Calhoun Students Big Winners in 2014 Alabama SkillsUSA Competition

May 5, 2014

Calhoun Students Big Winners in 2014 Alabama

SkillsUSA Competition

Several students representing Calhoun Community College recently attended the Alabama SkillsUSA Leadership conference in Birmingham, earning five 1^st place, four 2^nd place, and four 3rd place medals in competition.   The Calhoun winners were:

First Place Winners:

Nick Cordier, Madison, AL - Computer Maintenance

Jacob Rippy, Madison, AL - Cosmetology

Lena Sledge, Madison, AL - TV/Video Production (first year Calhoun has   competed in this category)     

Thomas Rutherford, Hatton, AL - Architectural Drafting

William Johnson, Athens, AL - Internetworking

Second Place Winners:

Justin Renshaw, Decatur, AL - Internetworking

Rebecca Jones, Huntsville, AL - Architectural Drafting

Thomas Steele, Hartselle, AL - Technical Drafting

Hunter Partridge, Madison, AL - Precision Machining

        

Third Place Winners:

Ronald Campbell, Sheffield, AL - Job Skill Demonstration

Nelson Sanchez, Decatur, AL - CNC Milling

Jared Bailey, Athens, AL - CNC Turning

Calista Blankenship, Sommerville, AL - Job Interview

All gold medal (first place) winners will automatically go on to compete at the National Leadership and Skills Conference to be held in June 23-28 in Kansas City, MO.

SkillsUSA, formerly known as VICA, is a national non-profit organization devoted to preparing students for careers in technical, skilled, and service occupations. It serves more than 300,000 high school, college, and professional members. Alabama currently has close to 9,000 members.

Calhoun's SkillsUSA Chapter advisors are instructors Nick Agrawal (Computer Information Systems); Nina Bullock (Drafting); Steve Smith (Machine Tool Technology); Mark Rose (Industrial Technology) and Collis Sims (Electrical Technology).

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