Questar III’s Columbia-Greene Educational Center (CGEC) in Hudson honored students for achievement in academics and craftsmanship at the school’s 38th Annual Awards Night on June 2 at Columbia-Greene Community College.
National Technical Honor Society Inductees
Focused on providing skills for the 21st century workforce, Questar III offers students career and technical educational programs (CTE) for professional training and the opportunity to acquire industry-related certifications while they’re still in high school. Most students continue their education at community colleges or technical institutes.
The 2015 scholarship winners from Questar III’s CGEC are:
- Nicholas Churchill – Criminal Justice (Taconic Hills)
- Brandon Johnson – Culinary Arts (Greenville)
- Russell Lewis – HVAC/Renewable Energies (Greenville)
- Courtney Mashaw – Criminal Justice (Chatham)
- Ciera VanAckooy – Cosmetology (Germantown)
The Alice and Murray Giddings Foundation Barbara Decker Memorial Award
- Keith Hejnal – AIT (Germantown)
Columbia Car Club Award
- Ben Elster – Automotive Technologies (Taconic Hills)
Barbara Decker Memorial Award
- Juan Cruz – Building Trades (Catskill)
Bruce Baldwin Award
- Marcus Hinds – Automotive Services (Hudson)
- Michael Kelly – Automotive Technologies (Chatham)
Thirteen students were also inducted into the National Technical Honor Society. Five additional students were re-inducted for a second year of membership. Induction into National Technical Honor Society is the country’s highest award for excellence in CTE.
The inductees took the pledge of membership and participated in the lighting of candles which represented each of the attributes of a National Technical Honor Society member: skill, honesty, service, responsibility, scholarship, citizenship, and leadership.
The following students were honored on June 4:
Two Year Members:
Alec Barrett – HVAC/R (Ichabod Crane)
Nicholas Churchill – Criminal Justice (Taconic Hills)
Marcus Hinds – Automotive Services (Hudson)
Russell Lewis – HVAC/R (Greenville)
Christopher Zwoboda – HVAC/R (Cairo-Durham)
First Year Inductees:
Heather Ford – Culinary Arts (Ichabod Crane)
Rachel Gumnitz – C.N.A. (Cairo-Durham)
Kaitlynn Harty – Culinary Arts (Cairo-Durham)
Keith Hejnal – AIT (Germantown)
Allison Johnson – Culinary Arts (Catskill)
Brandon Johnson – Culinary Arts (Greenville)
Joseph Markham – HVAC/R (Taconic Hills)
Courtney Mashaw – Criminal Justice (Chatham)
Kera Hunt – C.N.A. (Cairo-Durham)
Austin Kasper – Construction Technologies (Hudson)
Liam O’Connor – HVAC/R (Greenville)
Taylor Pearson – C.N.A. (Greenville)
Corey Winegard – Automotive Technologies (Cairo-Durham)
Questar III congratulates all of this year’s graduates and award winners! See the Annual Awards Ceremony Program 2015 for a full listing of award and scholarship winners from the 2014-2015 school year. See photos from CGEC Awards Night
