Marketplace Events - Wed February 06, 2019
Marketplace Events Announces Three-Year Partnership With Mike Rowe, mikeroweWORKS Foundation
Marketplace Events, producer of business-to-consumer home shows in North America, announced that it has signed a three-year deal with TV Host Mike Rowe, best known as the host of Dirty Jobs, to serve as the spokesperson for its 60+ home shows....
Wed May 02, 2018
Industry Celebrity Mike Rowe Accepting Scholarship Applications
For the fifth year in a row, the mikeroweWORKS Foundation is accepting applications for its Work Ethic Scholarship program. “Work Ethic Scholarships are for people who are hungry to learn a skill that's in demand—it's for the people who wake up early, stay late and bust their butt day in and day out,” said the mikeroweWORKS Foundation....
Wed March 07, 2018
mikeroweWORKS Provides Travel Scholarships for SkillsUSA Members
The mikeroweWORKS Foundation has contributed $50,000 to a SkillsUSA scholarship fund for students competing in the world's largest showcase of career and technical education at the 2018 National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Ky....
Emily Buenzle - Fri December 29, 2017
Readers' Choice: Best Industry Stories of 2017
As the year comes to a close, we would like to thank you, our readers, for choosing CEG as your trusted source for construction news. While this year has seen a multitude of major construction projects, announcements, legislation and more, 10 stories topped the list as most-popular, chosen by our online community....
Mark Carpenter - Tue April 18, 2017
Recycling Industry Returns to New Orleans for the Sector's Largest, Most Valuable Gathering in the World
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry, will hold ISRI2017, the association's annual convention and exposition April 22-27 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans....
Tue March 28, 2017
'Dirty Jobs' Star Mike Rowe Trying to Clean up American Workforce
“Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe wants to clean up the American workforce. The Discovery Channel star, who spends his time exploring how unsung laborers make a living in some of the most difficult and strangest ways, has launched the 2017 Work Ethic Scholarship Program to encourage Americans to get back to work....
Christine Allen - Fri March 17, 2017
Mike Rowe Sits Down for an Interview With CEG
Mike Rowe, known by many as the host of Dirty Jobs, as well as a tireless advocate for the construction industry, stopped by ConExpo 2017 as part of his latest effort to promote the National Excavator Initiative....
Mon February 20, 2017
Mike Rowe Joins ConExpo-Con/AGG 2017 Tech Talks Lineup
ConExpo-Con/AGG 2017 is pleased to announce that Executive Producer and Host Mike Rowe, best known as the “dirtiest man on TV” from the hit TV series Dirty Jobs, is a featured speaker at the show's new Tech Talks forum....
Thu August 25, 2016
Mike Rowe Lashes Out at Media for 'Uneducated Voter' Bias
Mike Rowe said the press is trying to impact the election when it implies that Donald Trump's supporters are uneducated. An electrical contractor wrote to the 54-year-old host of “Dirty Jobs” to say that he finds it offensive when the media constantly refers to majority of the Republican nominee's supporters as “uneducated white men.”“If the media is referring to Trump supporters who happen to be male caucasians suffering from a lack of knowledge brought about by an absence of formal or practical instruction, than I guess 'uneducated white men' is a fair description,” Rowe responded in a lengthy Facebook post....
Thu July 28, 2016
VIDEO: 'Dirty Jobs' Star Offers Unconventional Career Advice
TV personality Mike Rowe has some pretty unconventional advice for recent grads: “Don't follow your passion.”The “Dirty Jobs” host offered what he called the “dirty truth” in a video commencement speech that urges young people to find their success by breaking the mold....
