Record Summer Enrollment
A record 461 students enrolled in online and on-campus classes for the summer term at the Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton, Jerry Patton, director, announced recently.
On-campus training programs in Automotive, Business Systems, Computer Information, Diesel Powered Equipment, Electricity-Electronics, HVAC-Refrigeration, Millwright Skills, Practical Nursing and Welding may be completed in 12 to 20 months.
To offset rising gasoline costs to students who commute to class daily, the school week at TTC-Elizabethton may be shortened from five to four days. "We would still provide 30 hours of instruction per week," Patton said. The proposal must be approved by the Tennessee Board of Regents.
Patton also announced that TTC-Elizabethton, in the last fiscal year, had a 76 percent completion rate and 95 percent job placement rate in all programs and a 97 percent licensure pass rate by nursing students on the Tennessee Board of Nursing exam.
TTC-Elizabethton has one of the largest Practical Nursing training programs in Tennessee with classes in Elizabethton, ETSU at Kingsport and ETSU at Bristol.
A record 62 students are currently enrolled in Certified Nurse Aide training, which takes 135 hours to complete, to prepare for the state certification exam. No high school diploma or GED is required to enroll in the class.
Among online courses, 43 students from across the U.S. are currently enrolled in the eight-month online Dietary Manager Training Program to prepare for the national credentialing exam.
Welding Student Takes Top Honors Chad Ramey of Mountain City, a welding student at the Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton, took first place in post-secondary welding competition held at TTC-Surgoinsville, recently, as part of Student Appreciation Day. The event was held in conjunction with the local chapter of the American Welding Society.
SkillsUSA Winners
Six students at the Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton received Silver Awards in SkillsUSA competition held in Chattanooga, recently.
Roger Bryant, Carla Robertson and Stephanie McConnell, all practical nursing students, competed in Practical Nursing, Medical Math and Health Occupations Professional Portfolio competition, respectively.
Laura Huggins, Chavela Parchman and Melissa Taylor, students in the Business Systems Technology class in Mountain City, competed in Prepared Speech and Promotional Bulletin Board competition, respectively.
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives working to ensure a skilled work force in trade, industrial, technical and health occupations
NTHS Inductees
Ten students at the Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society, recently.
They are Jason Butler, Daren Shephard and April Hicks, from Carter County; Jennifer Barr, David Reynolds, Bruce Vance and Jeremy Blevins, from Sullivan County; Amber Wilson of Unicoi County, Audra Whisenhunt of Washington County and Rachel Hughes of Greene County.
Membership in NTHS is limited to students with a 95 overall grade point average, no attendance policy violations, who are nominated by a faculty member. Faculty advisors are Sandy Barker, Patricia Henderson and Wanda Jones.