From June 25-29, 2018, Illinois Central College participated at the 54rd annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC) in Louisville, Kentucky. ICC students represented the state of Illinois in Telecommunications Cabling, Diesel Equipment Technology, Photography, 3D Visualization and Animation, Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning & Refrigeration, Graphic Imaging Sublimation, Computer Programming, Advertising Design, Screen Printing Technology, Pin Design, and Information Technology Services. Total, Illinois Central College was awarded 3 national medals.

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Of the remaining competitors from Illinois Central College, five placed within the top 10 in their competitions.

Additionally, Haliah Offutt’s design was selected by the state of Illinois as their official t-shirt at the National Conference.

Devin Welchman’s pin design was also selected by the state of Illinois as their official pin at the National Conference.

This past week, students competed in the SkillsUSA Illinois State Leadership and Skills Conference in Springfield (April 19-21). The gold medalists have earned the honor of competing in the National Skills and Leadership Conference in Louisville, KY in June. Please help us in congratulating the following students on a job well done and Best of Luck in Louisville:

Medalists from Illinois Central College:

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In addition to our many student wins, our chapter also won Gold – Total Membership Award and Bronze – Membership Growth. This year was the 18^th consecutive year that ICC has had the largest overall post-secondary membership.

Faculty/staff also received recognition for their years of service. Congratulations to all:

Thank you to all of the advisors, students and alumni from ICC to assist in making this conference a success. Special thanks to chapter co-advisors Kevin Wells and Kim Hawthorne as well as our faculty advisors: Jeff Gardner, Colin Campbell, Ron Albertson, Brian Weaver, John Baggett, and Shane Seals for taking their time to attend the conference to help the students in Springfield.

Thank you to our chapter officers: Brandon Render, Alex Davis, Aaron Wilder, and Prestin Begeman for the extra help before, during, and after the conference. Special thanks as always to Dr. Quirk-Bailey, Bruce Budde, Dr. Awuah, our administration, the Educational Foundation and to the ICC Board of Directors for your continued support of our efforts and our organization!!

From June 19-23, 2017, Illinois Central College participated at the 53rd annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC) in Louisville, Kentucky. ICC students represented the state of Illinois in Diesel Equipment Technology, Screen Printing Technology, Internetworking, Computer Programming, Advertising Design, Graphics Imaging-Sublimation, and T-Shirt Design. 2 students were awarded national silver medals.

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Of the remaining competitors from Illinois Central College, four placed within the top 10 in their competitions.

Additionally, Tyler Phillips’ T-Shirt design was selected by the state of Illinois as their official t-shirt at the National Conference. If you look closely you can see various iconic symbols and imagery of Illinois including the Chicago skyline, earth moving equipment, a corn field, the face of Abraham Lincoln, and more.

ICC took 51 students and faculty advisors to the SkillsUSA State Championships in Springfield (April 27-29). Gold medalists have earned the honor of competing at the National Conference in Louisville, KY in June. Please help us in congratulating the following students on a job well done and Good Luck in Louisville:

Medalists from Illinois Central College:

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SILVER:

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Of the remaining competitors from ICC, 13 of our students placed in the top 10 in their competitions.

In addition to our many student wins, our chapter also won First Place – Total Membership Award. This is the 17^th consecutive year that ICC has had the largest overall post-secondary membership.

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Special thanks to the ICC faculty and staff who attended the conference:

Kevin Wells, Kim Hawthorne, Mike Daugherty, Jeff Gardner, Shane Seals, Brian Weaver, John Baggett, Mark DuBois and Jim Hays our bus driver. As always—thank you for your extra help and commitment to the organization. Our chapter appreciates it!!

As in the past, many of our faculty and alumni continue to play supporting roles with the state and local chapters. Congratulations to all!!! ICC Alumni who give of their time as Contest Supervisors/assistants as well: Andrew Fritz—Internetworking contest supervisor; Adam Bollinger—Internetworking judge; Nick Hulva—State Board member; Michael Raydon—Computer Maintenance judge; Mark DuBois–Web Design contest supervisor; Brandy Thatcher—Web Design judge; Shari Tripp—Web Design judge; Jonathan Warrant—Web Design judge; and Eric Hill—Illinois State Executive Director. We have an amazing, active alumni that continues to grow each and every year. We can’t say enough about their dedication and commitment to giving back to the students and the organization. For those faculty advisors who couldn’t attend the conference this year, but spend the year in advance of the conference preparing the students, thank you as well!!

Thank you to our chapter officers and co-advisors (Kevin Stephenson, Brandon Render and Kevin Wells and Kim Hawthorne) for the extra help before, during, and after the conference.  Special thanks as always to Dr. Quirk-Bailey, Bruce Budde, our administration, the Educational Foundation and to the ICC Board of Directors for your continued support of our efforts and our organization!!

This year our students represented Illinois Central College in Louisville, Kentucky as part of the 52nd annual SkillsUSA National Leadership Conference that was held from June 20-25, 2016. Five students were awarded National medals.

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Of the remaining competitors from Illinois Central College, five placed within the top 10 in their competitions.

Several of ICC’s Faculty and Alumni have continued to assist at the National Conference. Eric Hill (Pekin) (former State and local officer) and current State Director for SkillsUSA Illinois. Michael Raydon (Chillicothe) (former local officer and national medalist) assisted with the National Education Team in the Computer Maintenance competition. Jonathan Worent (Peoria) (former national medalist) assisted with the National Education Team in the Web Design competition. Brandy Thatcher (Former local officer and national medalist) and Shari Tripp (Pekin) (ICC) assisted with judging for Web Design. Mark DuBois continued this year (as in the past several years) in the role of National Technical Chair for the Web Design competition. Nick Hulva (East Peoria) (former State and local officer and national medalist) served on the Quiz Bowl National Education Team. Nick has also served this past year at the State level serving on the Board of Directors. Colin Van Orman (Forest City) (former state medalist and national competitor) has joined us this year as a new faculty member and faculty advisor. Kevin Wells (East Peoria) (former local officer and student medalist in Internetworking) continues to serve as the Faculty and Chapter co-advisor for SkillsUSA. Thank you all for representing Illinois Central College and the State of Illinois in such a remarkable way!!

Congratulations to the following faculty and staff for their tremendous efforts in preparing our students and for accompanying the students to Louisville in addition to those who assisted them virtually: Kim Hawthorne, Kevin Wells, Colin Van Orman, Brian Weaver, Mark DuBois, John Baggett, Jeff Gardner, Mike Daugherty, Shane Seals, Eric McCann, and Alyson Smith. Special thanks to Mike Beltramea (our driver) for getting us to and from Louisville safely. Thank you all for a job well done

Thank you to all the students and faculty for representing Illinois Central College and the State of Illinois.

ICC took 60 students and faculty advisors to the SkillsUSA State Championships in Springfield (April 21-23). Gold medalists have earned the honor of competing at the National Conference in Louisville, KY in June. Please congratulate the following students on a job well done and Good Luck in Louisville:

Medalists from Illinois Central College:

GOLD:

SILVER:

BRONZE:

Of the remaining competitors from ICC, 34 of our students placed in the top 10 in their competitions.

In addition to our many student wins, our chapter also won 2016 Membership Award. This is the 16th consecutive year that ICC has had the largest overall post-secondary membership.

This year five students represented Illinois Central College in Louisville, Kentucky to take part in the 51st annual SkillsUSA National Leadership Conference that was held from June 22-27, 2015. One student was awarded a National medal.

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Of the remaining competitors from Illinois Central College, six placed within the top 10 in their competitions.

As always Illinois Central College had several Alumni and Faculty participating at this year’s National Conference to help assist students, judge competitions, and represent the State of Illinois:

Kim Hawthorne, Kevin Wells, Mark DuBois, Dave Cook, Jeff Gardner, Shari Tripp, Brandy Thatcher, Nicholas Hulva, Michael Raydon, and Jonathan Worent. Eric Hill (former state and local ICC SkillsUSA officer) will be taking over as the State Director for SkillsUSA Illinois in September.

In addition, Mark DuBois and Jeff Gardner will be representing not only ICC, but Illinois and the nation as supervisor and judges at World Skills International in August 2015. They are the first two from Illinois with this honor.

Thank you to all the students and faculty for representing Illinois Central College and the State of Illinois.

ICC took 70 students and faculty advisors to the SkillsUSA State Championships in Springfield (April 22-25). These Gold medalists have won the honor of competing at Nationals in Louisville, KY in June. Please help me in congratulating the following students on a job well done and Good Luck in Louisville:

Medalists from Illinois Central College:

GOLD:

SILVER:

BRONZE:

Of the remaining competitors from ICC, 35 of our students placed in the top 10 in their competitions.

In addition to our many student wins, our chapter also won First Place – Total Membership Award. This is the 15th consecutive year that ICC has had the largest overall post-secondary membership.

The SkillsUSA Championships, held in Kansas City, Mo., took place June 24-26, 2014, as part of the SkillsUSA 50th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC), a showcase of career and technical education students. Illinois Central College was represented by twelve students across nine different competitions. Two students in particular were awarded medallions.

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Of the remaining competitors from Illinois Central College, six placed within the top 10 in their competitions.

Illinois Central College also had several Alumni and Faculty participating at this year’s National Conference to help assist students, judge competitions, or were representing the State of Illinois:

Kim Hawthorne, Kevin Wells, Mark DuBois, Dave Cook, Jeff Gardner, Tom Wester, Shari Tripp, Brandy Thatcher, Eric Hill, Nicholas Hulva, Michael Raydon, and Jonathan Worent.

Thank you to all the students and faculty for representing Illinois Central College and the State of Illinois in such a remarkable way!!

Illinois Central College took 85 students and faculty advisors to the SkillsUSA State Championships in Springfield (April 2-5). These Gold medalists have won the honor of competing at Nationals in Kansas City in June. Please help me in congratulating the following students on a job well done and Good Luck in Kansas City:

Medalists from Illinois Central College:

GOLD:

SILVER:

BRONZE:

Of the remaining competitors from ICC, 32 of our students placed in the top 10 in their competitions.

In addition to our many student wins, our chapter also won First Place – Total Membership Award.

­Special thanks to the ICC faculty and staff who attended the conference:

Kevin Wells, Mike Daugherty, Jeff Gardner, Mark DuBois, Eric McCann, Shane Seals, Jeff Joos, Brian Weaver, John Baggett, and our amazing bus driver!! As always—thank you for your extra help and commitment to the organization. The students and I appreciate it!!

Thanks again to Mark DuBois who was a contest supervisors for Web Design. Our Alumni continue to play supporting roles with the state and local chapters. Congratulations to all!!! ICC Alumni who give of their time as Contest Supervisors/assistants as well: Jonathan Warrant—Web Design contest assistant; Brandy Thatcher—Web Design contest assistant; Andrew Fritz—Internetworking contest supervisor; Dave McKnight—Internetworking judge; Nick Hulva—State Board member and Contest Floor setup assistant and Quiz Bowl and Computer Maintenance Contest Supervisors; Michael Raydon—Computer Maintenance; and Eric Hill—State Assistant Director, Conference and Alumni Assistant. We have an amazing, active alumni that continues to grow each and every year. I can’t say enough about their dedication and commitment to giving back to the students and the organization.

Thank you to our chapter officers and co-advisor (Adam Bollinger, Logan Winkler, Chad Birchenall, Montie Wilder, Nate Riehl, Sean Linden, Donald Clouse and Kevin Wells) for the extra help before, during, and after the conference. Lunch delivery helper: Kevin helped me deliver the lunches (over 60 lunches served at two locations) to all of the competitors.