FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 17, 2008
Contact: Marsh Galloway
913-498-2162
E-mail: mgalloway@trucking.org
TMC Awards Diesel Technician Scholarship to WyoTech
ARLINGTON, Va. – Brian G. Haines, Taneytown, Md., is the recipient of a truck technician scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year provided by WyoTech in partnership with the Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) of American Trucking Associations.
The scholarship, part of an ongoing effort by TMC's Professional Technician Development Committee (PTDC) to promote and enhance the professionalism of commercial vehicle technicians, was formally announced during TMC’s 2008 Fall Meeting, held Sept. 15-18 in Nashville, Tenn.
Mr. Haines of Taneytown, Md., is the fourth recipient of the TMC/WyoTech Diesel Truck Technician Scholarship. He is a 2008 graduate of Francis Scott Key High School in Union Bridge, Md., where he earned a 4.3 GPA. His academic course work included advanced math and science, as well as industrial arts classes. During his senior year he also took classes at the Carroll County Career and Technology Center. For his first three summers of high school, Mr. Haines worked closely with his father inspecting, maintaining and repairing school buses.
The WyoTech full scholarship provides for 1500 clock hours (nine months) attendance to WyoTech's Laramie, Wyo., or Blairsville, Pa., campus. Mr. Haines’ application was sponsored by TMC member Jack Sukala, J. Jeb Products, Westville, N.J.
Technician scholarships provided by WyoTech and other schools in conjunction with TMC are part of the vision of PTDC’s founders to recognize technicians and develop and extend technical opportunities for technicians. Wyo-Tech has been a charter donor of technician scholarships and an active participant in PTDC in promoting interest in the truck equipment maintenance field.
TMC, a technical council of American Trucking Associations, is North America's premier technical society for truck equipment technology and maintenance professionals. TMC features a diverse membership of equipment managers, service-dealers, owner-operators, industry suppliers and manufacturers, educators, academia and others that support the trucking industry. TMC member fleets represent the broad range of industry vocations, including truckload, less-than-truckload, municipal, private, on/off-highway, construction and other operations. Find out more about TMC online at http://tmc.truckline.com/.
American Trucking Associations, the national trade association for the trucking industry, is a federation of affiliated state trucking associations, conferences and organizations that includes more than 37,000 motor carrier members representing every type and class of motor carrier in the country. ATA serves the interests of more than nine million people and 420,000 companies involved in trucking before Congress, the courts and regulatory agencies.
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