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CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Laptops,
Tablets
& Zoom…
Oh My!
ALSO INSIDE THE 2021 CPI WINTER NEWSLETTER:
NEWS
WORTHY
GRADUATES
2020 - AWARDS LIST
INSIDER
INSIGHTS
A MESSAGE FROM THE
PRESIDENT
I clearly remember my primary care physician
CPI NEWS CPI Helps Local Family
Pictured are the AM Cosmetology students who participated
in “Pink Out Day” in October, which is National Breast
Cancer Awareness month and a time to strengthen the
campaign’s messages through education about screening
voicing his concern about a “virus” during my and treatment, offering hope by celebrating survivors, and
physical exam last February. One month later, all supporting those battling cancer. Through various efforts,
schools in Pennsylvania were shuttered by order of CPI was able to raise $1000 for a local community member
the Governor. Since then, COVID-19 has taken a recently diagnosed.
toll on all of us that few would have imagined or
thought possible.
There is good news in the midst of this pandemic. At
CPI, we have learned much about the coronavirus
and have done many things well to mitigate
transmission of the virus on our campus. At the CPI Nursing Creates Jared Boxes
start of the school year, I expressed my confidence As part of a community service project, full-time nursing
in the faculty and staff and told them there was no students prepared and donated 32 Jared boxes to hospitals
group I would rather face this challenge with than in Clearfield, Huntingdon, and Dubois. Started in 2001 by
them. In concert with mitigation, our faculty are a Centre County resident to remember the compassion of
mastering the required skill sets to make home- 5-year old cancer patient Jared McMullen, Jared boxes are now
based career-technical education (CTE) as robust common in hospitals across the nation. Jared Boxes contain
as possible. GoPro’s, Zoom, Google classroom and
Google meets, and other distance learning tools are CPI Tips Their Caps to Custodial Staff notes of encouragement, toys, crayons, coloring books, and
fun activities to help pass the time and lift the spirits of
now part their pedagogical toolbox. Perhaps more so now than ever, maintenance and
cleanliness of all facilities is vital, especially in our school children during their hospital stay. Pictured are the nursing
CPI students, faculty, staff, and administration buildings where thousands of students and staff members students displaying their Jared boxes prior to delivery.
have met and in countless instances exceeded my travel daily. To show appreciation for their tireless efforts
expectations. I extend sincere thanks to all for and hard work, CPI recently recognized their custodial
everything being done to keep us safe and in a staff by asking students and staff to wear hats and, when
position to offer face-to-face instruction the large they saw a member of the custodial staff, tip their hats and
majority of the time since the beginning of the
school year.
thank them. Practicing Proper Patient Transport
Important to all first responders is providing varying levels
Since our last newsletter and despite the pandemic, of quality prehospital care immediately following patient
there have been as usual many noteworthy events injury. Included in first level of basic life support (BLS) is the
at CPI. Several are highlighted in this issue of ability to stabilize and transport patients suspected to have
the newsletter as is our “insider” feature on Chris sustained traumatic spinal injuries. Pictured (L-R) are Aislin
Skelly, secondary Heavy Equipment Operations Ruffner, Kendall Gummo, Carter Murray (lying down), and
instructor. You will also read how CPI faculty can Kylie Pletcher who are students in the Emergency Services
pivot to distance learning or home-based CTE as program conducting an exercise using a longboard and
needed. cervical collar, two vital pieces of equipment needed to safely
move injured patients.
Keep the faith, the pandemic will eventually subside.
Job opportunities for skilled workers are not going
away. I strongly encourage you to consider a career-
CPI’s Sunshine Girls
technical education pathway for your student or
yourself and invite you to visit CPI to learn more
about us. Dental Program Learns ABCs and 1-2-3s
I hope you enjoy this issue of the newsletter. If Like all schools across the nation, CPI has assembled a Pictured are morning Dental Assisting students Elizabeth
you have any questions or something to share that screening team to check all personnel, students, and visitors Aukerman, Faith Boscaino, Gabrielle Miller, and Lydia
would help us do even better, please email me at for possible early symptoms of COVID-19. Part of CPI’s Wenzel identifying teeth and their surfaces using the Universal
rmakin@cpi.edu. team is the trio pictured, affectionately called the “Sunshine Numbering System, a dental notation system supported by
Girls”: Medical Science students Alicia Yoder (L) and the American Dental Association. Knowledge of these tasks
are essential for dental professionals to precisely communicate
Dr. Richard C. Makin Madison Korman (R) and Emergency Services student
Emily Tobias (C). These young ladies not only provide
treatment needs and prepare for dental procedures and
accurately document and maintain charting records, which
daily temperature checks, ask screening questions, and
are legal documents that can be called into the court of law.
Dr. Richard C. Makin, President document assessments for contact tracing, but they also bring
some much needed energy and brightness to the task.
needed. Instructors created their own support network
to not only work through frustrations but to also flatten
the learning curve by sharing tips, tricks, and ideas for
the online environment.
The technology was in place and the content was
ready, but how would this all come together for CPI, a
career technical school where instruction corresponds
with and is reinforced by hands-on exercises? Further,
CPI Instructors Tackle the Challenges of Remote Learning
how would this be done remotely while continuing
to engage and challenge students. This required
some creative thinking and resourcefulness from CPI Got Classroom?
Laptops, Tablets & Zoom…Oh My! We do!
instructors. Now instructors utilize projectors and IT teams collaborate to provide
webcams to provide students virtually the ability CPI students with unified access to
to interact with those on site. They also use tablets classroom content.
in their lab areas to provide interactive live streams
of tasks students will perform. Additionally, GoPro “Log in to Google Classroom to check your assignments.”
Redistributing existing content and creating new That sounds like a simple request, right? However, CPI students’
Let’s begin with a vocabulary review: Zoom, assignments, documents, and lesson plans under a new
recordings and other instructor-recorded videos are
ability to complete Google Classroom assignments presented a
part of the daily curriculum to deliver supplemental
Meets, Blackboard, Teams, OneDrive, Google format was a challenge for CPI instructors, all of which in-depth content.
set of unique challenges because their school-issued devices were
unable to access CPI course content. Due to the incompatibility
needed to be transferred to the Google Classroom
Drive, SharePointPresent, share, host, invite, environment. In addition, curriculum has been
between sending school and CPI Google Classroom types,
Recently, CPI President Dr. Richard Makin included
admit, record, mute, unmute, synchronous enhanced by up-to-date online educational services and a quote from Theodore Roosevelt in his update to
students relied on separate email accounts and used multiple
devices in order to complete coursework, causing a less than ideal
learning, asynchronous learning, GoPro, iPad, new products, and instructional DVD’s once used only staff, “Do what you can, with what you have, where situation without a straightforward solution.
in the traditional classroom have been converted to you are.” Although not ideal, instructors took those
Android, webcam, laptop #1, laptop #2, and more suitable formats for virtual learning. words literally. Whether it meant attaching a tablet to a Following a conversation between IT colleagues at CPI and their
cell phone Post, stream, upload, download, broomstick to give students a bird’s eye view of a diesel sending schools, a collaboration towards a resolution was set
While additional technology, content, and formatting
demonstrate, and engage. were imperative, making everything cohesive and
engine, positioning a webcam on a table for an HVAC into motion. However, there were several items to evaluate and
consider before moving forward. Schools used different student-
demonstration, or fashioning a fully adjustable tablet
logical for productive classroom experiences was just tripod from scrap metal for welding demonstrations, the issued devices with different security settings and content filtering
A year ago, many of these terms were either unknown, had different
as essential. Faculty, staff, and students partnered to faculty pulled out all the stops to engage the students. policies. Additionally, each IT team was juggling multiple school
meanings, or were rarely used by the typical student. However, the
find solutions to various obstacles, as the IT Support district projects of their own while attempting to get 100% of their
challenges presented by COVID-19 have forced the educational
team continued to work through Google Classroom students prepared for virtual learning prior to the close of summer.
system to adapt quickly, placing greater emphasis on technology Twelve months ago, remote classrooms were primarily
configurations, device management, while maintaining used for cyber students or considered by school districts
and remote classroom instruction. Due to a fantastic supporting
the school network and assisting with issues normal to After an examination of the obstacles, everyone felt comfortable
cast, some quick learning, the ability to pivot in all directions, and a as an option for snow days. Now, with the arrival of
technology transitions. moving forward and committed to the multi-school Google
willingness to remain flexible, CPI instructors are now familiar with COVID-19, remote learning has become a necessity
Classroom collaboration. CPI created their Google Classroom
new terminology and better equipped to deliver curriculum through for all levels of learning. Taking on new technology, platform and following two months of fine-tuning and working
multiple formats. working together to find solutions, and developing through issues between school devices, all the three sending schools
creative teaching methods, remote classroom were on board and ready for launch.
As the school year progresses, an oft-referenced education quote, “One environments have become a reality at CPI.
mark of a great educator is the ability to lead students out to new (Article content contributed by Missy Scott, IT Support Specialist) CPI IT Support Specialist Missy Scott said, “There were times
Familiar with the Google Classroom interface, Adult
places where even the educator has never been”, has new meaning. when it felt like we were putting apples and oranges together to
Education Curriculum Specialist Kate Walker assisted make a banana, but we made it happen. I couldn’t have asked for
CPI faculty, staff, and students found themselves in uncharted
instructors make the transition. “Instructors were a better group of IT colleagues on this project.” She added, “A
territory, but they worked together to reach their destination.
flexible and eager to learn. It was exciting to work with special thank you goes out to all of our sending schools for their
them as they discovered new uses for Google Docs, participation and willingness to make this happen in a relatively
Although industry-specific technology has always been common
Google Forms, and Google Classroom.” short amount of time.” Students are now able to access all home
in CPI classrooms, now reconfigured laptops, tablets, and
webcams are also necessary to provide differentiated instruction school and CPI content online from one school-issued device,
Walker recalls the efforts between instructors, staff, and without needing separate emails or devices. The end result is
for both asynchronous and synchronous learning. In addition,
even students as a “unique collaboration.” Tech-savvy improved ease of use for students and increased ability for all
a group of recently retired laptops have been revamped by the
students occasionally became mentors while helping instructors to deliver their curriculum.
CPI IT Support team allowing instructors and students to utilize
instructors contend with new teaching methods,
specialized software not supported by school-issued devices. (Article content contributed by Missy Scott, IT Support Specialist)
oftentimes solving issues in a fraction of the time once
CPI GRADUATE Awards
CAMPUS WIDE AWARDS
ADVERTISING ARTS
2020 CULINARY ARTS
Emily B. Hagenbuch
BHS
Donated by: C.A. Curtze, Co.
Gift
Outstanding Student*
Plaque
HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS
Nicholas A. Fisher
Kiefer L. Charnick
PV
Ronald J. Gummo, Sr. Memorial AwarD
Monetary Gift
Dylan Thomas Swank Scholarship
CONGRATULATIONS
BEA Monetary Gift
Riley F. Dubbs
BEA
Bob Coble Memorial Award
Monetary Gift DENTAL ASSISTING Dylan L. Roberts
BEA
Tyler Rogers Memorial Award
Monetary Gift
to all CPI Class of 2020 award winners! Their selection Alexa R. Bressler Sponsored by: Pediatric Dental CarE
Emma L. Walk Instructor’s Award Logan D. Rider
as award winners is a result of hard work, academic BEA Donated by: Yana Boyd BHS Monetary Gift Glenn O. Hawbaker Memorial Award
Monetary Gift BEA Monetary Gift
scholarship, and excellence in career-technical education. Alexis M. Facer Sponsored by: Centre Cosmetic Dentistry & Outstanding Student*
Outstanding Student*
Plaque BHS Bellefonte Family Dentistry Plaque
We are grateful for the assistance these awards will Monetary Gift
provide as these students continue putting their Outstanding Student*
“Futures in Motion!” AUTOMOTIVE SCIENCE Plaque HORTICULTURE / LANDSCAPING
Bailey W. Hall Jann Mauer Memorial Award Darren R. Freed James F. Luther Award
CPI SPECIAL AWARDS, ALL PROGRAMS/students BEA Monetary Gift DIESEL REPAIR PV Monetary Gift
Outstanding Student
Plaque Dylan M. Taylor Donated by Pleasant Gap Rotary Club Cameron R. Smith Wilda H. Farrell Stanfield Memorial Award
Sydney M. Johnson E. Dale Simpson Memorial Award Sponsored by: The Bellefonte Garden Club
Monetary Gift BHS Monetary Gift BEA Monetary Gift
BEA
Skylar H. Bradley Kiwanis Club of Bellefonte Award
BEA Monetary Gift Carpentry & Building Construction Jason A. Carbonara Outstanding Student*
Plaque
Brittany L. Royer Outstanding FFA Student
Zachary M. Etters
Isaac S. Stem
PV PV Donated by: Centre County FFA
Monetary Gift
BEA Col. Donald E. Antes Memorial AwaRD
Sophia M. Dimitratos Local Teachers Union Scholarship BHS Monetary Gift Outstanding Student*
Plaque
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
BEA Monetary Gift
Mercedes R. Evans William E. Crater J. Alvin Hawbaker Memorial Award
BHS
Kyle H. Hoy Sigma Aldrich Award
BHS Sponsored by: Builders Association of Central PA
Monetary Gift Breanna K. Praskovich Donated by Kidz Konnection
BHS Monetary Gift
Aaron P. Hillard
BHS Gift INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/CISCO
Alexa R. Bressler Bellefonte Woman’s Club Outstanding Student* Outstanding Student*
BHS Monetary Gift
BHS Plaque Plaque Matthew R. Heggenstaller Instructor’s Award
Rylin E. Pacella Donated by: Alan Capparelle
BHS BEA Monetary Gift
Alexis M. Facer Arletta Walker Memorial Scholarship Outstanding Student*
Morgan L. Lucas
BHS Monetary Gift
COLLISON REPAIR EMERGENCY services Plaque
BEA
Calen J. McCloskey Asher B. Burkett DONATED BY: Pleasant Gap Rotary Club Calen J. McCloskey Ronald J. Gummo, Sr. Memorial Award
BHS BEA Monetary Gift
BHS Monetary Gift MEDICAL SCIENCE
Megan A. McClure Outstanding Construction Trades Student Outstanding Student*
Sponsored by: Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.
BHS Monetary Gift Plaque Harley G. Rote Donated by: Theresa Brickley Skylar H. Bradley Lewis E. Etter, M.D. Memorial Award
Monetary Gift
Kyle H. Hoy Historic Bellefonte Cruise Scholarship PV BHS Donated by: Etter Law Firm, LLC
Monetary Gift
BHS Sponsored by: Historic Bellefonte Cruise Richard Heverly Memorial Award
Monetary Gift
COSMETOLOGY Sponsored by: The Undines Fire Company
Monetary Gift
Outstanding Student*
Plaque
Megan A. McClure Building & Construction Trades Award
BHS Sponsored by: Builders Association of Central PA
Monetary Gift Teeghyn S. Wojtaszek Donated by Sharkfin Shears Outstanding Student
Gift Plaque
Mitchell J. Holden Edwin Dunkelberger Service Award PV
Sponsored by: Pleasant Gap Lions Club
BHS Monetary Gift
Ashlyn R. Smit Donated by: Sharkfin Shears PRECISION MACHINE
Derrick A. Ripka Hank Yeagley Scholarship
Monetary Gift
BEA
BEA Gift HVAC Rylin E. Pacella Rotary Club
BHS Monetary Gift
Mitchell J. Holden David B. Garver Memorial Scholarship
Sponsored by: Bellefonte Elks Club #1094 Breanna L. Smith DONATED BY: Sally Beauty Jason A. Harter The Clyde W. Confer Memorial Award
BHS Monetary Gift
BEA Gift BHS Donated by: Rebecca Chambers and Miriam O. Confer Outstanding Student*
Monetary Gift Plaque
Megan A. McClure Outstanding Cooperative Education Student
Plaque
BHS Zayda T. Phillip DONATED BY: U2.0 Beauty and Wellness Megan A. McClure Malco “Head of the Class” AwarD
BEA Monetary Gift BHS Monetary Gift
Asher B. Burkett Excellence in Attendance
2020 GRADUATE Awards
Sponsored by: Pleasant Gap Rotary Club
BEA Donated by: Redmond’s Complete Comfort
Monetary Gift Emily M. Musser DONATED BY: U2.0 Beauty and Wellness Monetary Gift
Brittany L. Royer CPI Student Excellence Award
Monetary Gift & Plaque BHS Monetary Gift PA Builders Association
PV Monetary Gift
Julia E. Bloom Outstanding Student*
Skylar H. Bradley CPI Outstanding Student Award
Sponsored by: Reliance Bank
BEA Monetary Gift & Plaque BEA Plaque
Outstanding Student
Plaque
CONTINUED ON the following page
Beyond the Classrooms:
2021 NTHS Members
Celebrating the diverse talents and interests of CPI students.
Since 1984, the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) has recognized career and technical education’s top students across the
Penns Valley Homecoming
nation,provided career development opportunities, and continues to offer nearly $300,000 in scholarships annually. Two Penns Valley students were finalists for this
year’s homecoming queen. Alicia Yoder, far right and
Most importantly, they offer tools for students transitioning from education to the workforce.
Maleyah Crader, fourth from the right are members of
Advertising Arts Diesel Technology IT/CISCO CPI’s Medical Science program and were part of the
Michael Jabco - BHS Levi Lowe - PV Alex Stimer - BEA Ram homecoming court.
Alexia Alterio - BHS Blandon Hawkins - BHS Maddisen Hilgar - BEA
Lillian Doelker - BEA Koltin Caldwell - BHS Ratanathida Phiset - BEA Bellefonte Homecoming
Ian McKissick - BHS Gavin McCloskey - BHS Zach Grant - BEA
Cosmetology program’s Haley Rogers was escorted
Jackson Morton - BHS Kenny Baird - BHS Wilmarys Torres - BHS
Henry White - PV by Carpentry student Nathan Fisher during this
Cosmetology Early Childhood year’s Bellefonte Area Homecoming. The two were
Kaylena Colpetzer - PV Elizabeth Lucas - BHS Medical Science nominated by their classmates to represent the
Jayla Hockenberry - BHS Raelyn McGonigal - BEA class of 2023 as part of Bellefonte’s royal court.
Taylor Bowmaster - BHS Emergency Services Madison Peters - BEA
Dental Assisting
Cameron Barr - BHS
Devin Horn - BHS
Madison Korman - BHS
Mikayla Irvin - BEA
Mountain League All-Stars
Adrienne Basalla - BEA Julie Jackson - BHS Alicia Yoder - PV Congratulations to Trevor Mauk, Tyler Bumbarger,
Maegan King - BEA Emily Tobias - BHS and Hunter McCool for being named to the
Olivia Ott - BEA Welding & Metal Fabrication Mountain League Conference High School Football
Madilyn Spicer - BEA Horticulture & Landscaping Logan Gettig - BHS All-Stars. Trevor is a Bellefonte senior in the Welding
Morgan Stover - PV Mason Ault - BHS Trevor Mauk - BHS
program who received first-team recognition as
Cheyanne Wolfe - PV Nathan Spicer - BEA
Mataeyah Morder - BHS
HVAC an offensive guard & defensive lineman. Tyler is a
Jason McCaslin - BHS Bald Eagle Area senior in the Heavy Equipment
Rebecca Wenzel - BHS
Logan Crust - BHS Operations program. Tyler earned second-team
honors as an offensive guard and linebacker. Hunter
is a Bald Eagle Area junior who is also in the Heavy
Equipment Operations program who received
Honorable Mention for defensive line. Bumbarger
also participated in BEA’s homecoming as an escort
WELDING *This award is presented to a student who maintains high standards
of personal and professional conduct; strives for excellence in
for one BEA’s nominees.
Ellissa D. Russell Mathetta Blair Memorial award education and employment; and commits and supports the
BEA Monetary Gift community, country, and society. Students receiving this award
Anthony Doran Memorial Award maintain excellent grades and attendance during their enrollment
Monetary Gift at CPI and go above and beyond the expectations that are set for
them by their instructor and the program of study set by the PA
Scott E. Liliedahl Donated by: Roberts Oxygen Co. Inc. Department of Education.
BHS Monetary Gift
Mitchell J. Holden Jason Weaver Memorial Award The students, faculty,
BHS Monetary Gift
Outstanding Student* & administration would like to
Plaque thank the award spONSORS for their
If you are interested in becoming an award sponsor, please contact generous contributions &
Theresa Brickley at (814) 359-2793 x255 or email tbrickley@cpi.edu.
As a reminder, cash contributions made to the CPI Foundation may
support of our programs.
be tax-deductible.
CAMPUS CHRIS SKELLY SECONDARY HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS INSTRUCTOR
HIGHLIGHTS always the greatest asset. Most likely it’s the people working Heavy Equipment Occupational Forecast
in the trenches that make or break a business. I also learned
According to the latest trends from the U.S.
that hard work and dedication can carry you through even
Department of Labor, Pennsylvania workers
the toughest times. While I’m teaching I believe both success
in the Heavy Equipment Operations (HEO)
and failure should be shared between student and instructor,
field have an average yearly salary of $50,870,
meaning each one is responsible for their part in students
with 10% earning $34,370 or less and another
succeeding or failing. My job is to find out what drives my
10% earning $80,990 or more. At 6% projected
students so I can continue to motivate them and to figure
job growth, 2% higher than the national
CPI INSIDER
out how they learn to I can help them avoid repeating failed
average, Pennsylvania looks to hire 2800 new
methods.
HEO employees yearly through the year 2028.
Currently, there are 770 jobs listed by the
Tell us about your family.
Understanding the Connections I reside with my wife Ashley in Milroy and two
National Labor Exchange for Operating Engineers
and Other Construction Equipment Operators
To become skilled diesel technicians, students must stepchildren, Grace 15 and Cole 16. We also have three in Pennsylvania. For education and training
be able to not only diagnose various mechanical issues A glimpse of CPI staff members’ lives outside
dogs - Eva is a Lab/Chow mix, Athena is a Lab/Boxer mix, information about Heavy Equipment Operations,
but also have extensive knowledge of vast electrical of work and the history behind who they are. and Greta is a Doberman. call CPI at 814-359-2793.
systems and technologies. Diesel Technology’s
Blandon Hawkins (L) and Gavin McCloskey (R) This edition features CPI Secondary Heavy Equipment What are your hobbies?
discuss fundamental diagnostics while working Operations Instructor, Chris Skelly. joint operating committee (JOC) MEMBERS
I enjoy hunting and fishing and spending time with my family.
with a circuit trainer, a tool to help identify proper Chris was hired just over a year ago taking the helm of Recently I began playing Xbox. (It sounds like he’s hooked on Kimberly Weaver, Chairperson
electrical measurements and connections that a program midyear with over 60 students. Using his Red Dead Redemption). Bellefonte Area School District
effect engine sensors and numerous electrical and strong leadership skills and honest approach to teaching, Mary Ann Hamilton, Vice-Chairperson
computerized systems found in today’s diesel vehicles he quickly adapted to his new role and earned the
and equipment. respect of students and staff alike.
Your favorite song, and movie. Bald Eagle Area School District
I do not have a favorite song or movie but do enjoy the Dr. Mark Badger
History Channel. Bellefonte Area School District
Where were you born and raised? Tina Greene
I was born in Danville in May of 1977 and raised What is something most people may not know about you? Bald Eagle Area School District
in Northumberland County PA. I graduated from I am old fashioned. I believe hard work and dedication are Domer Smelzer
Line Mountain High School in 1995 and left for required to succeed in the industry of heavy equipment. I will Penns Valley Area School District
the Marine Corps where I was enlisted until 1999. give my all until the end.
During my time in the Marines, I spent time in South PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PAC) MEMBERS
Carolina, North Carolina, and Hawaii before moving
back home to Pennsylvania What do you have to say about CPI? Brian Griffith
Superintendent of Record
CPI is great. From the environment to the people, to the Superintendent, Penns Valley Area School District
What did you do before CPI? true and genuine concern about students and what they do
Tammie Burnaford
with themselves. It’s a school with people who make personal Superintendent, Bellefonte Area School District
I started my career with Eastern Industries Quarry
AD ARTS RULES REMOTE
connections and care for others.
in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania as a Laborer/Equipment Scott Graham
Superintendent, Bald Eagle Area School District
Operator in March of 1999 and remained there until
Advertising Arts at CPI has an advantage for remote March of 2011. I then shifted gears, literally, taking a What is important for people to know about the
CPI Foundation Members
learning ... it’s how the industry works it in the real new career as a CDL Driver before becoming a Grade future of your field? Thomas F. Songer, II Erin Moore
world. With the right hardware, software and an Manager. After a couple more Operator positions, most Heavy Equipment Operators are what makes or breaks the President Treasurer
internet connection, Ad Arts doesn’t have to change recently for Bald Eagle and Rothrock Forest Districts, I infrastructure of our country. Without good quality operators,
came to CPI in December of 2019. Bill MacMath Matt Nussbaum
gears to go “online.” However, the students miss successful building and construction would not be occurring. Vice-President
The various positions have given me insight into the Rick Slebodnik
being in class with their peers! We make it engaging The world would be set back centuries without us.
construction industry from the beginning as a laborer, The Central PA Institute of Science and Technology does not discriminate
with class theme days to help us connect and laugh on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age in its
then as an operator and finally as a manager. I learned programs or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and
together through the craziness that is the 20/21 school other designated youth groups. Inquiries may be directed to the Section
that the higher-levels positions in companies are not 504 Coordinator at the Central PA Institute of Science and Technology,
year. Pictured above is PM Shade Day. 540 N. Harrison Rd. Pleasant Gap, PA 16823 or 814-359-2793.
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It was a lot less stressful starting
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ready for the rigor to come.”
MORGAN LUCAS
MORGAN’S PATH TO Alumna Earns
PENN COLLEGE Scholarship
Nominated by CPI instructor
HOMETOWN: Milesburg, Pennsylvania Christine Reid, 2020 Medical
HIGH SCHOOL: Bald Eagle Area High School Science graduate Morgan
CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTER: The Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology Lucas was recently awarded
a Penn College scholarship
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