Drafting Students Present Plans to The Parks at Chehaw Students in the Drafting Technology program at Albany Technical College presented of cials from The Parks at Chehaw expansion designs on May 2. Chehaw Zoo Director Kevin Hills had been working with Albany Tech drafting instructor Chinelo Ochie and her students to create a North American Expansion for the Park. Chehaw’s ultimate goal is to bring animals from different continents of the world to the zoo. In order to accomplish this, they wanted to expand the zoo by building different habitats to house the different animals. The North American Expansion is the rst of such designs to accomplish this.
Faces
15th Annual ATC Career Fair Puts Students in Touch with Jobs! More than 50 Southwest Georgia employers participated in the 15th Annual Spring Career Fair April 18 on campus. The annual Career Fair is a great opportunity for Albany Tech students to speak with employers and learn about various companies and career opportunities. Employers accept resumes, offer information about employment opportunities and conduct interviews for internships, part-time and full-time positions.
Students working on the project split into seven groups. Group 1: Garrin Harvey and Jason Tucker – layout and design foundation; Group 2: Jeanetta Miles and Kailey Culberson – eagles and birds; Group 3: Jason Fisher, Jonathan Perry, and Brandon Bass – bear, bison, and elk; Group 4: Jennifer Bays-Murphy – cats; Group 5: Michael Oliver – skunks; Group 6: Julie Clark – tower; and Group 7: Taurus Batten – prairie dogs. Capstone Project: Engineering Students Design a Fitness Track for Campus Engineering students David Basnight and Robert Cuff were tasked with designing an ATC on campus tness facility. Their nal design included a quarter-mile track with ve exercise stations. The track itself will be composed of recycled rubber material on a compacted earth base. The exercise stations will each be equipped with outdoor tness equipment that will provide a complete body workout for all ages and tness levels. The impetus was a Harvard study that showed a 3-to-1 return on investment for a wellness program — basically the college would save $3 in cost for every dollar spent. Their presentation showed that over 12 years (rubber has to be redone after 12 years) if 40 people initially use the track and that number increases by ve people a year, the college will see that 3:1 return.
Prepping for Real World Success:
Job Interview Workshop
Albany Tech held a Job Interview Workshop on March 20. The workshop focused on “Perfecting Your Interview Skills.” Students from the Business Administrative Technology and Law Enforcement Technology programs at Albany Tech got the inside information on job interviewing skills to help them compete in the workforce. The goal was to provide these students with the competitive edge for the real world workforce. Also sponsored by the Career Development Center at Albany Tech, this workshop assisted students with appropriate dress and resume compilation for interview success.
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& Places Businesses that participated in ATC’s Career Fair: Albany ARC Albany Fire Dept. Albany Police Dept. Albany State University Albany Recruitment P.A.R.C. Albany Area Employee Committee Booz Allen Hamilton Chamberlin Central Monitoring Cumulus Media Dougherty County Human Resources Dougherty County Sheriff’s Dept. Dougherty County Schools Georgia Dept. of Labor Georgia Forestry Commission Georgia Dept. of Juvenile Justice Georgia National Guard Goodwill Keystone Kohl’s Lowe’s Mann Dental Care Mediacom MetroPower/Albany Electric/Albany Plumbing Farm Service MillerCoors Nightingale Outdoor Network Papa John’s Pizza Procter & Gamble P&G Daycare Palmyra Nursing Home Peach State Phoebe Putney Hospital ResCare Homecare Right from the Start Rite Aid Red Lobster Sam’s Club Senior Life Ins. Sister Sister Daycare Sonny’s Bar-B-Q SOWEGA WIA Tara Foods Target TeachGeorgia Teleperformance Turner Job Corp U-Save-It Vocational Rehab Walgreen’s
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