MSCC has earned 161 medals since joining the SkillsUSA competition in 2007.
Jeremie Paige of MSCC and the Academies of West Memphis and Veronika Pounds of MSCC and Earle High School won state championships and qualified to participate in the 51st annual National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville City this summer.
Paige earned a gold medal in Aviation Maintenance Technology (secondary), and Pounds struck gold in Nurse Assisting (secondary).
“Jeremie is a first-year student (10th grade) and is very meticulous in all of his projects, ensuring every step is done correctly,” said David Bond, Lead Faculty for the MSCC’s Aviation Maintenance Technology program. “I’ve told him, with this mindset, he would be a great asset for any company. All aircraft mechanics should have this attribute.”
“Veronika has been a role model student from Day 1,” said Martha Herron, MSCC Director of Certified Nursing/Allied Health Instructor who placed third in the Outstanding Advisor category. “She’s worked really hard and is very focused. I look forward to her future accomplishments in the nursing profession. That’s her goal (to become a nurse), and she is driven.”
Aviation Maintenance Technology contestants perform 12 tasks that represent the types of maintenance they will handle in the aircraft industry. The contest scope is consistent with the airframe and power plant mechanics certification guide published by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Nurse Assisting contestants are judged on assessment of proficiency in areas of activities of daily living, personal care, assessment and communication. The competition includes a written exam with a compilation of questions from various state/national Certified Nursing Assistant licensure exams.
MSCC’s silver medalists included Ethan Burnett, Aviation Technology secondary, Academies of West Memphis; Markus Wells of Eads, Tenn., Aviation Technology post-secondary; Brittney Willis, Basic Health Care Skills secondary, Academies of West Memphis; Khadar Giordano of Mason, Tenn., CNC Milling post-secondary; Craig Beshires of Olive Branch, Miss., CNC Turning post-secondary; Jesse Myers, Diesel Equipment Technology secondary, Marion High School; Joshua Johnson of Marion, Information Technology Services post-secondary; Jessica Nicole Bridges of Crawfordsville, Technical Computer Applications post-secondary, and Jonathan Kent, Welding secondary, Marion High School.
Mid-South’s bronze medal winners included Trent Eaton, Information Technology Services secondary, Marion High School; Robert Smith of West Memphis, Information Technology Services post-secondary; Madilyn Wilkerson, Medical Terminology, Academies of West Memphis; Takyia Latrice Warren, Technical Computer Applications secondary, Academies of West Memphis.
First-place finishers/gold medal winners will have the opportunity to compete at the national conference June 22-26. The SkillsUSA Championships is the showcase for the best career and technical students in the nation.
The multi-million dollar event occupies a space equivalent to 16 football fields and includes more than 15,000 contestants, judges, teachers, business partners, and contest organizers.
SkillsUSA is a nationwide partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. The organization serves teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations.
SkillsUSA is dedicated to empowering its members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens through a structured program of citizenship, leadership, employability, technical and professional skills training.
For more information on high-tech learning and competition opportunities at the college, both on the high school and college level, please call (870) 733-6728, visit the campus at 2000 West Broadway in West Memphis, email admissions@midsouthcc.edu or see the college’s website at www.midsouthcc.edu.
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