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Show DATC enrollment up 25 percent The DATC Industrial Maintenance program, which was originally a special program designed to meet the revitalization needs of local industry, has become a regular training program at the DATC. Students are trained in machine maintenance, analog elec tronics, and microprocessing and digital controls. Finally, the board was informed that the DATC has received accreditation ac-creditation from the Northwest Accrediting Ac-crediting Association. This accreditation ac-creditation is valid for 10 years. KAYSVILLE Enrollment at the Davis Applied Technology Center has increased by 25 percent in the second semester, the DATC board was told at its February meeting. The increase was due, in large part, to an increased number of secondary students. Many DATC training programs are now so full that new students must be placed on waiting lists before they can begin their training. In other business, it is expected that the State Board for Vocational Education will appoint the membership member-ship of the DATC Board in March 1991. Aaron Richards and Dee Forbes will retire from the DATC Board after extensive service to the Davis Applied Technology Center. They will be replaced with new appointees. ap-pointees. It is anticipated that all other DATC Board members will be appointed ap-pointed to one- or two-year terms. Sheryi Allen, DATC public relations rela-tions co-ordinator, reported that the DATC Vocational Education Week was a success. Particularly successful suc-cessful was the Project 2000 seminar sem-inar with Mark Eaton. Approximately, Approx-imately, 550 people were in attendance, atten-dance, and the seminar was well represented in the media. 1 |