Susan McCarterMcCarter is president-elect of counseling association
Susan McCarter, director of college guidance at Girls Preparatory School, is now president-elect of the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling. SACAC is the largest regional affiliate of the national association, representing nine states and the Caribbean. The organization is made up of admissions professionals from high schools, colleges and universities.
This will be McCarter’s third term on the board. After serving as president in 2016, she will serve a year as past president. During the three-year period, she will represent SACAC on the regional and national levels, serve as a delegate to the national conference and meet annually with lawmakers in Washington, D.C.
McCarter has presented at regional and national conferences and chaired the SACAC professional development committee. She was the conference chairwoman for six years and served a three-year term on the finance committee for the national organization. She was also a member of the planning committee for the College Goal Tennessee 2015 conference, sponsored by the Chattanooga Public Education Foundation.
East Hamilton wins robot competition
The Engineering Technology Division at Chattanooga State Community College recently held the first VEX Robot Competition for high school students in grades 9-12. Students participating from Ooltewah, East Hamilton and Central High schools spent several hours in Chattanooga State’s automation lab, designing and building robots. East Hamilton High School’s Team Tanner won the competition.
Local seniors honored for lifetime achievements
The Tennessee Health Care Association/Tennessee Center for Assisted Living has named several area nursing home residents to its annual “Who’s Who in Tennessee Long-term Care Program.”
They are: Martin Collins, a resident at Life Care Center of Rhea County; Carol Glenn and John Rance Helton, Life Care Center of Red Bank; Fred Matthews, Life Care Center of Collegedale; Charles McKenzie, Life Care Center of Hixson; Herbert Harold Morgan, Veranda Assisted Living; James Phillips, St. Barnabas at Siskin Hospital.
These honorees received certificates of achievement during National Nursing Home Week, which will conclude Saturday. Their profiles are featured on THCA’s website, thca.org.
Chattanooga State SkillsUSA medalists announced
Students in Chattanooga State Community College’s Tennessee College of Applied Technology Division recently participated in the 2015 Tennessee post-secondary SkillsUSA competition. Of the 44 students who competed in 31 contests, Chattanooga State’s TCAT earned 11 gold, eight silver and three bronze medals.
In addition to individual winners, Chattanooga State’s team received the James. D. King Award for accumulating the highest number of points among Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology that have an enrollment greater than 500 students.
Gold medal winners and advisers will travel to Louisville, Ky., for the national SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference in June. Gold medalists are: Clay Jones, CNC Milling; Tiffany Hammond and Kristyn Huskey, Job Demonstration; Jason Colson, Marine Service Technology; Jace Davis and Eric O’Rear, Mechatronics; Cristy Campbell, Medical Terminology; Cassidy Bell and Brenda Frieson, Nail Care; Cherryfer Irizarry, Nurse Assisting; Sam Carmichael, Power Equipment Technology; and Charles Smelley, Prepared Speech.
Silver medalists were: Kevin Carter, Computer Numeric Control Technician; Catherine Davin, Jeff Gilbert, Chris McDaniel, Community Service; Zackary Patton, Diesel Equipment Technology; Kelsey Zani and Ashley Lowry, Esthetics; Rhonda Cannon, Medical Assisting; Anna Turner, Medical Math; Justin Gambinocobb, Motorcycle Service Technology; Matthew Hudson and Trent Northcutt, Robotics and Automation Technology; Theresa Lubinski, Technical Computer Applications;
Bronze winners were: Raymond Crenshaw, Extemporaneous Speaking; Javier Irizarry, Industrial Motor Controls; Deanne Bolton, Practical Nursing.
GPS teacher has poems published
Corrie White, an English teacher at Girls Preparatory School, has had a poem accepted for Yemassee, a journal published by the University of South Carolina. The poem is “Video Chat: My Sister at 7 Weeks.” In addition, the New Ohio Review 17, a publication of Ohio University, has accepted her poem “Tuesday Night” for its spring issue.
— Compiled by staff writer Susan Pierce