remember when
changing technologies “I didn’t know anything about a comptometer, but I Iearned to use it and taught it to students. I taught keypunch machines when they first came out. We changed with the times.” — Ruth Rice Koenings, taught at Vocational School on First Avenue in the 1960s
“My training got me probably the best job in the city, and that was great.” — Jane Voll, attended classes at the Vocational School on First Avenue from 1958 to 1959. Jane’s first job was at U.S. Rubber Company. She then later worked in the Business and Marketing Department at CVTC until she retired.
Accounting class
Keypunching class, 1955
Today’s students choose from over 100 computers within the Learning Center or use wireless internet anywhere on campus. Some programs require the use of iPads to complete their course work.