Issue No. Seven

Then: One of 10 engineers at Lawton’s Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant, the only one from Oklahoma. Working to fill company engineering positions, Goodyear partners with GPTC enabling Dee to

• Serve on the Pre-Engineering Advisory Committee.
• Review pre-engineering curriculum and equipment, ensuring the program is up to date with the industry.
• Provide expanded learning opportunities and engineering experience in areas such as design.

Now: Goodyear provides mentors and internships to actively recruit students from Oklahoma colleges for employment. Dee hopes to hire “homegrown” engineers from the local area who will want to stay with Goodyear in Lawton.

Then: An 8th grade student who liked school and wanted to be a doctor, with a teacher who motivated him to pursue his dream. By enrolling in CVTC’s Biomedical Education, Jose

• Is learning in advanced science classes how the heart and body systems work.
• Is studying diseases and cures.
• Realizes he wants to be a pediatrician.

Now: A Mustang High School senior eager to graduate, Jose plans to major in pre-med at the University of Central Oklahoma and then go to medical school at the University of Oklahoma.

Then: An agricultural communications major with 23 years of practical farm and ranch experience. Julie taught science for Grades 7-12 including anatomy and physiology, biology and dropout recovery. As an instructor in Francis Tuttle Project Lead the Way biomedical science education, Julie can

• Teach “practical biology” to help students understand the principles of biology at work.
• Help students understand the similarity of human and animal biological systems with hands-on projects.
• Find out students’ interests and then expose, immerse, introduce and move them along at an accelerated pace.

Now: Julie is enthusiastically preparing students for the rigors of university study and successful careers in medicine and health care.

Then: A counselor at a rural high school without funding for a calculus class. She encouraged students to participate in Central Technology Center’s pre-engineering education program, which

• Shows students they do not have to be “super scientists” to study engineering.
• Prepares students for college-level calculus and physics.
• Gives Davenport High School’s best and brightest students the advanced math and science classes many rural schools cannot offer.

Now: A counselor who eliminates students’ fears of science and math, Lynn helps them get advanced classes in high school so they will have the background to be successful in college.

Then: A Cushing High School junior who was a natural, strong-willed student organization leader looking for new challenges. CTC’s Pre-Engineering Education helped Sarah

• Better understand math by applying it to hands-on engineering-related projects.
• Learn how to work with leaders from other schools on teams to reach common goals.
• Challenge herself in a competitive learning environment.

Now: Sarah has been accepted to Yale University and the University of Oklahoma.

Then: An Empire High School junior, nervous about being in RRTC’s Biomedical Education class. Kaylee quickly recognized that

• She loves learning about the human body and doesn’t mind a large amount of related homework.
• Her self-confidence and writing skills are improving with the many opportunities to talk in front of the class.
• Skills and academics learned through the Biomedical Science Academy go beyond high school, preparing her for college and a future career.

Now: Kaylee is considering a career as a cardiologist.

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