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The ADVANCE, March 29, 2023/Page 14A
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Southeastern Tech Students Bring Home Three SkillsUSA Medals
Southeastern Tech
nical College students
brought home three med
als from SkillsUSA Georgia
Post-Secondary Champi
onships and Career Expo.
• Gavin Jackson, Elec
tronics Technology - 1st
place GOLD Medal
• Jaqueline Ziranda
Diaz, Nail Care, with mod
el Teaira Benjamin - 1st
place GOLD Medal
• JackWeissinger, Elec
tronics Technology - 3rd
place BRONZE Medal
The conference
opened on March 9 in At
lanta. SkillsUSA Executive
Director Chelle Travis ad
dressed the general assem
bly with encouragement
for the students to embrace
the now. She thanked in
dustries for their impor
tance in making this event
possible each year.
The Georgia World
Congress Center housed
most of the competitions.
Winners were awarded
their medals on March 11.
“Attending SkillsUSA
for the first time and com
ing home with the gold is
an achievement I could
never have imagined. I
want to thank my instruc
tor, Mr. William Greene,
for helping me reach this
point. I would not be
where I am today without
his stellar instruction. I am
now preparing for nation
als, where I hope to bring
home another gold medal,”
said Gavin Jackson.
“SkillsUSA was a won
derful experience, not just
because I won a third-place
medal, but because every
one there was so involved.
It was an incredible sight to
see people so interested in
their competition areas. If
I could go back to compete
for something else, I would
love to,” said Jack Weiss-
inger.
SkillsUSA Georgia is
a partnership of students,
teachers, and industries
working together to en
sure that Georgia has a
skilled workforce. SkillsU
SA Georgia serves middle
school, high school, and
college/postsecondary stu
dents preparing for careers
in trade, technical, and
skilled service occupations.
The other Southeast
ern Technical College
competitors were:
• Karen Contreras-
Hinojosa - Esthetics, with
model Yuri Agundiz-Gon-
zalez
• Tucker Copeland -
Electrical Construction
Wiring
• Isabella Diaz - Bar-
la ering
• John Glover - Diesel
Equipment Technology
• Landy Pearson - Cos
metology
• Sho Peebles - Heat
ing, Ventilation, Air Condi
tioning & Refrigeration
• Kimberly Register -
Customer Service
• Savannah Skipper
- Diesel Equipment Tech
nology
• Jaslynn Smith - Job
Skill Demonstration Open,
with model Tahnee Mob
ley
SkillsUSA advisors
PLEASE
RECYCLE
for Southeastern Techni
cal College are Tina Jerni-
gan, Business Manage
ment Instructor, and Tony
Criswell, Industrial Electri
cal and Maintenance Tech
nician Instructor.
Competitor Kimber
ly Register is a Business
Management student in
a fully-online program at
Southeastern Technical
College. “SkillsUSA has
been my favorite experi
ence and memory while
being at Southeastern
Tech. Competing was so
much fun and taught me so
much about where I am as
a professional. We can’t get
experiences from a book
or by not taking chances.
SkillsUSA is an experience
I am so thankful to have
been part of. I hope many
other students have the
same opportunity. It is so
worth it,” said Kimberly.
“Our time is now. Nev
er a better time to be skilled
than right now,” said Skill
sUSA Executive Director
Chelle Travis. “Lives are
changed, and goals are re
alized. We aren’t just here
to help ourselves but here
to help each other. We are
counting on you to be lead
ers and difference-makers
- life changers. Like John
Jaqueline Ziranda Diaz,
Nail Care gold medalist.
Maxwell said, “Dreams
don’t work unless you do.”
“I congratulate you on
being among the top stu
dents in the state. If you
want something and work
for it, nothing can stop
you,” said Greg Dozier,
Technical College System
of Georgia commissioner.
The gold medal re
cipients move on to the
National Leadership and
Skills Conference in June
to showcase their technical
education, in Atlanta.
L to R: Jack Weissinger, Electronics Technology bronze medalist; STC Electronics Tech
nology Instructor William "Chip" Greene; and Gavin Jackson, Electronics Technology
gold medalist.
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