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News Release from: Harper Corporation of America
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 February 2008
Flexo Firm Founders' Award For
Philanthropy
Ron and Katherine Harper, founders of global anilox supplier Harper Corporation of America, will receive the American Technical Education Association's Silver Star Award.
The award is presented jointly by the ATEA and the National Technical Honour Society each year to recognise support and commitment to advancing post secondary technical education Rich Wagner, vice president of academic affairs at Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis, Minnesota, nominated the Harpers for the award
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 17 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Harpers' philanthropy in flexo education began in 1990 when the couple recognised the need for more high school vocational programmes and with the donation of their time, attention and funding, they paved the way to establish a flexographic printing programme at South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, said the company.
Since then, they have been instrumental in establishing educational programmes at other area schools.
Today 21 high schools and 32 colleges in the USA, Canada and Argentina have vocational programmes based on those the Harpers helped establish.
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The Harpers were also the founding sponsors of the Flexographic Technical Association's TEST (Technical Education Services Team) programme, an international virtual campus for flexo education.
Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) in Charlotte and Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, are also beneficiaries of the Harpers' commitment to education, added Harper Corporation.
CPCC's southwest campus is called the Harper Campus and it features the Harper National Flexographic Centre.
On Appalachian State University's campus, Katherine Harper Hall houses the school's graphics education programme and administrative offices, whilst the Harper Flexographic Museum chronicles the history of flexography.
DiTrolio Flexographic Institute in Chicago features the Ron and Katherine Harper Flexo Laboratory.
The Flexo Trade School in Fort Mill, South Carolina has the Harper Laboratory of Flexography.
Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis is introducing a new Harper Graphics Technology Centre, in addition to its Harper Wall.
There is also the Harper Endowment at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and the Harper Scholarship Fund and the Harper Flexo Technology Wing at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin.
The Harpers also helped found and continue to provide financial support and guidance to the Phoenix Challenge Foundation, the nation's largest non-profit organisation to promote flexography education.
Last year, in addition to their other work with the foundation, the Harpers established the Katherine Harper Teachers' Education Fund to address the need for broader and more intensive flexo education for instructors.
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