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Show - - --- - ·-- - --- --- ---- - -- -- - ·- - .. UNIVERSITY PREVIEW • SOUTHERN UTAH U NIVERSITY • FALL 1996. 19 CNC Machining offers jobs for future Roger G reener, U U c; in trucror of computer numerica l con trol m achin ing, o r C C, ay5 t llJ t the Operator<; T raining Cour e (T ech J 00) offe red each yea r 1 th e heo;t deal o n campu . The cour e cons1c;t oi one year of tra ining in order tO rece ive a graduat io n certifi cate, howevu oft entimes more tudentc; a rc placed in rhe work-force th ,in co m plete al l thL requ irements In fac t, '>tncc the p rogra m hegan 111 I 990, SUU h.i!> cn1ovcd 100 perce nt placem en t lor its grntlua tc w ho earn any where trom $~0,000 to $80,000 an n uall y accordmg tn ,reene1 Th e CNC program is d ,iierent th an other courses on c,1 m pus in m ore than o ne wa),. for 111 tanCl, the cla ·s I!, four quarters I mg ratht:r t han the th ree quarter syste m used bv other c!J!,~l''-, hut thl tuitt on for T ech 100 1s !i,407 per quarter Also s tudents onlv h.1 ve to purchase books o nce for the cntnc yea1 Bu t perhap the hcst pan abom enro ll ing 111 Operators Traini ng, o ther tha n t hl" obv10us kills th at a rc lea rned, I!, th at the course 1s o pen-e ntrv-opcn-cxit. ln o t her wo rds, C C !>t udents can e nte r into the cla s a t t he ir own con veni ence and wo rk at the ir own pace througho u t, a llo wing them the freedo m to purs ue ah er school em ploymen t or o ther intere t s. Als o, the class is set up fo r achievem ent in s uch a wa y t ha t it mirrors t he boy scou t s ys te m of mcnt badges- pass ccna111 c ri ter ia, obtain ne w s kill and receive accred itati on. Typ ica lly, the <..lass hegtn 111 late September a nd ru ns t h rough the tol lo wing September a nd inc lude<. m t ruction tm rn 8 .i.m . to 1 p.m ., Mond;1y th rough Fn da} C C 1-, ta ught m the urnvcr 1ty', m ach111111g lab 111 t he T ech nology Build111g and con --•~ts of two hou rs ot cla"" time a nd fo u r hou r~ of Lah tune da1l v prnv1J111g hand,;-on learn ing and 111~truct1on u b1ect mcludl". hop '>.ilet }, hop Math , Blu eprint Reading, Precis ion Mcasu remcm, Man ual Control Mach1 m: and what everyone 111 the nrnchine lab 1s excited to have, iive of the top of t he lm e C omputer Conuolk d Mills. G re1..ncr ay tha t the studen t.. a re g iven oppon u111uc~ to manulac turc a ll t ype ol prcc i!,tOn pans tor t hem d vcs or fo r com panic, 111 the Cedar C n y atl"a . In T ech I 00, 111 the past, s tudl"ntS h ave made airpla ne, cat. ho n, gu n, sa te IIi tc, and telescope pan ~ Th e un ivers ity supplies a ll ot the tecl that the tudents need!>. What m a kes T ech 100 such a grea t pl ace to s tudy, though, is t he s tudent to teacher ra tio tha t it offers- typica ll y 12 to 1. G reener ins ists t ha t h is s tudents com e tO him if they feel like t hey arc gett ing behind w here th ey n eed to be and d ue to t he s ize of th e average class, his help is always th ere. SUU studen ts in CNC get plen ty of one-on-one instruction. suu Bookstore with ' ODS ARLE 201 • Thursdays, SUU Auditorium • 11 a.m. 1 credit ARLE 201 can be repeated four times for credit. If you need .. _ regular pencils. draf ting pencils. a rt pencils. ballpoint pens. a rt pens. magic marke rs. notebook pa per. poster paper. com pute r d isks. computer paper. computer softUXJ re (maybe a com puter to go with it!), da y planners. briefcases. greeting cards. SUU me morabilia. sweatsh irts. T-sh irts, backpack s. blank cassette tapes. prerecorded cassettes. CDs. magazines. posters. candy bars. gum, soda pop, tissues, persona l hygiene items. or ho memade fudge TRY THE BOOKSTORE Did we mention we also have books? |