CareerTech board names Lee Denney as interim state director
The Oklahoma State Board of Career and Technology Education accepted State Director Marcie Mack’s resignation, effective March 1, during its meeting Thursday and named Lee Denney as interim state director.
Mack submitted her resignation in January, when she announced she had accepted a position as manager of talent development with MidAmerica Industrial Park in Pryor, Oklahoma.
“It’s been a true honor to be a part of the CareerTech System for almost 30 years,” Mack told the board.
Denney, a resident of Cushing, served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2004 to 2016, representing District 33. She served on various committees, including appropriations and budget; higher education career technology; energy; economic development and tourism; arts and culture, as chairman; and banking, as vice chairman. She also served as chairman of the appropriations and budget subcommittee on common education.
Read more on the Oklahoma CareerTech website.
Oklahoma DECA honors CareerTech retiree
Oklahoma DECA honored retired CareerTech BMITE Program Administrator Carrie DeMuth during its 2022 Career Development Conference with an award named in her honor.
The Oklahoma DECA state executive council voted to create the Carrie DeMuth Award of Excellence as the highest honor given to someone within the organization. The award will recognize Oklahoma DECA supporters, advisers, alumni or volunteer who have provided many years of visionary guidance, continuous advocacy and outstanding support for Oklahoma marketing students and advisers.
DeMuth was the first recipient during the grand awards session at CDC last week. She retired this year after 36 years in education, with nine of those years as the state program administrator for the CareerTech business, marketing and information technology education division.
Article highlights CareerTech business partner
A Truck Drivers U.S.A. article focuses on Freymiller Inc. and its partnership with Oklahoma CareerTech and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
Freymiller works with CareerTech’s Skills Centers School System to train individuals incarcerated in ODOC facilities to drive trucks. The training is operated through Central Technology Center’s truck driver training program.
Hundreds of students have been trained through Freymiller’s Second Chance Program, and the company has hired about 30 of them, according to the article.
Read more on the Truck Drivers U.S.A. website.
CareerTech a model for other states
Oklahoma is home to one of the best CareerTech networks in the nation. CareerTech officials in other states regularly point to Oklahoma as an example of what a CareerTech system should embody.
Oklahoma CareerTech has stood out among other states since 1968, when it became an independent agency and improved students’ access to customized training to meet the immediate needs of Oklahoma employers. Oklahoma CareerTech has been charting new paths for other states to follow ever since. They include pioneering programs for adults, secondary students, postsecondary students and inmates.
Read more in CareerTech State Director Marcie Mack’s column on The Journal Record’s website.
Kiamichi Tech-Durant adding HVAC program
Kiamichi Technology Centers will add a heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology program at its Durant campus in fall 2022.
The new program will provide training to support employment and economic development in the area, Campus Director Lane Jackson told KXII News12.
Read more on the KXII website.
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