Vermont Technical College

Vermont Tech students were nominated by program faculty for demonstrating academic excellence, student leadership, professionalism, and engineering-based analysis and problem solving.

Vermont Tech students were nominated by program faculty for demonstrating academic excellence, student leadership, professionalism, and engineering-based analysis and problem solving.

Vermont Tech students were nominated by program faculty for demonstrating academic excellence, student leadership, professionalism, and engineering-based analysis and problem solving.

At its annual design awards ceremony in December, the Vermont chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIAVT) announced that Heidi Underbakke, an associate degree student in Vermont Tech's Architectural & Building Engineering Technology program, had been named the recipient of the Ruth Freeman Award. The award is based on a Vermont Tech student's architectural design excellence, and it is given in memory of Vermont's first female architect and president of AIAVT.

Cody Bryan from North Clarendon, VT finished third overall in the 2018 edition of the TMC Futuretech National Student Technician Competition held in Orlando Florida September 17th and 18th. Futuretech is a competition for post-secondary student technicians held by the Technology and Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Association during their annual fall meeting. In a field of 33 contestants, Cody also won one skill station. Cody, a VAST graduate and a second year Diesel Technology student, received a new tool storage unit and many other prizes worth approximately $5,000. A second Vermont Tech student, Isaac Miles from Acton, ME placed 21st in the contest. For one week in August, Bryan was one of 10 student technicians, out of 40 applicants, who attended an all-expense paid preparatory Boot Camp in Charlotte, North Carolina. Cody had the opportunity to hone his skills with some of the best heavy duty truck technicians in the country. Bryan and five other student technicians were selected to compete with the FedEx team in Orlando. The Technology and Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Association is the country's largest organization devoted to the technical side of the trucking industry. These contests involve both written and skills tests of the contestants' diagnostic and repair abilities. Professional technicians compete in the Supertech Contest. This year 96 finalists competed in Supertech and 33 finalists competed in Futuretech. The FedEx Freight team won Supertech competition for a sixth straight year.

The following seven Vermont Tech students and recent graduates had the opportunity to represent Vermont post-secondary technical education at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. The conference ran from Tuesday, June 26th to Friday, June 29th in Louisville, Kentucky.