Being Agile in education and the workplace means being able to adjust and adapt to change.

Bergstrom attends 

‘Age of Agility’ Summit in OKC

OKLAHOMA CITY - State Senator Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, attended the Age of Agility Summit in Oklahoma City on August 30, joining business, education and policy leaders to hear insights and perspectives on what the future of work looks like in the current age of education and careers.

“Modern technology often forces radical shifts in the workforce, so it is imperative students are equipped to meet those challenges and utilize the rapidly changing tools needed in their chosen careers,” said Bergstrom. “In this modern Age of Agility similar to a renewed Industrial Revolution, leaders are now calling for changes in education that rise up and meet the new challenging forces in the economy.”

“For too long, Oklahoma has lagged behind much of the rest of the nation in getting our students prepared to enter the workforce, to excel in the marketplace,” Bergstrom said. “This past session with the education funding package we passed, we sent a clear message to our citizens and to business around the nation and the world that Oklahoma is taking education seriously. Now we need to continue that process, and part of what needs to be done is adjusting our education system to train students for quality jobs today and into the future.

“The Age of Agility Summit was an opportunity to meet with business and education leaders and discuss how we can get there,” Bergstrom stated.

This week’s event in Oklahoma City, sponsored by Oklahoma Achieves, America Succeeds and the U.S. Chamber Foundation, provided a discussion platform for restructuring the delivery of education, including crowdsource strategies and inventive solutions within Oklahoma as well as across the nation. The summit events were focused on improving the education-to-employment pipeline, while crafting strategies to modernize education, training and workforce preparedness.

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Cutline: Pictured at the Age of Agility Summit in Oklahoma City are Executive Director of Oklahoma Achieves Jennifer Monies and State Senator Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair.

Bergstrom Joins Adair Firm Welcoming Georgian Ambassador

Bergstrom joins Trécé in welcoming 

Georgia Ambassador to Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY - State Senator Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, was recently joined by Trécé executives to welcome David Bakradze, Ambassador of Georgia to the United States, to Oklahoma earlier this summer. 

Bergstrom said Trécé was celebrating the expansion of its corporate facility as well as the success of their growing relationship with the Republic of Georgia.  The company’s involvement in Georgia was initially launched with the purchase and shipment of Trécé’s Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) lure and traps.  This was made possible by Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA), which is a global group implementing a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project in Georgia.  Trécé sponsored a group of scientists earlier this year to study the BMSB infestation in Georgia and helped the nation salvage a crop from insect destruction by using the company’s environmentally friendly product.

"Trécé is a prime example of American innovation and entrepreneurship. Their products are used around the world and are making the lives of many more prosperous and secure,” said Bergstrom.   "It was a great privilege for me to join the company in its celebration of its success so far and to meet and welcome the Georgian Ambassador."

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Cutline:  Pictured from left to right are Bill Lingren, President and CEO of Trécé, Inc; Sen. Micheal Bergstrom; Brock Bierman, USAID Assistant Ambassador; and Ambassador David Bakradze, Ambassador of Georgia to the United States.