Arkansas State University-Beebe students who attend technical programs on the Searcy campus recently competed at the Arkansas SkillsUSA competitions held in Hot Springs.
Students received awards in the following technical areas:
In the job interview category, college division, Jacob Sartin received second place and Nathan Turner received third place.
In the job skills demonstration A category, college division, Alex Haggard received second place ‘Job Skill Demonstration A.’
In the architectural drafting category, college division, Keith Moore received second place.
In the CNC 3 axis milling programmer category, college division, Evan Soles received second place.
In the CNC 3 axis milling programmer category, high school division, Joshua Jones received second place.
In the diesel equipment technology category, college division, John Dumbaugh received third place.
In the diesel equipment technology category, high school division, Cam Kitzmiller received first place and Tate Cofer received second place.
In the electrical construction wiring category, college division, Jacob Woodard received second place.
In the marine service technology category, college division, Justen Gentry received second place and Johnathan Morehead received third place.
In the power sports category, college division, Hannidy Mills received first place and Jared Scheel received third place.
In the technical drafting category, college division, Conor Graves received second place.
In the automated manufacturing technology category, college division, team members Dillon Hamilton, Breanna Stracner and Ethan Brown received first place.
In the automated manufacturing technology category, high school division, team members Dallas Pence, Gareth Ireton and Gaebral Lewis received second place.
Winners of the state contests have the opportunity to represent their respective schools and the state of Arkansas at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference on June 24-28 in Atlanta, Georgia.
SkillsUSA is a national membership association open to high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health occupations, and for further education.
SkillsUSA serves more than 331,000 students and instructors annually. This includes 19,019 instructors who join as professional members. Including alumni, SkillsUSA membership totals over 393,000. SkillsUSA has served nearly 14 million annual members cumulatively since 1965 and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor as a successful model of employer-driven workforce development.
