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August 14, 2018 NewsSeveral local organizations have come together to successfully launch Life Skills Academy, a pilot program for youth ages 18-21 with a documented disability. The four-week college level residential program at Itasca Community College helped students learn emotional and social ...
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August 6, 2018 NewsKARE 11 recently featured MDI regarding a University of St. Thomas study discussing the hiring bias for people with disabilities. View video.
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August 3, 2018 NewsA new study released by University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business and local nonprofit manufacturing company MDI confirms what most of us probably suspect: individuals with disabilities face implicit bias when it comes to trying to enter the workforce. ...
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July 27, 2018 NewsWDIO/WIRT-TV Channel 10 Duluth attended MDI’s Open House on July 26, 2018. The TV station featured MDI for adding manufacturing jobs to the Iron Range in Hibbing, Minnesota. View story here.
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July 24, 2018 NewsBY KATIE JOHNSON ON JUL 24 2018 – 2:12PM MDI has begun filling 160 positions across all its locations (Grand Rapids, Cohasset, Hibbing, and Minneapolis) due to a surge in postal service orders coupled with a steady increase in commercial ...
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July 19, 2018 NewsMike Madden is a goal-driven employee and gold-medal athlete. He knows the importance of staying focused. Being productive at work and scoring during Special Olympics competitions give him similar feelings of achievement. “It feels like you pretty much went out and ...
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July 13, 2018 NewsStroke Survivor Finds Purpose, Strength in a Manufacturing Career In March 2009, David Johnson suffered a deep stroke that damaged a large area of the right side of his brain, which affected movement on the left side of his ...
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July 10, 2018 NewsTour our new facility & see how the products directly impact the lives of people with disabilities. For over 50 years, non-profit MDI has created self-sufficiency by providing meaningful employment in an inclusive environment with nearly half of the employees ...
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June 28, 2018 NewsMDI Operations Manager Andy Tracy (center) volunteered alongside MDI employees Korey Thiel (left) and Dylan Johnson (right) Monday at Bennett Park. The trio was helping with the Minnesota Timberwolves FastBreak Foundation’s program “Our Courts. Our Future,” presented by U.S. Bank to update the ...
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June 25, 2018 NewsOn the main floor of the Minneapolis-based Minnesota Diversified Industries (MDI), Karen Howson is busy arranging piles of flat plastic sheets and transferring them to a nearby production line. IN JULY, KAREN HOWSON WILL CELEBRATE HER SECOND ANNIVERSARY AS A FULL-TIME ...
