Congratulations to Tri-Rivers/Lautenslager 2013 Award Recipients
The first Distinguished Service Award was presented in 1993 to Jack Lautenslager, who is often referred to as “Mr. Tri-Rivers.” Mr. Lautenslager spearheaded the efforts to pass the original levy that provided the funds to build the Career Center that opened in 1976. He continued to share his expertise and talents with Tri-Rivers his entire life.
Today the Distinguished Service Awards are presented in his memory to individuals or groups who donate their time, resources and talents in order to make Tri-Rivers Career Center, Center For Adult Education and the Education Community successful.
General Mills, left, represented by Gary Korte and Amanda Jacobs, receive their award from Alice Bailey, Tri-Rivers Career Development Specialist.General Mills employees have volunteered countless hours to career development programs at the elementary, middle and high school levels. They have also contributed over $15,000 to the KAPOW (Kids and the Power of Work) elementary program and $6,000 to Financial Literacy programs running at the middle and high school levels. Amanda works as Human Resources assistant and Gary is one of the Technical Coordinators at General Mills.
Both of them are KAPOW classroom volunteers and have partnered with 5th grade classrooms at River Valley Liberty Elementary for six years. General Mills has graciously been a worksite offering hands-on activities for elementary kids. The company believes that business can make a positive impact. General Mills employees, like Gary and Amanda, walk the walk when it comes to that belief.
Gary Nutter of McDaniel Motor Company received a Distinguished Service Award for his involvement with TRCC’s Auto Technology program. He has served on the Advisory Board for several years and helped establish the shadowing program. Through Gary several students have been exposed to the Automotive trade and gained valuable knowledge. Working with Gary has given Auto Tech students an edge over the competition.
Ed Goodwin, center, the Technology Instructor at River Valley was recognized by Ritch Ramey and Tad Douce for his role in bringing the National Robotics Challenge (NRC) to Marion, Ohio, as well as Vex Robotics. Ed was one of the first area instructors to use robotics in his lab. Without his leadership there would be no NRC or Vex Robotics . His RV Tech Teams have excelled and are oftentimes the teams to beat. He also was recognized for his prison ministry. As he retires from RV with 35 years of teaching, he leaves a large legacy as a role model for his students.
Marion Jobs for Ohio Graduates (JOGS) employees, Keith Willis, Graduate Recovery Coordinator and Karlotta Collins, Intervention Specialist, receive their awards from Becky Porter, TRCC guidance counselor, Cody McComas, student, Allison Cox and Sherrie Dunn, also counselors. Karlotta is the teacher, tutor, “mother” and friend to students as they work to acquire credits to graduate. Keith focuses on helping students overcome barriers to education and employment.
Recipient Marion Manor Nursing Home was represented by Linn Wade and Vivian Collins with presenters Lori Conte, Emeline Kelly and Richard George of the Center For Adult Education. Marion Manor was recognized for going above and beyond as a clinical site for students in the Practical Nursing program. They have consistently provided a supportive learning environment.
Rob Smith of DEPCO, center, with presenters Ritch Ramey and Tad Douce. Rob has worked with TRCC for 10 years, assisting with robotics contests—setting up courses, judging, housing equipment, sponsoring events through DEPCO. He has dedicated numerous hours promoting robotics contests including the National Robotics Challenge.
The first Distinguished Service Award was presented in 1993 to Jack Lautenslager, who is often referred to as “Mr. Tri-Rivers.” Mr. Lautenslager spearheaded the efforts to pass the original levy that provided the funds to build the Career Center that opened in 1976. He continued to share his expertise and talents with Tri-Rivers his entire life.
Today the Distinguished Service Awards are presented in his memory to individuals or groups who donate their time, resources and talents in order to make Tri-Rivers Career Center, Center For Adult Education and the Education Community successful.
Patient Care Technician Graduation 2013
/in Adult Ed archives/by web editorThe Patient Care Technician Class of 2013 graduated tonight, May 14, in a ceremony in the Tri-Rivers Auditorium. It was an evening of celebration for the graduates and all those who supported them—parents, husbands, family and friends.
Congratulations to all the graduates, including: Ellie Abbot, Briahna Ash, Emily Coppler, Corey Dodd, Kura Hairston, Kristy Hamilton, Breannah Harrison, Tia Haymond, Laura Hickman, Hannah Roberts, Haley Sorgen, Julie Speelman, Ashley Webb, Beverly Wortz and Chelsea Young.
Award Recipients included:
• Outstanding EKG—Beverly Wortz
• Home Health—Julie Speelman
• Phlebotomy—Kristy Hamilton
• Outstanding Coder—Beverly Wortz
• Clinical Rotations—Tia Haymond and Haley Sorgen
• Peer Awards—Laura Hickman
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PN 5K Walk/Run April 20
/in Adult Ed archives/by web editorTri-Rivers Practical Nursing Day Program will hold its first 5K Walk/Run event at Tri-Rivers Career Center, 2222 Marion-Mt. Gilead Rd, Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 10 am.
Early Bird (Before April 3) registration is $20 and Late Bird (After April 3) is $25. T-shirts are guaranteed for all who register before April 3.
The day of the race, check-in starts at 8:30am with the race at 10am.
There will be 1st and 2nd places in each Division. Divisions include: Girls, 18 and under; Boys, 18 and under; Women, 19-29; Men, 19-29; Women, 30-49; Men, 30-49; Women, 50 and up and Men, 50 and up.
Refreshments will be available at the end of the race
which can be filled in, signed and mailed with check to: Tri-Rivers Center For Adult Education, Attn: Nancy Epley PN Day-5K, 2222 Marion-Mt. Gilead Rd., Marion, OH 43302. (Download it to fill it in)
Questions, give Nancy a call at 740-389-4682 x505. All proceeds will benefit the PN Day Program, Turning Point and the Fisher House for veterans.
Event Flyer
Freni Wins Trachsel Foundation Scholarship
/in HS News Archives/by web editorEliza Freni, a Marion Harding Senior majoring in Computer Networking Electronics Technologies (CNET) received a scholarship from The Dennis and Sara Trachsel Foundation of $10,000 per academic year for four years.
The award was presented at Tri-Rivers on Thursday, May 9 to Eliza by Trustees of the Foundation.
Students speak at Rotary
/in HS News Archives/by web editorOnce again, Tri-Rivers enjoyed hosting Rotary for a month. It was a great experience for the Culinary Students to cater the event.
Student speakers at the last meeting included: Brianna Davidson, Criminal Justice; Anna Foss, Vet Science; Chris Kuhn, Welding and Donovan Veeley, Digital Media & Entertainment.
Culinary Arts Continues to Grow, Expand
/in HS News Archives/by web editorThis year Culinary Arts opened C.C. Beans—Tri-Rivers Coffee Cafe. By next year they will also have a bakery—C.C.Buns—Tri-Rivers Corner Bakery and the restaurant will be renamed to C.C. Bistro.
In Culinary Arts students work side by side with a certified chef to create professional foods, cakes and pastries with an artistic presentation. Students plan, prepare and serve meals for upscale events and casual dining. And they manage and operate a restaurant, bakery and coffee café.
During the month of April Tri-Rivers hosted the Marion Rotary meetings in the auditorium. The Culinary students catered the event each week.
Outstanding Alumni 2013 Honored
/in HS News Archives/by web editorTri-Rivers Career Center took a few moments to recognize the Outstanding Alumni for 2013
Levi Retterer, a 2009 graduate, with Ted Davis, Industrial Maintenance Coordinator/Instructor. Levi graduated from the Welding Program in 2009, the Hobart Welding School in 2010 and mentored with his dad Todd in the family business. He is a machinist with Central Machine and also teaches in the Tri-Rivers Center For Adult Education.
Scott Jones, a Machine Trades graduate of the first Tri-Rivers class, worked in his field and then brought his knowledge to the classroom and lab at Tri-Rivers as a teacher. Scott has taught Machine Trades, Precision Machining, and Transitions. Scott provides solid technical knowledge and the ability to communicate it to students.
Tiffany Manley, second from right, with her former instructor Karen Hedges, Senior Cosmetology Instructor Sheri Wells and Junior Cosmetology Instructor Becky Salyer. Tiffany graduated from the Cosmetology program in 2003. She began working at Charles Penzone Grand Salon where she has continued to excel receiving the President’s Award, Gold Award, promotions to Director level stylist and being appointed to the Creative Team. She also helps with bridal shows, fashion shows and write blogs for the Penzone website.
Richard Cook, a 2008 graduate of the Industrial Maintenance program, receives award from Ted Davis. While attending Adult Education classes at Tri-Rivers, Rick was hired by North Central Electric. He is now continuing his education and will soon graduate as an Electrical Engineer.
Distinguished Service Recognized
/in HS News Archives/by web editorCongratulations to Tri-Rivers/Lautenslager 2013 Award Recipients
The first Distinguished Service Award was presented in 1993 to Jack Lautenslager, who is often referred to as “Mr. Tri-Rivers.” Mr. Lautenslager spearheaded the efforts to pass the original levy that provided the funds to build the Career Center that opened in 1976. He continued to share his expertise and talents with Tri-Rivers his entire life.
Today the Distinguished Service Awards are presented in his memory to individuals or groups who donate their time, resources and talents in order to make Tri-Rivers Career Center, Center For Adult Education and the Education Community successful.
General Mills, left, represented by Gary Korte and Amanda Jacobs, receive their award from Alice Bailey, Tri-Rivers Career Development Specialist.General Mills employees have volunteered countless hours to career development programs at the elementary, middle and high school levels. They have also contributed over $15,000 to the KAPOW (Kids and the Power of Work) elementary program and $6,000 to Financial Literacy programs running at the middle and high school levels. Amanda works as Human Resources assistant and Gary is one of the Technical Coordinators at General Mills.
Both of them are KAPOW classroom volunteers and have partnered with 5th grade classrooms at River Valley Liberty Elementary for six years. General Mills has graciously been a worksite offering hands-on activities for elementary kids. The company believes that business can make a positive impact. General Mills employees, like Gary and Amanda, walk the walk when it comes to that belief.
Gary Nutter of McDaniel Motor Company received a Distinguished Service Award for his involvement with TRCC’s Auto Technology program. He has served on the Advisory Board for several years and helped establish the shadowing program. Through Gary several students have been exposed to the Automotive trade and gained valuable knowledge. Working with Gary has given Auto Tech students an edge over the competition.
Ed Goodwin, center, the Technology Instructor at River Valley was recognized by Ritch Ramey and Tad Douce for his role in bringing the National Robotics Challenge (NRC) to Marion, Ohio, as well as Vex Robotics. Ed was one of the first area instructors to use robotics in his lab. Without his leadership there would be no NRC or Vex Robotics . His RV Tech Teams have excelled and are oftentimes the teams to beat. He also was recognized for his prison ministry. As he retires from RV with 35 years of teaching, he leaves a large legacy as a role model for his students.
Marion Jobs for Ohio Graduates (JOGS) employees, Keith Willis, Graduate Recovery Coordinator and Karlotta Collins, Intervention Specialist, receive their awards from Becky Porter, TRCC guidance counselor, Cody McComas, student, Allison Cox and Sherrie Dunn, also counselors. Karlotta is the teacher, tutor, “mother” and friend to students as they work to acquire credits to graduate. Keith focuses on helping students overcome barriers to education and employment.
Recipient Marion Manor Nursing Home was represented by Linn Wade and Vivian Collins with presenters Lori Conte, Emeline Kelly and Richard George of the Center For Adult Education. Marion Manor was recognized for going above and beyond as a clinical site for students in the Practical Nursing program. They have consistently provided a supportive learning environment.
Rob Smith of DEPCO, center, with presenters Ritch Ramey and Tad Douce. Rob has worked with TRCC for 10 years, assisting with robotics contests—setting up courses, judging, housing equipment, sponsoring events through DEPCO. He has dedicated numerous hours promoting robotics contests including the National Robotics Challenge.
The first Distinguished Service Award was presented in 1993 to Jack Lautenslager, who is often referred to as “Mr. Tri-Rivers.” Mr. Lautenslager spearheaded the efforts to pass the original levy that provided the funds to build the Career Center that opened in 1976. He continued to share his expertise and talents with Tri-Rivers his entire life.
Today the Distinguished Service Awards are presented in his memory to individuals or groups who donate their time, resources and talents in order to make Tri-Rivers Career Center, Center For Adult Education and the Education Community successful.
Students help others during holiday season
/in Adult Ed archives/by web editorPCT helps Humane Society
Tri-Rivers Center For Adult Education’s Patient Care Tech students, along with some staff members, collected “goodies” for the Humane Society. When they delivered them, they learned that donations have been low this season. They suggest that others think of the pets waiting for forever homes as they plan their seasonal giving.
LPN to RN students adopt a family
Students in Tri-Rivers Center For Adult Education’s LPN to RN class have adopted a family for Christmas this year and are working on providing them with clothing, food, and a few small gifts.
Tri-Rivers Foundation & the Future
/in Videos/by web editorSTEM Robotics training comes to Marion
/in Adult Ed archives/by web editorTwelve area instructors participated in robotics training sponsored by Tri-Rivers Career Center through a training grant through the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and Honda of America STEM grant hosted by Marion Technical College August 1through 5. The five-day training provided each participant with more than $1,300 worth of robotics hardware that they will provide to their students. Instructors received training in EasyC, RobotC and robotics PBASIC programming language to manipulate Vex www.vexrobotics.com and BoeBot www.www.parallax.com robots to compete various, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) tasks. The Vex and BoeBot robotic platforms are used in college classes at Marion Tech as well as in many high school and college classes throughout the country. Many of these robots are also used in the locally hosted National Robotics Challenge www.nationalroboticschallenge.org every April that is attended by hundreds of robotic contestants from throughout the country. Participants will use this knowledge in their class to help further integrate robotics curriculum into their nationally certified Project Lead the Way www.pltw.org engineering classes. PLTW engineering curriculum is a collaborative effort to expand engineering knowledge in classes taught at Marion Tech, North Union, Tri-Rivers, River Valley, Cardington, Marion, Elgin and Ridgedale schools. Students take end of course exams for college credit though the PLTW program.
Teachers involved were; Brad Potkotter and Mark Robinson of Marion Harding, Ed Goodwin and Tad Douce of River Valley, Rick Fryman of Cardington, Jodi Kavanaugh and Kristi Matlack of North Union, Dave Sieg of Ridgedale, Ritch Ramey of Tri-Rivers, Drew Mosley of Bowling Green, Matt Farson of Marion Technical College and Jill Eyestone of Upper Sandusky.
Instructors built and programmed robots to complete various tasks and contests. The project based training was modeled after the PLTW curriculum that they will then use in their classes to teach robotics. Training contests like the Robot Bridge Battle, Robot Tag and the Robot Mazes were some of the contests teachers can use in class in engage students and immerse them in robotics programming and training. Students interested in programming can use Carnegie Mellon’s “Virtual World” software to complete virtual missions that use RobotC programming language to navigate a planet. Ohio Vex qualifying contests will be hosted locally by Marion Tech and Tri-Rivers October 28th, December 8th and February 24th. Winners of these qualifiers will be eligible for the Vex World Championship in Anaheim, California April 18ththrough 21st 2012. Students also can use Vex in 4H, National Robotics Challenge, Technology Students Association and SkillsUSA.
Krisit Matlack, North Union middle School engineering teacher said, “Being able to attend the recent robotics training at MTC was extremely valuable to me for several reasons. As someone with very little programming experience, this training program helped to give me the knowledge and experience with programming software that I needed in order to teach my own students confidently. The VEX and Parallax BoeBot robotics equipment that I received through the training is extremely appreciated not only by me, but also by the North Union district and our students, as it helps to give more of our students the opportunity to be involved in our robotics program and benefit from the valuable learning experiences it provides. Also, I personally benefit greatly from being able to collaborate with other area teachers, learn from their expertise and share their passion for providing fun and exciting STEM-based projects to our students.”
The robotic Vex training was provided by three members of the National Robotic Challenge and Andy Lindsay of Parallax of Sacramento, California http://www.vexrobotics.com/competition/ . Three local instructors Tad Douce, Ritch Ramey and Ed Goodwin collaborated to instruct the Vex Robotics programming and construction to area teachers. Mr. Douce and Mr. Goodwin have instructed courses for students and staff members in Oak Ridge, Tennessee the last two summers using Easy C and Vex robots. Mr. Douce wrote the 4H robotics book used throughout the country. Mr. Ramey completed a week long RobotC training courses this summer at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Academy on RobotC programming and navigated the Virtual World. Andy Lindsay is the national training for Parallax robotics and has written the training manuals used by thousands of robotics enthusiasts. “This training was part of an ongoing effort to increase the STEM knowledge of students and teachers in the Marion area.
It is a tribute to the dedication of the instructors of the Marion area college, middle school and high school instructors to give up a week of their time to learn the rigorous programming language used in BoeBots and Vex robots. This will allow students to leave school with the increased ability to use robotics, engineering and programming skills to help promote the engineering knowledge of future technicians and workers of the Marion area. This will help keep our manufacturing community thriving and growing,” Ritch Ramey said.