April 12, 2006

Aviation Technical Center receives FAA Awards

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will present multiple awards today to Cowley College’s Aviation Technical Center located at 7603 East Pawnee in Wichita.

The Center provides airframe and powerplant (A&P) training to Cowley College students.

The Aviation Technical Center will receive two awards. The first is the Diamond award of excellence for achieving 100 percent training participation from full-time instructors and staff.

The second Diamond award is for completing the training requirements for the gold award with diamond. In addition to the overall recognition of the Center, instructors received the following recognition:

Jon Pine, Diamond
Dawn Brown, Diamond
Lewis Wesson, Silver
Sean Harris, Bronze
Harold Anderson, Bronze
Michael Bayer, Bronze
Noel Gary, Bronze

Adjunct instructors receiving recognition:

Robert Mason, Silver
Martin Klein Silver

Students receiving recognition:

Willard Ratchford, Ruby
Kelly Brown, Gold
Russell Chandler, Gold
Vinh Tran, Silver
Paul Blew, Silver
Zachery Helms, Silver
Jay Pauls, Silver