TMC & PTDC Offer Technician Scholarship
The WyoTech scholarship offering is part of an ongoing effort by TMC’s Professional Technician Development Committee (PTDC) to promote and enhance the professionalism of commercial vehicle technicians. TMC’s PTDC will help determine the winner of the WyoTech scholarship. The scholarship for 2009 will be awarded for 1500 clock hours (nine months) attendance to either WyoTech’s Laramie or Blairsville campuses. Students may select from start dates of on or about
• Oct. 1, 2009
• Dec. 31, 2009
• March 31, 2010
To be considered for the TMC/WyoTech scholarship:
a. You must have a sponsor who is a current dues-paying member of the Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC), or is employed/contracted by a company with at least one current dues-paying TMC member.
b. application must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from your sponsor.
Applicants must be graduating from an accredited vocational, public, private, or parochial high school. It is necessary for the applicant or applicant’s high school counselor to send TMC a high school transcript showing the most recent three years’ academic performance. WyoTech must accept all applicants prior to award.
A full application can be obtained by calling TMC at (703) 838-1763 or downloaded at http://tmc.truckline.com. (The form will be available in October 2008.) TMC offices must receive the entire package by June 1, 2009 for consideration in the upcoming academic year.
For information about the technician curriculum at WyoTech, contact WyoTech President Guy Warpness at (877) 523-5120; or visit www.wyotech.com.
TMC, a technical council of American Trucking Associations, is North America's premier technical society for truck equipment, information technology and logistics professionals. Find out more about TMC online at http://tmc.truckline.com.
WyoTech is dedicated to superior quality, college-level, career-oriented education in the automotive, diesel and collision/refinishing industries. WyoTech's programs meet industry specifications and standards. Through the use of industry-based advisory committees, employed graduate contacts, and faculty/industry interactions, WyoTech's primary objectives are to impart specific knowledge and skills, to graduate each and every student who begins training, and to place them in their chosen fields. WyoTech's curricula allow students to concentrate exclusively on learning technical skills in diploma programs or to expand their education with associate degree programs. www.wyotech.com