WyoTech Weekly Clip Report

WyoTech Weekly Clip
Report
Date
Headline
Outlet
03/06/2013
Trucks! and Wyotech team up to build the ultimate
shop truck!
PowerBlockTV
03/05/2013
Marine technicians hold annual meeting in Florida
Soundings Trade Only Online
03/05/2013
Technician enthusiasm up at NMSE 13
Boating Industry - Online
03/04/2013
The Kids Are Alright
Breitbart.com
03/02/2013
WyoTech's West Sacramento campus to close
Sacramento Bee Online, The
Headline:
Trucks! and Wyotech team up to build the ultimate shop truck!
Date:
3/6/2013 4:37:50 PM
Media Contact:
Media Outlet:
PowerBlockTV
Attachment Link:
http://blog.powerblocktv.
com/trucks-and-wyotech-team-up-to-build-the-ultimate-shop-truck/
This weekend on Trucks!, we’re turning the shop over to a team of WyoTech graduates as they begin
building the ultimate shop truck for their school! These grads are starting work on WyoTech’s 1964 F-100
by upgrading the 390 FE V8 with a new cam and intake.
Don’t miss this NEW episode at 10:00 a.m. EST Saturday and Sunday on Spike TV!
Parts for this episode of Trucks! can be found here: http://www.powerblocktv.com/episodes/TK201301/wyotech-shop-truck-build
Also, we will be tweeting LIVE this weekend with NEW shows on POWERBLOCK! Make sure you’re
following us on Twitter because we want to hear from you! Follow us here: @PowerBlock TV.
Headline:
Marine technicians hold annual meeting in Florida
Date:
3/5/2013 12:30:00 PM
Media Contact:
Mike Trocchi
Media Outlet:
Soundings Trade Only - Online
Attachment Link:
http://www.tradeonlytoday.
com/home/524105-marine-technicians-hold-annual-meeting-in-florida
The Association of Marine Technicians completed its 20th annual National Marine Service Expo Jan. 1821 in Ormond Beach, Fla.
Training was held on the WyoTech campus.
“The overall enthusiasm of the attendees this year was very positive,” Amtech president Joe De Marco
said in a statement.
The training event lasted four days. Technicians chose from a variety of 8-hour courses, such as
outboard direct fuel-injection systems from Mercury, Yamaha and Evinrude; CAN bus; electrical systems;
Mercruiser sterndrives; and personal watercraft.
This year, the association added two new courses that are part of the Amtech technician specialist
program: Outboard Rigging and Installation, presented by Todd Larson, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical
College; and Principles of Troubleshooting, presented by Jarrett Young, Yamaha Motor Corp.
Outboard Rigging and Installation is now a required course for a technician to obtain outboard
specialization status from Amtech, and Principles of Troubleshooting is a prerequisite course that is
required for both the outboard and inboard specialist tracks.
The Amtech specialist program recognizes technicians who have successfully met the standards of
Amtech training. Online exams for all Amtech courses will be available this spring.
Headline:
Technician enthusiasm up at NMSE 13
Date:
3/5/2013 8:30:34 AM
Media Contact:
Media Outlet:
Boating Industry - Online
Attachment Link:
http://www.boatingindustry.
com/news/2013/03/05/technician-enthusiasm-up-at-nmse-13/
The Association of Marine Technicians (AMTECH) completed its 20th annual National Maine Service
Expo January 18-21, 2013 in Ormond Beach, FL. Training was held on the WyoTech Campus.
“The overall enthusiasm of the attendees this year was very positive,” said Joe De Marco, AMTECH
President.
The training event lasted four days. Technicians chose from a variety of 8-hour courses, such as
Outboard direct fuel injection systems from Mercury, Yamaha, and Evinrude; Can-bus, Electrical
systems, Mercruiser Stern-drives, Personal Watercraft, and more.
This year, the association added two new courses that are part of the AMTECH Technician Specialist
program: Outboard Rigging and Installation, presented by Todd Larson, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical
College; and the Principles of Troubleshooting, presented by Jarrett Young, Yamaha Motor Corp.
Outboard Rigging and Installation is now a required course for a technician to obtain their Outboard
Specialization status from AMTECH, and Principles of Troubleshooting is a prerequisite course that is
required for both the Outboard and Inboard Specialist tracts.
The AMTECH Specialist program recognizes technicians who have successfully met the standards of
AMTECH training. Online exams for all AMTECH courses will be available this spring. For information on
the AMTECH Specialist Program, visit the following website: http://www.amtech.org/amtech_specialist_program.amsp
During the NMSE Board of Directors meeting, Larry Porsche, Director, Category Management Group for
Brunswick Marine P&A, was voted in as the association's newest board member. AMTECH expects he
will be able to offer his skills to help better connect the association's members with aftermarket products
and training needs.
NMSE provides training for incumbent workers who want to learn more about the latest in marine
systems technology and improve their foundational skills. In 2014, AMTECH will be including a serviceoriented trade show with NMSE that will exhibit the tools and equipment that marine technicians use for
their trade. For more information on AMTECH and membership, please visit www.am-tech.org.
Headline:
The Kids Are Alright
Date:
3/4/2013 6:46:25 AM
Media Contact:
Media Outlet:
Breitbart.com
Attachment Link:
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/03/04/The-Kids-Are-Alright
And now for a good word about Chicago public schools: I spent a leisurely afternoon yesterday at the
Chicago World of Wheels hot rod & custom car show, and happened upon this group of Dunbar High
students proudly showing off their shop class project, a slammed full custom import sporting Lambo-style
doors.
Although this style of car is not really my taste (I'm more of a stodgy '27-'34 Ford hot rod purist), I'm
aware of the skills it takes to pull something like this off and offered my compliments. They were
brimming with enthusiasm and details about the build. All said they were hoping to make a career in
automotive tech, and rattled off their college choices as UTI, WyoTech, Gateway.
For all that's wrong with public education in Chicago, CPS should be proud of what they taught these
young men. And I hope these young men taught CPS something too.
In short, well done, fellas. You've lived up to Dunbar's nickname of The Mighty Men.
Headline:
WyoTech's West Sacramento campus to close
Date:
3/2/2013 1:39:49 AM
Media Contact:
Mark Glover
Media Outlet:
Sacramento Bee - Online, The
Attachment Link:
http://www.sacbee.
com/2013/03/02/5229940/wyotechs-west-sacramento-campus.html
The West Sacramento campus of WyoTech, which offers career technical training for students aspiring to
enter the automotive and construction industries, will close in mid-October.
Kent Jenkins Jr., a spokesman for Santa Ana-based WyoTech parent Corinthian Colleges Inc., said
students and employees on the campus at 980 Riverside Parkway were informed of the planned closure
Thursday.
Jenkins said 900 students enrolled at the school will be allowed to finish their courses of study, but no
new enrollments will be accepted.
Jenkins said most WyoTech students are pursuing specialized diplomas or associate degrees, education
plans typically encompassing two years or less.
The campus employs about 75, and those workers were informed Thursday that they would be laid off.
There are two other WyoTech campuses in California – in Fremont and Long Beach. There's also a west
region campus in Laramie, Wyo. Jenkins said the multiple western campuses were a consideration in the
closing of the West Sacramento campus.
WyoTech's other two U.S. campuses are in Blairsville, Pa., and Daytona Beach, Fla.
In June last year, CCI's board of directors approved a plan to sell its WyoTech campuses in West
Sacramento and Daytona Beach.
At that time, according to its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, CCI had not
secured prospective buyers but "allocated internal resources to identify potential buyers and evaluate
proposals for these campuses. Corinthian anticipates completing the sale within the next 12 months."
Within weeks of that announcement, CCI reported a $6.5 million fiscal fourth-quarter loss. The company
cited losses from discontinued operations.
Jenkins said CCI decided this week to retain the Daytona Beach campus, while holding out the possibility
of a future sale.
He added: "In Sacramento on the other hand … we had no offers that were sufficiently attractive, and we
made the decision that we were going to teach out at that campus."
CCI also is the parent of the Heald and Everest for-profit colleges. Heald oversees a dozen campuses,
including sites in Roseville and Rancho Cordova.
The overall CCI system has more than 100 Everest, Heald and WyoTech campuses, with about a quarter
of its campuses and students in California. CCI reported a total student population of 88,688 as of Dec.
31, down from 90,910 on Dec. 31, 2011.
The company reported revenue of $409.7 million for its fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31, up from
$392.1 million in the year-ago period. It reported a loss of $68,000 in the most recent quarter, compared
with a profit of nearly $1.8 million in 2011.
CCI stock closed at $2.06 a share, down 7 cents, Friday on the Nasdaq Global Select market.
The local WyoTech campus is a direct competitor with the Universal Technical Institute-Sacramento
campus on Interstate 5 across from Sleep Train Arena.
Call The Bee's Mark Glover, (916) 321-1184.
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