RRTC's Business Marketing and Information Technology and Graphic Design and Digital Marketing students recently held a sock for a local nursing home. Today, they delivered those socks the the nursing home.
RRTC’s Residential Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning/Refrigeration students competed last week in the Regional SkillsUSA competition. The students that competed were Caleb Ramsey, Ayden Hinds, Blayden Carpenter, Bryana McKinney, and Paeton Dial. Ayden Hinds placed 1st and Paeton Dial placed 6th in the post-secondary competition. Ayden Hinds will advance to the State SkillsUSA competition in April. Congratulations, students.
RRTC’s Computer-Aided Drafting students competed last week in the Regional SkillsUSA Competition. Jason Burton placed 1st in post-secondary-technical and Kenzie Hankins placed 2nd in post-secondary-architecture. McCormick Truelock placed 3rd in high school-architecture and Chandler Pendley placed 4th in high school-technical. These students will advance to the State SkillsUSA competition in April. Congratulations, students!
Congratulation to Jon Giles for receiving the Harris Top Torch welding award at SkillsUSA State Leadership Conference 2024.
RRTC would like to thank all of the welding instructors for preparing their students for the regional competition. RRTC instructors, Sidney Cates and Todd Ottwell; Caddo Kiowa Technology Center instructor, Terry Heath; Canadian Valley Technology Center instructor, Richard Farris; Great Plains Technology Center instructor, Konrad Littau; Southwest Technology Center instructor, Monte Brown; and Western Technology Center instructors, Don Hart and Kelly Vanderwork.
Red River Technology Center hosted SkillsUSA Regional welding fabrication competition last week. The welding fabrication competition consists of teams of three students. Only 1st place winners advance to the SkillsUSA State Competition in April. High school 1st place winners from RRTC are Zachary Lipscomb, Branson Bailey, and Chase Kaspereit. High School 3rd place winners from RRTC are Leland Parker, Jacob Bench, and Draegon Heddleston. RRTC would like to thank the judges Brian Blevins, Cimarron Trailers; Jimmy Jenkins, Energy Transfer; Jason Benton,NOV Wilco; and Joe Valenzuela, Jr., Cimarron Trailers. We appreciate the time and effort of all the judges, timekeepers, and support members assisting with the administration of the SkillsUSA contest.
RRTC's welding students, Cheyenne Luttrell and William Watson competed in the Welding Job Readiness competition last week at Canadian Valley Technology Center (El Reno Campus). Cheyenne placed first and William placed second in the competition. Both student will be attending the SkillsUSA State Leadership competition in April. Congratulations, students!
Red River Technology Center hosted SkillsUSA Regional welding competition last week. RRTC students that placed in high school welding, 1st place-Cole Linzman, 2nd place-Kamdyn Whetstone, 3rd place-Daniel Hudson, and 4th place-Payton Jones. There were 16 contestants in this category. First-third place in the high school division will advance to the SkillsUSA State Competition in April. First year winners(region only-will not advance to state) 2nd place-Grayson Brooksher, 4th place-Cooper Majure, 5th place-Jase Hancock, 6th place-Noah Hudson. Post-Secondary winner in welding for RRTC was Kristopher Ross. Congratulations to the winners! RRTC would like to thank the judges Ty Hobbs, Top Gun Welding & Construction LLC; Tanner Franklin, NOV Wilco; and Andrew Mullins, Mullins Welding & Fab LLC. We appreciate the time and effort of all the judges, timekeepers, and support members assisting with the administration of the SkillsUSA contest.
Red River Technology Center would like to express our sincere gratitude for your incredible generosity and continued support. Your thoughtful contribution of prizes for our students has made a significant impact on their success. Thanks to your donations, our students who competed and placed in their events are able to celebrate their achievements with meaningful rewards. ORS NASCO, Kelsea McKeever; Lincoln Electric, Kurt Waldron; Metabo, JP Dillon; Miller Electric, James Brigance; John Tillman, Rob Stainsby; Washington Alloy, Dave Colwell; ESAB; United Abrasives, Kevin Martin; Surewerx(Jackson), Justin Harrell; and Dewalt, Dale Davis.
RRTC February Noon Lions Club Students of the month are Conner Bowling, Central senior, Pre-Engineering Academy and Sydney Miller, Duncan senior, Biomedical Science Academy. From left to right: Corey Ahlfenger, Conner Bowling, Sydney Miller, and Phyllis Daughtrey.
Red River Technology Center’s Cosmetology students recently competed in the Region 4 SkillsUSA Cosmetology Contest. The top three places will advance to the State SkillsUSA Competition in April. Congratulations, students and good luck at the state level.
Barbering:
1st: Dannial Crispin
2nd: McKenzie Lallonio
4th: Jillian Evans
5th: Charlee Cummings
Cosmetology:
2nd: Dina Chin
3rd: Brianna Arellano
6th: Avery Throckmorton
Esthetics:
Adult: 1st: Jennifer Rupe
Nails:
1st: Kamrie Channel
2nd: Krysta Shelby
3rd: Raylee Allen
4th: Arianna Villagrana
Liliana Rocha from Red River Technology Center’s Emergency Medical Services program attended the Rotary Club of Duncan meeting on February 5. Pictured are Craig Taliaferro, Rotary President; Janet Pogue, RRTC Career Information Specialist; and Liliana Rocha. Thank you to the Rotary Club of Duncan for supporting our students and sponsoring the EMS polos this year!
Thanks to Representative Stacy Jo Adams and Senator Spencer Kern for visiting Red River Technology Center’s electronics training with Ft. Sill.
RRTC Graphic Design and Digital Marketing students working on banners for a client project. Call RRTC if you have any graphic design needs, we may be able to accommodate your projects.
RRTC Business and Information Technology students held a contest to make a free-standing structure. Each group had 18 minutes to build their structure with 20 pieces of spaghetti, 1 yard of string, 1 yard of masking tape, and 1 marshmallow that had to be on the top. They had to draw diagrams and test them to see which one would be successful.
RRTC Business and Information Technology student, Josselyn Smith, recently completed her program. Congratulations , Josselyn.
RRTC Cosmetology students Kylie Barrington, Vanessa Guzman, and Katharine Hill had their first clients this week.
RRTC Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning students toured Duncan Regional Hospital’s environmental facilities. The tour included exploring four Centrifugal Compressor Chiller Systems, the Boiler Systems ( these systems provide both the air conditioning and heating to the offices and patient rooms). They looked at all the refrigeration in the kitchen for the hospital, the backup generators for when the electricity goes down, and the fire detection systems and how they integrate into the ductwork systems. Thanks Duncan Regional Hospital for the tour!
Students from Emergency Medical Services attended the Rotary Club of Duncan meeting on January 15. Pictured are Janet Pogue, RRTC Career Information Specialist; Jordan Childers; Lindsey Crump; and Craig Taliaferro, Rotary President. Thank you to the Rotary Club of Duncan for supporting our students and sponsoring the EMS polos this year!
Lesa Hefner, Health Careers Advisor and Matthew Maloney, Director, Facilities Management visit the RRTC’s HVAC class with construction and maintenance information from Duncan Regional Hospital. RRTC would like to thank these individuals for taking time out of their busy day to talk to our students.
