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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 7
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Commercial Truck Driving Comes to
Savannah Tech’s Liberty Campus
Celebrated Educator to Keynote
NAACP Freedom Fund and
Awards Program
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STC President Kathy Love addresses the crowd as the new STC truck is displayed in
Top officials from
Liberty County and
Savannah Technical College
gathered on the tarmac at the
Liberty County Airport this
afternoon to announce the
arrival of Commercial Truck
Driving instruction for
Liberty County.
Savannah Technical
College will provide the
CDL program in a soon-to-
be-constructed classroom at
the old airport site on space
made available to the college
by the Liberty County
Commission. (TWO PHO
“We are very grateful to
the County Commission for
allowing us to offer this
training at this location,”
said College President Kathy
S. Love. “It’s a continuation
of a long and mutually bene
ficial partnership.” The
county was instrumental
over the past two decades in
providing continuing support
for the college through its
the background.
local option sales tax and
was an original partner in
bringing the college to its
current location on Airport
Road.
The Commercial
Driver’s License (CDL) pro
gram has been offered by
Savannah Technical College
for more than twenty years
and its curriculum is a model
for the state’s technical col
leges. The program is a ten-
week certificate program that
includes 70 hours of class
room instruction and 240
hours of hands-on instruc
tion. It is HOPE grant eligi
ble, allowing students to take
advantage of a state-funded
grant program that covers
tuition and most fees, greatly
reducing students’ out-of-
pocket costs. “This is a great
value,” says Mike Patterson,
Dean of Industry and Public
Service programs. “Students
can spend less than $400 and
get an education valued at
almost $3900.”
Savannah Technical College
owns and operates a fleet of
14 trucks and 14 trailers. At
Liberty, STC will offer class
es Monday - Thursday, ini
tially during daytime hours,
with an eye toward expand
ing to meet the community’s
need. The number of faculty
members and trucks dedicat
ed to the Liberty instruction
will be based on demand,
according to Patterson.
Classes will be offered at the
airport site and the former
runway will serve as a driv
ing track.
Last year, the college
graduated 171 students in
truck driving with 98% of
them passing the licensure
exam on the first attempt.
For additional information
about the Commercial
Driver’s License (CDL) pro
gram, please contact the
Liberty Campus at
912.408.3024x6000.
Southern Christian Leadership
In honor of the
100th Anniversary of the
NAACP, the Hilton Head
Island/Bluffton Branch will
hold its Freedom Fund
Dinner and Awards Program
at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday,
October 17, 2009 at
Pinckney Hall, Sun City
Hilton Head, Highway 278,
Bluffton, SC.
The theme of the
event is “And How Are the
Children?”
The speaker and
guest of honor is Ms. Marva
Collins, renowned educator
and a recipient of the
National Humanities Medal
from President George W.
Bush.
Ms. Collins founded the
internationally-acclaimed
Westside Preparatory School
in a Chicago inner-city neigh
borhood. The Westside
Preparatory School succeed
ed in teaching learning dis
abled, problem children to
score at least five grades
higher within their first year
of instruction.
Collins and her teach
ing/learning method have
been featured on “60
Minutes,” “20/20,” “Good
If
Marva Collins
Morning America” and in
other national and interna
tional media outlets. She is
the subject of the TV movie,
“The Marva Collins Story”
starring Academy Award
winners Cicely Tyson and
Morgan Freeman.
The Centennial Year
“Keepers of the Flame”
Awards for Public Health and
for Social Justice will be pre
sented to Mr. Thomas C.
Barnwell, Jr., and
Sheriff P. J. Tanner and the
Beaufort County Sheriffs
Department, respectively.
Tickets are $35 single; $60
couple and are available
through the following: In per
son at Burke’s Main Street
Pharmacy, 1101 Main Street,
Hilton Head S.C. or by mail
at NAACP-HHI/Bluffton
Branch, PO Box 21727,
Hilton Head, Island, S.C.
29925, by phone at (843)
342-280, or online at
hhi.blufftonnaacp@hotmail.c
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