AUT Outstanding Student
When William Queen first enrolled in the Automated Manufacturing Program at Central Alabama Community College, he knew that it would afford him new career opportunities in a growing industry. However, travel and recognition by the National Science Foundation were unexpected but welcome rewards.
William was selected among other candidates from throughout the country to attend the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technology Education Conference held in Washington DC on October 18th through the 20th. The annual conference focuses upon the National Science Foundation’s ATE Program which provides grants to improve and expand educational programs that prepare skilled technicians to work in the high-tech fields within the U.S. economy. The program is congressionally mandated and focuses on both the undergraduate and the secondary school levels. The conference brought together approximately eight hundred (800) people to focus on the critical issues related to advanced technological education. Conference attendees represented community colleges, business and industry, secondary school systems, four-year colleges, and research and development centers covering projects in a variety of areas ranging from information technology, engineering technology, natural resources management, chemical technology, biotechnology, and others. Central Alabama Community College, in partnership with Gadsden State, Wallace-Hanceville, Jefferson State Community Colleges and Trenholm Technical College, secured an ATE grant last year creating the Consortium for the Alabama Regional Center of Automotive Manufacturing (CARCAM). The three million dollar grant allows these colleges to develop a focused technical training programs addressing the need’s of Alabama’s largest growing industry, automotive manufacturing. Within the Alexander City Campus, this technical program is housed in the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center.
Students attending the ATE Conference were selected by a competitive process of submitted applications and essays. William was encouraged to apply by CACC Instructor and Director of Technical Instruction for the Alexander City Campus Michael Mann.
“I see in Will things we want to achieve through this program; he has a strong commitment to his studies and good work ethic,” says Mr. Mann.
Other representatives from CACC included Dr. Amelia Pearson, Provost and Dean of Instruction, and Michael Lovett, Coordinator for Advancement and Community Affairs. Dr. Pearson, Mr. Mann, and Mr. Lovett were involved with the development of the grant application. Mr. Mann was selected as a Co-Principal Investigator for the project. Dr. Pearson and Mr. Lovett serve on the governance committee.
William Queen is the son of Ivey and Lisa Queen, lives in Alexander City and is a graduate of Benjamin Russell High School.
When William Queen first enrolled in the Automated Manufacturing Program at Central Alabama Community College, he knew that it would afford him new career opportunities in a growing industry. However, travel and recognition by the National Science Foundation were unexpected but welcome rewards.
William was selected among other candidates from throughout the country to attend the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technology Education Conference held in Washington DC on October 18th through the 20th. The annual conference focuses upon the National Science Foundation’s ATE Program which provides grants to improve and expand educational programs that prepare skilled technicians to work in the high-tech fields within the U.S. economy. The program is congressionally mandated and focuses on both the undergraduate and the secondary school levels. The conference brought together approximately eight hundred (800) people to focus on the critical issues related to advanced technological education. Conference attendees represented community colleges, business and industry, secondary school systems, four-year colleges, and research and development centers covering projects in a variety of areas ranging from information technology, engineering technology, natural resources management, chemical technology, biotechnology, and others. Central Alabama Community College, in partnership with Gadsden State, Wallace-Hanceville, Jefferson State Community Colleges and Trenholm Technical College, secured an ATE grant last year creating the Consortium for the Alabama Regional Center of Automotive Manufacturing (CARCAM). The three million dollar grant allows these colleges to develop a focused technical training programs addressing the need’s of Alabama’s largest growing industry, automotive manufacturing. Within the Alexander City Campus, this technical program is housed in the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center.
Students attending the ATE Conference were selected by a competitive process of submitted applications and essays. William was encouraged to apply by CACC Instructor and Director of Technical Instruction for the Alexander City Campus Michael Mann.
“I see in Will things we want to achieve through this program; he has a strong commitment to his studies and good work ethic,” says Mr. Mann.
Other representatives from CACC included Dr. Amelia Pearson, Provost and Dean of Instruction, and Michael Lovett, Coordinator for Advancement and Community Affairs. Dr. Pearson, Mr. Mann, and Mr. Lovett were involved with the development of the grant application. Mr. Mann was selected as a Co-Principal Investigator for the project. Dr. Pearson and Mr. Lovett serve on the governance committee.
William Queen is the son of Ivey and Lisa Queen, lives in Alexander City and is a graduate of Benjamin Russell High School.