Published: April 25, 2008 06:25 am            

SCC students shine at conference

Community News

Twenty students from Somerset Community College Somerset Campus were in Louisville April 1-4 as delegates and competitors at the SkillsUSA Kentucky Leadership and Skills Conference, sponsored by the Office of Career and Technical Education and SkillsUSA Kentucky.

Accompanying the students were the following school SkillsUSA advisors: Daniel Burnett, Brandi Coomer and Karl Watson.

The students participated in the Leadership and Skills championships, held on Wednesday, April 2, and Thursday, April 3. More than 1,000 students competed in more than 87 occupational and leadership skill areas.

Winners from Somerset Community College Somerset Campus were as follows:

• Automated Manufacturing Technology, CAD/CAM/ CNC, first place (team of three), Jonathan Fox, Aaron Ross and Anastasia South

• Chapter Business Procedure, first place (team of six), Jeff Baker, Matthew Bray, Curtis Combs, Greg Cravens, Hunter Tarter and Derek Todd

• CNC Milling, first place, Wayne Gastineau; second place, Hunter Tarter

• CNC Turning, first place, Todd Stephens; second place, Matthew Bray

• Criminal Justice, first place, Keegan Bray

• Electronics Applications, first place, Curtis Combs

• Esthetics, second place, Erica Goff; model, Khandra Bell

• Nail Care, first place, Mourine Ramsey; model, Kristina Taylor

• Precision Machining Technology, second place, Jeff Baker; third place, Greg Cravens;

• Prepared Speech, first place, Larry Shreiner

• Welding Sculpture, second place, Michele Jasper

SkillsUSA Kentucky programs also help to establish industry standards for job skill training in the classroom.

The first-place winners will be in Kansas City, Mo., June 23-27 competing at the National SkillsUSA conference. More than 5,000 students compete in more than 87 occupational and leadership skill areas.

SkillsUSA Kentucky is a chapter of the national organization, SkillsUSA, which serves trade, industrial and technical students in area technology centers, public high schools, career and technical centers, and community and technical college’s statewide. Skills USA Kentucky has more than 5,600 student members annually, organized into more than 125 sections and all of the counties in the Commonwealth. SkillsUSA Kentucky has served more than 1.5 million members.

SkillsUSA Kentucky is a partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives, working together to ensure Kentucky has a skilled workforce. It helps each student to excel. Skills USA Kentucky is an applied method for preparing Kentucky’s high performance workers in public career and technical programs. It provides quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship and character development. It builds and reinforces self-confidence, work attitudes, high ethical standards, superior work skills, life-long education and pride in the dignity of work.

SkillsUSA Kentucky also promotes understanding of the free enterprise system and involvement in community service.

Somerset Community College is a comprehensive two-year institution of higher education. SCC has campuses in Somerset and London, centers in Clinton, McCreary, Casey and Russell counties. The Web site is:

www.somerset.kctcs.edu

Call for admission and registration information toll free at 1-877-629-9722.

KCTCS serves the Commonwealth through 16 community and technical college districts that form a seamless system of 62 campuses open or under construction.

KCTCS colleges change lives by providing accessible and affordable education and training through academic and technical associate degrees; diploma and certificate programs in occupational fields; pre-baccalaureate education; adult, continuing and developmental education; customized training for business and industry; and distance learning.

        

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