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Russell, Adair students win National awards for SCC

Anastasia South, Russell County, wins a Gold Medal; Todd Stephens of Adair County brings back a National Ninth Place Award from Skills/USA competition in Kansas City, MO
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By Dave Cazalet, Jr., SCC Director of Public Affairs

Two Adair County area students were big winners for Somerset Community College at the 2008 SkillsUSA National Leadership Conference and Skills Championship held in Kansas City, MO, June 21-27, 2008.

Anastasia South, Russell County, won a gold medal, and Todd Stephens, Columbia, brought home a 9th place award in the nationwide competition.



Somerset Community College students Jonathan Fox, and Aaron Ross and also brought home a Gold Medals.

Fox, Ross and South earned the top national award in Automated Manufacturing Technology, which includes Computer Assisted Design (CAD), Computer Assisted Machining (CAM) and Computer Numerical Controls (CNC).

Fox and Ross are from Pulaski County.

Cillia Rains, an SCC Cosmetology student at the SCC Laurel Campus, won the Silver Medal for her Cosmetology skills.

SCC student Keegan Bray of Wayne County, earned a Bronze Medal in Criminal Justice.

SCC students earned two Sixth Place Awards at the national event. Curtis Combs of Lincoln County won his Sixth Place Award in Electronics Applications, while Whitney Gambrell of London in Laurel County win a Sixth Place prize in the Esthetics event. Her model during the competition was Jayme Payne, who is also from London.

SCC students also won two Ninth Place Awards. Wayne Gastineau of Rockcastle County finished in Ninth Place in the Computer Numerical Controls Milling competition, while Todd Stephens of Adair County earned a Ninth Place Award in Computer Numerical Controls Turning.

SCC student Steven Bowman from Laurel County competed in the Carpentry event for SCC, but did not finish in the top ten.

In all eleven students from SCC Somerset Campus and the SCC Laurel Campus finished in the top ten in their events at the Kansas City event.

Daniel Burnett, SCC Professor of Machine Tool Manufacturing and Division Chair of the SCC Construction and Manufacturing Division; Regina "Kay" Swanner, Associate Professor of Cosmetology; and Karl Watson, Welding Assistant Professor, attended the Kansas City event.

More than 5,000 career and technical education students participated in hands


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Russell Countian is National Gold Medalist



2008-08-04 - Photo By Dave Cazalet, Jr. SCC Photo.
GOLD MEDALISTS: Somerset Community College students Anastasia South of Russell County, Jonathan Fox of Pulaski County and Aaron Ross of Pulaski County were all smiles after they won the gold medal in the automated manufacturing technology team event during the annual SkillsUSA Championships June 27 at the National Leadership and Skills Conference awards ceremony. The conference was held June 23 - June 27, 2008, in Kansas City, MO. South, Fox and Ross are students at the Somerset Community College under the direction of machine tool technology Professor Daniel Burnett. Shown here, clockwise from the left, are: South, Fox, Ross and Burnett.

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Adair Countian Todd Stephens wins National award



2008-08-04 - Photo By Dave Cazalet, Jr. SCC photo.
NATIONAL NINTH PLACE WINNERS! Two Somerset Community College students in the Machine Tool Technology Program earned Nine Place Awards at the SkillsUSA National Conference and Skills Championships held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 23-27, 2008. Shown here from left to right are: Todd Stephens of Adair County, who was the National SkillsUSA Ninth Place winner in the Computer Numerical Controls Turning Championship; SCC Machine Tool Technology Professor Daniel Burnett; and Wayne Gastineau of Rockcastle County, who was the National Ninth place winner in the Computer Numerical Controls Milling Championship.

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