DONATION GIVES K-STATE - SALINA STUDENTS COMPETITIVE EDGE January 31, 2003 SALINA – Cause and effect. A few students at Kansas State University’s College of Technology and Aviation recently learned firsthand what this relationship is all about. When the Kansas Contractors Association made a gift of nearly $7,000 to K-State – Salina, students and faculty immediately saw the impact. KCA has often supported students on the K-State – Salina campus in the area of civil and construction engineering technology. This year’s gift went not only to buy equipment for the civil construction lab, but it also paid for students to take the American Concrete Institute certification exam. This exam, which carries with it a $135 fee, had not been taken by students at K-State – Salina for several years, said Sami Tannous, assistant professor. “ The fee is pretty expensive for students,” he said, “so they just didn’t even consider the certification to be accessible or feasible for them. With the gift from KCA, we actually made the certification exam part of the coursework for our construction testing and sampling class.” The exam, which is administered by inspectors from the Kansas Department of Transportation, was given in December. All nine students taking the exam passed both the lab performance and written sections of the test. “ This is a situation where the donation from KCA allowed our students access to a test and certification that will definitely benefit them after they graduate and get a job,” Tannous said. The following K-State
at Salina students passed the American Concrete Michelle Wilson, sophomore, Brookville; Clint Hamblin, senior, Manhattan. From Salina:
Steve Wallace and Brandon Nelsen, both seniors; Scott Paul Leatherman, junior, Wichita. |