Gordon Cooper Technology Center
Pathfinder
Oct. 27, 2010
GCTC Foundation hosts family
fun Oct. 28 at Mikles Family Farm
Enjoy the twists and turns in the 5-acre maze at the Mikles Family Farm north of Shawnee.
Imagine a crisp autumn evening in the country with family and friends enjoying a campfire, good
food and hayride along with the fun of finding twists,
turns and exits to a 5-acre maze lined with tall sorghum
stalks.
The ticket price includes the maze, meal, tractorpulled hayride, kiddie train, horseshoes and feeding farm
animals.
Other attractions for an additional fee sponsored
by GCTC students organizations include a haunted
The public is invited to have fun for a good cause truck, sheriff ’s jail, ring toss, cow chip throwing contest,
at the Gordon Cooper Technology Center Homecom- face painting, s’mores, cake walk, and Hey y’all pictures.
ing, Picnic and Auction from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, There is also a pumpkin patch in which visitors can purOct. 28 at the Mikles Family Farm north of Shawnee. chase a pumpkin, ornamental squash and various colorProceeds go to the Gordon Cooper Education Founda- ful gourds.
tion to help students in need to stay in school.
An auction includes items such as gift baskets,
Individual tickets are $8 each or $30 for a fam- graphing calculator, scanner, cakes and an oil painting.
ily ticket including two adults and three children. ChilOSU mascot Pistol Pete will be on hand from
dren under age 3 are free. To reserve a ticket, call GCTC 7-7:45 p.m. and music for the evening will be provided
staffer Anna Schilling at (405) 273-7493 ext. 2264.
by GCTC students Jerrod Beck, Bird Austin and Gar
“I would like to invite all Gordon Cooper alumni, rett Sayre.
former faculty and staff and friends to come out and enThe Mikles Family Farm is one mile and a quarjoy an evening of fellowship and fun to help raise money ter
north
of Interstate 40 on Highway 18, then three
for the foundation,” event organizer GCTC Assistant
quarters of a mile east.
Superintendent Mike Matlock said.
GCTC students learn, excel
All kinds of activities are going on in October to enhance student learning, promote excellence and extend a
hand through community service.
Nursing student elected to state office
Gordon Cooper Technology Center Practical Nursing student Elizabeth Ebach of the McLoud area was recently elected a state officer
for the student organization Health Occupations Students of America
(HOSA). Elizabeth was elected to serve a one year term as a postsecondary regional representative to the state executive council. Her
primary advisor is GCTC nursing instructor Darlene Griffith.
Students build, test robotic mice
Gordon Cooper Technology Center Aviation Maintenance students recently built and raced robotic mice
to learn about soldering circuit boards, understanding
circuit board operations , troubleshooting, electronics,
infrared guidance technology and electric motor controls.
Contest winners with their mice, left right, are: Jared
Ludi, Prague, third place; Cathy Woldrop, Shawnee,
second; and Jeana Shackelford, Shawnee, first place.
Each line tracking robotic mouse uses three photo
interruptors as its eyes to distinguish black and white
lines by projecting infrared rays. Students made race
tracks with electrical tape. The GCTC General Aviation Maintenance instructor is Tim Fox.
Aviation Maintenance Campus
Powerplant students learn by tearing down, overhauling aircraft engines
Students in the powerplant class at Gordon Cooper Technology Center Aviation
Maintenance Campus recently divided
into teams to overhaul an aircraft engine,
make precision checks for quality, write an
engine compliance report, and then re-assemble and paint the project engine.
Pictured left to right, are: Dylan Brady,
Tecumseh; John LuGrand, Prague; Kathy
Motley, Shawnee; and Robert Plum,
Paden.
This team worked on a Lycoming IO 320
engine.
In the lower photo, left to right, are:
Harold Moyer, Harrah; Joseph LuGrand,
Prague; Chad May, Shawnee; and Curtis
Smith, McLoud.
The students’ instructor, Chris Nickell,
teaches maintenance of both jet and reciprocal aircraft engines. Successful students
go on to obtain a Federal Aviation Administration airframe and powerplant license
and many go to work for Tinker Air Force
Base.
Enrollment process open now for GCTC evening nursing course
The enrollment period for the Gordon Cooper Technology Center division of Practical Nursing is open now
through mid-November for the part-time evening option.
Practical Nursing is an adult program, which prepares students to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses. The part-time, evening program lasts approximately 21 months. Classes meet Monday
through Thursday. Classroom hours are typically 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Clinical hours are typically 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Occasionally, some daytime clinical hours are required.
A comprehensive pre-entrance test is required for consideration into the program. Pre-entrance exams are administered at the school and are scheduled by appointment. To schedule pre-entrance testing call Cynthia Cox at
(405) 273-7493, extension 2239.