Welcome Back Alumni! CONGRATULATIONS on Tuesday, April 26, Rosedale Tech Welcomed Back Former Students for the 2Nd Alumni Social Event
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June 2016 Welcome Back Alumni! CONGRATULATIONS On Tuesday, April 26, Rosedale Tech welcomed back former students for the 2nd Alumni Social event. Approximately 50 alumni attended the event. This year’s Alumni Social was themed TO THE 2016 TOOL Monte Carlo Night. Attendees enjoyed playing a variety of table games that were run by current AWARD RECIPIENTS! faculty and staff. Thank you to all who attended! Alumni – Stay up-to-date on all alumni-specific events and “Like” Rosedale Tech’s Alumni Facebook page (Rosedale Tech Alumni). IDEAL Nationals Electrical Competitions at Rosedale Tech As part of their centennial celebration, IDEAL will head straight to the finals and compete on Industries, a global, diversified family business November 12 for the IDEAL National Championship designing and manufacturing superior products title. Those individuals advancing to the semi-finals and tools for professional tradesmen in the and teams advancing directly to the finals will also electrical, wire processing, data communications, receive a 13-piece tool kit (valued at $325) and travel aerospace, automotive and construction industries, accommodations provided by IDEAL. has announced its first-ever IDEAL National Winners of the final competition have the Championship event. The three-round competition opportunity to win cash prizes that can be up to is open to professionals, students and apprentices $75,000 for the winning professional electrical in the electrical field across the country as a way to tradesman, $60,000 for the winning professional honor and showcase their abilities. electrical tradesmen team (split amongst the team), IDEAL Electrical, the world leader in electrical tools $30,000 (plus $5,000 for school) for the winning and wire termination, will begin the competition student/apprentice, and $30,000 (plus $5,000 for with a series of preliminary events where winners school) for the winning student/apprentice team Rosedale Tech would like to recognize the are awarded with tool kits and an opportunity to (split amongst the team). Cash prizes will also be following incoming students for receiving tool compete in the semi-finals and finals at Walt Disney awarded to second and third place winners in each awards from Snap-On, Ideal Tools and Johnstone World® in Orlando. category. Supply. Award recipients were judged by representatives from Rosedale Tech and the three The competitions kicked off in May and will run Rosedale Technical College will be hosting a series sponsor companies based on their record of hard until October. Professional electrical tradesmen and of competitions at its facilities. The competitions work and documented commitment to the trades. students/apprentices can participate either as an are open to outside professionals and students AWARD RECIPIENTS: individual or a team of three in one of the many interested in competing. first-round events being held across the country Snap-On Automotive Tool Awards On Friday, May 13, Rosedale Tech hosted its first 1st – Dustin Fiedor – City Charter School by electrical distributors, trade schools and other competition. organizations. 2nd – Albert Winschel – Mt. Lebanon High School, Parkway West CTC Contestants will need to demonstrate both their Fastest times from each category included: Snap-On Diesel Tool Awards problem-solving and physical skills across four 1st – Evan Longo – Edison High School (OH) categories: wire cutting, stripping, termination and Student/Apprentice: Industrial Technician student Cody Badger 2nd – Autumn Gallentine – Blackhawk High School, testing through a multi-station speed test judged by Beaver CTC Professional Electrical Tradesman: Instructor Mike fastest completion time and overall accuracy of the Ideal Electrical Tool Award wire connection. The highest scores at each location Breskovich 1st – Devon Wojtowicz – Burgettstown High School, will be recorded, and the top 10 professionals and Student/Apprentice Team: Electrical Students Glen Western Area CTC top 10 students will be displayed on the IDEAL Beu, Chase Stewart and Tom Myers. Johnstone Supply HVAC Tool Award Nationals website. 1st – Nicholas Hawkins – Lenape Tech Rankings will be posted online and updated The next scheduled competition at Rosedale Tech Applicants were asked to write an essay on why daily. The top 67 professional tradesmen and top is Saturday, August 27 from 10:00 – 2:00 p.m. To they had chosen their area of study and their future 67 students/apprentices with the fastest times register for an upcoming competition, visit www. career goals. Attendance, grade point average, and (participating as individuals) will advance to the semi- idealnationals.com. a letter of recommendation were also requirements finals taking place on November 11. The top five that were considered. professional tradesmen and student/apprentice teams with the fastest times from the first-round events, RTC Provides Support and Resources for Military Rosedale Technical College is proud to support them. They also receive a student loan counseling educational opportunities for service members and session. their families. For the past four years, Rosedale Outside of financial aid, Rosedale Technical College Technical College has been named a Military Friendly has a military club, known as Tech Vets. On a School by GI Jobs Magazine. What is it that makes a monthly basis, Tech Vets meets either for breakfast or school “military friendly”? lunch and provides the school’s military students with Our financial aid department includes two officers an opportunity to reach out and communicate with who are certifying officials for Veterans Benefits, other military students. On occasion, guest speakers which means that they are trained by the VA to assist are brought in to speak to the students. military personnel with the financial aid process. Rosedale Tech’s military student population has In addition, a “shopping sheet” is provided to all grown significantly in the past few years. Just five veterans during a financial planning session that years ago, the school’s military population was 3% concisely outlines all aid resources so a veteran can and is now regularly between 17-20%. select a financial aid plan that is most suitable to Photo of some of our military students and faculty from November 2015 meeting Schneider National Inc. Ride JUST HIRED! of Pride Visits Student Name Program Employer Student Name Program Employer Timothy Colbert Electrical MSA Ryan Ziegler Electrical Kore Resource, Inc. Ryan Mueller Diesel Eve Fox & James NationLease Daniel Bright HVAC Trigate Mechanical Rosedale Tech Jaclyn Movitch Auto Transmissions by J&R Inc Hunter Curl Industrial Tech Cellone’s Italian Bread Co. On June 9, Rosedale Tech was the final stop for Joshua Lamb Auto Eve North Star Automotive Group Miguel Breight Welding Trinity Steel, Inc. Schneider National Inc.’s Ride of Pride tractor, Brian Kashycki Diesel Central Van & Storage Sean Jaracz Welding Trinity Steel, Inc. Patriot. The Ride of Pride is a truck series designed Anthony Stillson Electrical Eve WABTEC Corporation Francis Comly CDL Life’sWork of Western PA Thomas Wee Auto Mercedes Benz of USA, LLC Christopher Hitchens CDL JJ Kennedy Inc. to be rolling tributes to members of the United Dion Davis Diesel Stone & Company Eric Perozich CDL Schneider National Carriers, Inc. States military – past and present. Patriot is one of Zachary Johnson Diesel EAP Industries Kathrine Roselli CDL Schneider National Carriers, Inc. nine military-themed tractors in Schneider’s fleet, Lucas Lazek Diesel Bobcat of Pittsburgh Osyrus Fisher CDL Riverside Builders Supply which have been provided by Freightliner. Krzysztof Wasielewski Diesel UPMC Elliot Verk CDL TMC Transportation Zachary Williamson Diesel Hill International Sulaiman Savage Diesel Red Diamond Trucking Schneider selects employees who are military Nicholas Hildebrand CDL Pennsylvania Macaroni Co. Matthew Bracall Auto Washington Honda veterans to drive the truck for a year to trade Jacob Schneider CDL Falcon Transport Co Robert Lauteria Auto Baierl Honda schools around the country. Michael Dantry CDL Royal Oak Recycling - Pittsburgh Jonathan Hladney Auto Eve Spitzer Toyota Jay Hull, a military veteran and the selected 2015 Zachary Podish CDL IPC Services, LCC Remo Mazzoleni, II Auto Eve ALCOSAN Ride of Pride driver, as well as John McClintock, Evan Farine Auto Mercedes Benz of USA, LLC Justin Sosnowski Auto Eve TBC - National Tire & Battery Adam Melenyzer Auto Performance Automotive Erin Leet Electrical Eve Chase Corporation recruiter for Schneider, spoke to Rosedale Tech’s Nickolas Dinatale Diesel Kaztronix David Pollock Electrical Eve ALCOSAN CDL students during the final stop and shared with William Hissom Diesel Charlton Repair Inc Taylor Quinn Electrical Eve Fox’s Pizza Development, Inc. them job opportunities within the company. After Russell Meyer Diesel OK Grocery Miles Wilborn Electrical Eve Steiner Realty the presentation, students went outside to see the Timothy Ryan Diesel Schneider National Carriers, Inc. Tristan Arrigo Diesel Equipco tractor. William Boyd Electrical DMI Companies Randy Shawger Diesel Rosedale Technical College Aaron Butler Electrical Life Safety Solutions Integrators LLC Logan Thomas Diesel Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co. Thank you to Schneider for visiting and for your Richard Emery Electrical National Molding, LLC Kevin Ludwig Diesel Eve Crestview Auto Body, Inc. continuous support of our military troops! Shawn Fossett Electrical STERIS Corp Scott Barton HVAC JA Sauer Nicholas Geahry Electrical