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Two Students Recognized for Service to CCCUA
24 February 2005
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DE QUEEN – Two former students of CCCUA instructor Steve Davis have been recognized by the College for their assistance in helping the College’s Department of Information Services and Support (DISS). Karen McKinnon-Teeter and John Jacoby were recognized at a brief ceremony on February 21 for their unstinting help in assisting the College’s computer technicians install and set up computer networks, ceiling-mounted video projectors, and conduct routine setup and maintenance of desktop computers.
McKinnon-Teeter, a Murfreesboro native and 1986 graduate of Henderson State University, teaches 6th grade Language Arts at Prescott Middle School. Since the Prescott School District only has one technician, and he is stationed across town at the high school, McKinnon-Teeter has found the additional hands-on training she was able to get by working with Davis and others on the DISS staff to be quite helpful. “It’s great to be able to fix a computer yourself, and not have to wait on the tech to make the time in his schedule.” She also stated that she requested that she be allowed to ‘shadow’ Steve Davis in order to learn more by observing. “It’s better than memorizing information for a test. Sometimes a student can follow directions in a book, step by step, and it still doesn't work; so what does he do then? Well, here we get to find out. This is more like an apprenticeship or on the job training. It is hands-on, real world experience, an opportunity to apply what we learned in the classroom. Plus, we have one of the most knowledgeable (and patient) instructors in the field to work with, and I am thankful that he takes the time to help us learn all we can.”
Jacoby, a 1992 graduate of Nashville High School, is enrolled at CCCUA in general education courses. He is a Multi-craft Maintenance Technician for Temple-Inland at the company’s particle board plant located in Hope. “As a Multi-craft, you have to do it all – carpentry, electrical, computers, networks, everything. The entire operation is computerized, so there is a lot of demand for what we do, to get things fixed to get the mill going again.” Of Davis, Jacoby said, “Steve is available to help when I need him. I got a lot of good hands-on experience from him.” Jacoby was so interested in working directly under Davis’s supervision that he took a week of vacation from his job just so he could get the hands-on experience installing projectors and building computers at the College’s De Queen campus and Nashville extension. The thing he says was the most fun was learning new thing and getting a better understanding of how computer work. He added, “Steve is the real hero here. We wanted to learn more, and he was willing to take the time to teach us.”
Cossatot Community College offers both technical certification and Associate’s degrees in a wide range of fields on its campus at De Queen, at extension sites at Nashville and Ashdown, and at cccua.edu. CCCUA collaborates with other colleges and universities to offer bachelor's and master's degrees on its three campuses. It has an enrollment of more than 1,100 students, and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
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