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Upcoming Night Classes
CNA Training—Jan 14–Feb 25, Mon-Thurs, 4 p.m. -9 p.m. Tuition=$413.00
Service Awards
Danice Turpin
(20-Years)
Ed Reed
(10-Years)
Margaret
Simmers (5 -Years)
Robin Seiber
(5-Years)
Mare Thomas
(5-Years)
Harriman Tech Times
Issue 01 December 2012
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December 2012
Harriman TechTimes
Phlebotomy Training—Feb 4–Mar 14 Mon- Thurs, 4 p.m. –9 p.m. Tuition= $413.00
Business Ready Excel— Jan 7-Apr 15
Monday nights only! Tuition= $299.00
Includes: MOS certification exam voucher
Automotive Basics (reduce spending on common maintenance)— Feb 7-Mar 7 Thursday nights only! Tuition= $66.00
Sheetrock Repair and Resurfacing—
Thursday nights only! Mar 28– Apr 19
Tuition= $61.00
Forklift Training— One Day Only! March 27 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Tuition= $51.00
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Addition costs include: required books & supplies.
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Additional costs for medical classes include: certification fees and background
checks.
Please call or visit our website for more detailed information.
(865) 882-6703
ttcharriman.edu
Tennessee Technology Center At Harriman
1745 Harriman Highway
Harriman, TN 37748
(865) 882-6703
ttcharriman.edu
Volunteer of the
Year for 2012-2013
Mr. Paul Woodward from
Central City Heating and
Air was announced as TTC
-Harriman’s Volunteer of
the Year for 2011-2012.
Mr. Woodward was nominated by Mr. Ed Reed for
this honor. In the nomination package Mr. Reed
commended Mr. Woodward for the many donations of training materials
he has provided for the
class and for coming into
the Industrial Maintenance
classroom to assist the students in the understanding
of HVAC units. Mr.
Woodward is on the Industrial Maintenance Advisory
Board and has employed
several students from the
class at Central City Heating and Air. A perpetual
plaque is displayed at the
Technology Center listing
the annual winners.
Lowe’s Skills USA Grant
Oakdale Project
Tennessee Technology Center at Harriman and Oakdale School recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the completion of their $10,000 SkillsUSA/Lowes “Community Improvement:
Champions Serving Others” grant which was awarded to the Technology Center January 2012.
Faculty, staff and students from both schools worked with area partners, donors and volunteers to
build two practice athletic fields, a walking trail, a storage facility, an observation tower, and football equipment.
Oakdale head football coach, J. R. Voyles said “We are just thankful and proud of everybody that
participated and all the hard work that went into it.”
Partnering with the schools were Lowe’s Home Improvement, Stowers Equipment-CAT, Caleb
Watson, L & K Metals, Triple S Steel, Old Castle, Sequatchi Concrete, Christmas Lumber, ACME
Block, TN Valley Farmers Co-Op, Glenn Powers, Reno’s Sporting Goods, Steve Miller Concrete
Finishing and Tri City Auto Parts. Those making donations included Lhoist North America, Morgan County Highway Department, and Tubby Williams. Additional volunteers included Aaron
Evans, Steve Mathis, Bill Norris, A & B Roofing, Siding and Guttering Service and Marty Wilder.
TTC-Harriman Diesel Powered Equipment Technology instructor Kevin Human stated “We were
all involved in making it happen. Every program at the Technology Center pitched in and did a lot
of work one way or another.”
“It’s really nice how they got all this equipment,” said sophomore football player Jacob Wilder.
“I’m really impressed and thankful for everybody chipping in on this project and making it such a
big success.”
“This project will serve students of the Oakdale area for years to come,” said TTC-Harriman Assistant Director, Chris Ayers. “It has been a great partnership.”
TVA Awards Grant to
TTC-Harriman’s
Welding Program
Pumpkin π
Introducing the Honor Society
TVA representative,
Joseph Robinson, Manager,
Valley Relations, presented
Mike Russell, the TTCHarriman Welding Instructor,
with a check in the amount of
$2,500.00. The funds were
awarded as a grant from
TVA’s Corporate Contribution Fund. TVA’s support
for public education emphasizes learning activities associated with energy and environmental education as well
as technical education in skill
areas that are vital to TVA’s
workforce. Mr. Russell applied for the grant to replace
a dated Lincoln Ideal Arc
Welder with a new Lincoln
Electric Precision TIG 225
Welder. TTC-Harriman reopened the Welding department in 2008 due to the demand for welders in the Tennessee Valley. The program
is designed to teach all welding processes to include
MIG, TIG, and Shielded
Metal Arc welding over a 12
month period. Upon completion of the program students
are certified as Combination
Welders. Senator Ken Yager, who assisted in the grant
application process, was present for the awarding of the
check and expressed his support for the Welding program
and thanked TVA for their
TTC Harriman’s Outstanding
Student of the Year for 2012
Jodi Cox
The 2012 Honor Society was very active
this year. They spearheaded the Thanksgiving Food Drive which netted 3,265 food
items being collected and distributed to
students and members of our community.
Another project that they worked on
this year was the Teacher’s Supply Closet
which aided teachers and children alike in
Roane County with supplies such as paper,
pencils, crayons, binders, scissors, hand
sanitizer, tissues, and a plethora of other
school supplies that will help the students
throughout the year. They were instrumental in collecting 5,442 total items for the
Teacher’s Supply Closet.
In addition, the Honor Society students
assisted the faculty and staff by working
the activates provided for our Student Appreciation Day. Other projects championed
by this Honor Society were the School
Bucks initiative through Food City and
TTC-Harriman’s salute to our Veterans.
support of the Harriman
Technology Center.
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This year’s officers are President:
Shawn Walker; Vice President: Katie
Scandlyn; Secretary: Jodi Cox; and Treasurer: Emily Taylor. “As the Honor Society
Advisor I would like to say I am very
proud of this Honor Society and all that
they have achieved. They are an outstanding group of young adults and awesome
students.” stated Mare Thomas.
Back Row: Jacob Shipwash – Diesel Powred Equipment; Bryan Carriyales – Automotive Technology; Brandon Mills – Automotive Technology; Shawn Walker –
Welding, Josh Epperson – Welding; Brandon Ellison – Machine Tool Technology;
Nathan ingram – Diesel Powered Equipment. Front Row: Yvonne Swafford –
Business Systems Technology; Jodi Cox,
Computer Information Technology; Emily
Taylor – Machine Tool Technology; Katie
Scandlyn – Cosmetology; and Heather
Smith –
Cosmetology.
The Tennessee Technology Center at
Harriman is pleased to announce their Outstanding Student of the Year for 20122013. Mrs. Jodi Cox of Wartburg was chosen from a group of nine to represent the
school this year.
Jodi is enrolled in the Computer Information Technology class and is a member
of the Honor Society. She is currently employed at Staples in Oak Ridge as an Easy
Tech Associate. She is working on an internship through the school.
Jodi will compete for the Regional Outstanding Student of the Year in Knoxville
against seven other TTCs in the Eastern
Region of Tennessee. The winners from
the three regions, East, Middle, and West
Tennessee will go on to compete in Chattanooga in the spring for the title of TTC’s
Outstanding Student of the Year and the
opportunity to win a new vehicle. Each of
the Regional Winners will receive either a
laptop computer or an iPad.
The judges will grade on things such as
poise, presentation skills, the delivery of
the speech, the answers to the interview
questions, and how well her story represents the Technology Centers as a whole
The State winner will be expected
to represent the Technology Centers as a student ambassador
throughout the following year at
many speaking engagements which
include speaking at political
events, the Tennessee Board of
Regents board meetings, and at
advisory meetings and clubs luncheons.
Jodi will represent TTC-Harriman
at all school functions and speaking engagements as TTCHarriman’s ambassador whenever
called upon until the 2013-2014
Student of the Year is chosen. She
hopes to follow in the footsteps of
Mary Elaine Wilson from TTCHarriman’s Cosmetology program.
Mary-Elaine was chosen as the
State winner in 2011 and won a
new Chevy Aveo.
The Tennessee Technology Center’s
focus is based on quality technical
education that prepares students for
business and industry demands of
today’s workforce. This requires
most full-time students to complete
at least 6 hours a day of a rigorous
curriculum involving both theory and
hands- on training. But as the old
saying goes “All work and no play
make Jack”…or in this case Jack-OLantern a dull pumpkin. We found
no dull pumpkins here. Recently the
Tennessee Technology Center at
Harriman hosted a Student Appreciation Day. It was a day created to allow the hard-working students an
opportunity to have fun. It began
with the instructors and staff serving
the students breakfast and included
many fun fall activities, such as, corn
-hole and a scavenger hunt. The
event that seemed to carry the most
camaraderie was a pumpkin carving
contest. Each program elected a
pumpkin carving team that would
have 25 minutes to clean and carve a
pumpkin. Just to clean and carve a
large pumpkin in 25 minutes is a
challenge. However, the Machine
Tool Technology students were able
to overcome adversity and a yelling
crowd of over 200 pumpkin team
cheerleaders to exemplify education
through their pumpkin. When the
finished product was revealed to the
other contesters and the judges, everyone was amazed. The team had
chosen, instead of a scary Halloween
face, the Greek letter π. These students demonstrated the importance
of mathematics in their daily use of
geometric equations when programming various machines used in the
machining and tooling & die industries. Congratulations for placing 1st
to the 2012 fall class of the Machine
Tool Technology Program!