travel packages.
"Thanks to the World of Concrete (WOC) Show Management, Hanley Wood
Publications, Concrete Producer magazine, Concrete Construction
magazine, and Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, we have raised more than $1
million through the CIM Auctions," said Brian Gallagher, Chairman
of the CIM Marketing Committee.
Click here to learn more. Those interested in making a
donation should contact Wally Johnson at 713.499.6229 or wjohnson@us-concrete.com- CIM Graduate Profile - Kenny Owens
 Understanding the importance
of supporting educational programs that benefit the industry, Pullman
Power - a unit of Structural Group - has hired a student from the
Concrete Industry Management program. We asked Kenny Owens a few
questions about his experiences with the CIM Program and his current
position at Pullman Power. Click here to read more.
 Join the CIM Group on LinkedIn!
Join
us on LinkedIn! The CIM Group on LinkedIn is a networking group for
alumni, patrons, faculty, supporters, advisors and students connected
with the CIM Program. Click here to join the CIM Group on LinkedIn today! Check out CIM's Wikipedia
Page
Learn
more about CIM on Wikipedia! Check out our page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_Industry_Management_(CIM)
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The objective of the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) Program is to produce
graduates grounded in the basics of concrete's production techniques and its
use in a multitude of construction applications. In addition, graduates
acquire a minor in business administration. A CIM degree is designed to
provide the graduate with a broad array of initial opportunities within the
industry that include sales, operations, technical services, project,
production and concrete construction management. CIM students gain both
theoretical and practical knowledge of the concrete industry, its production
techniques and construction applications through typical classroom-style
learning, as well as hands-on experience through an array of internship
opportunities.
The CIM Program was originally founded at Middle Tennessee State University
in 1996. Since then, more than 200 people have graduated from the program.
The CIM Program has expanded to Arizona State University, the New Jersey
Institute of Technology, California State University - Chico and Texas State
University - San Marcos.
To learn more about the program, visit www.concretedegree.com.
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