Technology Center has 77 graduates

A total of 77 graduates were honored Aug. 24.

Besides the allied health graduates, Technology Center director Andy Forester presented diplomas to students finishing work in automotive technology, business systems technology, electronics technology, industrial maintenance and machine tool technology.

The industrial maintenance graduates included all 16 students who began the night program for former employees of Carrier and A.O. Smith.

Fourteen students completed medical assistant, including 11 students from Warren County: Mickie Cantrell, Tammy Deweese, Rhonda Drake, Belinda Hash, Brandi Humphrey, Ella Christine Kirby, Donna Kaye Knight, Heather Lawson, Laura Lawson, Lacey McCormick and Amy Rigsby.

Fifteen students graduated from practical nursing, including five from Warren County: Amanda Clark, Glenna DeNae Lorance, Jackee Marsh, Lindsay Mayes and Valerie Ward.

Of the 13 graduates of surgical technology, six reside in Warren County: Gina LaNae Campbell, Kristy Cook, Dana Fordice, Anastasia Handy, Laurie Hillis and Kristi Michelle Southard.

Thirteen of the 22 industrial maintenance graduates are from Warren County: James Barnes, Jerry Basinger, Michael Griffith, Jimmy Boyd, Andrew Brymer, Ronald Cochran, Thomas Grissom, Steven Payne, Roger Perry, Ralph Pierce Jr., Norman Ritchey, Russell Smith and Albert Stuart Jr.

Other Warren County graduates are Donnie Harris and Tyler Scott, automotive technology; and Raymond Ball, Johnnie Barlow Jr., Jesse Esparza, Ricky Henderson and Cody Smartt, machine tool technology.

Students at Tennessee Technology Center at McMinnville complete programs ranging from 12 to 20 months, depending upon the competency requirements of each technology. Wilder-Naifeh Technical Skills Grants (lottery) are available to most students. Some students also qualify for Pell Grants to help with the cost of tuition, books and supplies. The fall trimester begins Sept. 4.