Perfect Attendance Fall Trimester 2013

Seated: (L-R) Matt Matheny, Jacob Cunningham, Mike Brewer
Standing: (L-R) Greg Eaton, Joseph Hall, Daniel Hendrix and Ronald Ferguson

Seven students earned Perfect Attendance for Fall Trimester 2013.

TCAT-McKenzie hosted American Welding Society

TCAT-McKenzie hosted Student Day for the American Welding Society, West TN , Section 106, on November 15.

Welding contests were held throughout the day. About 80 students, from 5 area technical schools, competed against one another in various levels of skill including, T-Joint and GMAW-Uphill LAP (gas, metal, arc welding).

TCAT-McKenzie third trimester GMAW-Uphill LAP Winners:

               1.       Dylan Murphree

2.       Jon Austin

TCAT-McKenzie first/second trimester T-Joint Winners:

               1.       Colton Curlin

2.       Nathan Bland

3.       John Edwards

4.    Brent Klinzing

 

TCAT-McKenzie Winners: John Edwards, Nathan Bland, Colton Curlin, Jon Austin, Dylan Murphee

GMAW-Uphill LAP Winners: Jon Austin and Dylan Murphee

T-Joint Winners: John Edwards, Colton Curlin and Nathan Bland

TCAT-McKenzie has Food Drive

Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McKenzie had a successful food drive on November 8, 2013.  Each class competes to collect as many food items (over 8 oz.) as possible.  The winning class is figured on a percentage of cans donated per the number of student enrolled in the program.  This gives the smaller classes an equal chance of winning as well as the larger ones.

Business Systems Technology (BST) won the bragging rights this year with a total of 1,313 food items collected.  They collected 65.65 food items per student. The Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning/Refrigeration (HVAC/R) Class came in second place collecting a total of 1,080 cans or 51.43 cans per student.

The TCAT-McKenzie student body collected 3,858 food items or 29.23 items per student enrolled.  We surpassed last year’s total by over 300 food items.  We are proud of the students’ willingness to give their time and money to help their community.  All collected food items will be donated to the McKenzie United Neighbors.

HVAC/R Class won 2nd place with 1,080 cans or 51.43 cans per student

1st Place Winners: BST collected 1,313 cans or 65.65 per student

Student Senate

TCAT-McKenzie Student Wins Prestigious Award

TCAT-McKenzie Student Wins Prestigious Award

 

                The ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS ASSOCIATION, INT’L is honoring Mr. Gary Dueland with their highest annual award, the prestigious “Norris R. Browne Technician of the Year” award.  This award is given for outstanding service to electronics technicians as a top technician who represents the ETA principles of always striving to learn more about the electronics industry, serving your fellow technicians by teaching or mentoring them and holding yourself to the highest level of professionalism possible.  Mr. Dueland’s peers nominated him as the person who exemplified these traits in his everyday work, and based on their recommendations, he was selected as the obvious choice for this year’s award.

                This is an award given annually by ETA-I, named in honor of the late Norris R. Browne.  Norris R. Bowne was president of the National Electronics Association (NEA) and a service business owner.  He worked hard to assure the professionalism of the independent technician be maintained and championed.  His goal was to promote electronics to the best of his ability.  The Norris R. Browne Memorial -Technician of the Year award is presented annually to an individual that is recognized as having similar knowledge and character.

                Mr. Dueland’s award will be announced and presented to him on October 17, 2013 at the ETA-I Annual Awards Banquet held at the Inn at DePauw, Greencastle, Indiana as part of the Education Forum.

                Gary is a graduate of the TN College of Applied Technology in McKenzie. He received a diploma as an Electronics Engineering Technician with Green Technology.  He is currently employed as a Solar Technician with Blue Sky Solar.  Mr. Dueland is a resident of Puryear, TN.

                TCAT-McKenzie is excited for Gary’s accomplishments and extremely proud of his achievement in winning this award.

Bradford 1st graders

The Bradford 1st graders visited TCAT-McKenzie on Thursday, October 3rd. Each instructor gave a demonstration of how technology is used in their programs. The children and students had a blast. We look forward to seeing them every year.