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Twelve
Forsyth Tech Diesel and Heavy Equipment students
received scholarships from the
North Carolina Transportation Maintenance
Council. Six of the scholarship
recipients, seen here with Forsyth Tech
instructors
Allen Doub (far left) and Axel Torres (second from left), are (left
to right) Kinley Jones,
Cole Mauldin, Justin Simmons, Ethan Simmons, Dakota
Smith, and Christian McHone.
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"(Winston-Salem, NC)
– Twelve Forsyth Tech students who will receive their Associates degree in
Diesel & Heavy Equipment Technology this May have received scholarships from
the North Carolina
Transportation Maintenance Council (NCTMC), a major sponsor of
the college’s diesel program. NCTMC awarded the scholarships based on the
students’ GPA and demonstrated ability to be successful in the field upon
graduation.
The students each received a $250 Snap-On Tools gift cards
that they can use now to purchase tools to build their personal tool set.
Through a student discount program and partnership that Forsyth Tech has
developed with Snap-On Tools, current students can purchase tools at steep
discounts while enrolled in the program.
The 12 students are Justin Summons, Joseph Slate, Will
Smith, Corbin Utt, Dakota Smith, Kinley Jones, Cole Maulden, Ethan Simmons,
Isaac Brewster, Christian McHone, Tanner Reeves and Dallas Smith.
“We are proud that the NCTMC recognized the quality of these
students who will be work-ready from day one when they graduate,” says Allen
Doub, program coordinator for the Diesel & Heavy Equipment Technology
program. “We are also proud that as our partner, NCTMC considers our program to
be one of the best in the country. We’ve worked very hard to get our program
the recognition it deserves to ensure our students receive the highest level of
education and training available today.”
The NCTMC also recognized two other diesel students, Daniel
Hanna, who came in first in the country in the Future Tech Challenge, and Cody
Styers who finished sixth in the country in the same Challenge last year. The
Challenge is sponsored by the American Trucking Association and the
Transportation Maintenance Council each year.
As
the first-place finisher, Hanna has the opportunity to attend the 2016 TMC Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology
Exhibition in Nashville, TN from February 29
– March 3.
The NCTMC Council is an organization of
transportation maintenance professionals dedicated to providing a forum for
people to share information. The Council’s goal is to promote professional
maintenance practices, new technologies, products and processes to improve
maintenance practices, and network with suppliers and peers in the industry. The
NCTMC also works with local, state and federal agencies to promote safer
highways through proper safety and maintenance training. The Council also
provides scholarships to students to support the training of new professional
maintenance personnel and other developmental programs through North Carolina community
colleges."
- A Press Release
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