A May graduate of Salina Area Technical College and Salina South High School placed fourth in the nation in his competition at the SkillsUSA national event in Louisville, Kentucky. Savio Nguyen placed fourth in the high school division of the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning competition at the national event. He qualified for nationals by placing [...]
Students from Salina Area Technical College brought home 10 medals from the Kansas SkillsUSA contest, held in Hutchinson this past week, and four students qualified to compete at the national conference in Louisville, Kentucky in June by winning gold in their competitions. Read more at KSAL.com
A team of four high school seniors in Salina Area Technical College’s welding program brought home the first-place plaque from North Central Kansas Technical College’s annual Gas Metal Arc Welding competition in Beloit. Welding Instructor Fernando Fajardo; Kyle Anderson, Bradyn Weber and Riley Odell, all seniors at Smoky Valley High School; and Wayne Ruble, senior [...]
SALINA, Kan. (KAKE) - Salina resident William Cookson recently started painting his house. But before he could finish the job orders came in for Cookson to deploy to Kuwait with his Kansas Army National Guard unit. The Military Affairs Council at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce got word of the unfinished paint job. So folks with the [...]
Diesel technology students are learning a new set of skills and a Salina man serving in Kuwait is getting his house painted this week. “We are chipping off the old paint and putting on primer. We will possibly help paint it,” Chris Wiegand said Tuesday afternoon. He’s in his second year in the diesel technology program [...]
Students from Salina Area Technical College brought home eight medals from the Kansas SkillsUSA contest, held in Wichita and Hutchinson recently, and four students qualified to compete at the national conference in Louisville, Kentucky in June by winning gold in their competitions. Winning gold medals were: · Noah Hanson, a senior at Smoky Valley High School, [...]
Four students from the Salina area did well at the 52nd National Leadership and Skills Conference sponsored by SkillsUSA from June 22-23 in Louisville, Ky. More than 6,000 students competed in 100 occupational and leadership skills. From Salina South High School, Trevor Hawk competed in prepared speech, placing eighth in national, and Alvaro Escobedo represented SSHS [...]
