Wednesday, March 20, 2002

FAA commends CCSU's electronics program

You've heard about programs growing by leaps and bounds, but Clayton College & State University's electronics program is soaring literally.

In 1995, Clayton State received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to become an Airway Facilities - Collegiate Training Initiative-accredited college. Recently, eight FAA officials met with Clayton State School of Technology acting Dean Benita Moore and assistant professor of avionics Dennis Bladine to commend the school's efforts in the AF-CTI program.

The AF-CTI program recruits students as potential employees and prepares selected individuals for entry-level positions such as electronic technicians, general engineers, environmental protection specialists, electronic engineers, airway transportation systems specialists, and computer systems specialists, all within the FAA.

The program also provides training opportunities to internal FAA employees via upward mobility and tuition assistance programs.

Airway Facilities-CTI has recently identified six colleges and universities nationwide, including Clayton State, that have high graduate success rates. Kirk Roller, Ph.D., an FAA consultant and training specialist, plans to work with Moore and Bladine in hopes of modeling future curriculums after the success of Clayton State's.

Wanda Reyna, manager of the FAA's airway facilities staffing and compensation division and an attendee of the meeting, said that soon the FAA airway facilities area will employ only persons who have completed an approved AF-CTI program. This gives graduates from the Clayton State electronic program an edge in securing a career with the FAA and will give wings to their dreams in aviation.

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