Five Spoon River College students in the Diesel and Power Systems Technology (DPST) program were awarded scholarships following a round of interviews with program faculty and members of the Diesel Advisory Board.
Advisory Board member Sam Brooks presented the awards to the following students:
Pierce Boyer of Lewistown received $400 from the Coachmen Motor Club Scholarship; Jared Cheline of Aledo received $350 from the Coachmen Motor Club scholarship; Wyatt Leinenbach of Emden received $500 from the Brian Telander Scholarship; Jerrick LeMaire of Bosco received $1,000 from the Ed Kaiser Scholarship; Isaac Little of Rushville received $500 from PHI-MU-TAU Scholarship and $200 from the Coachmen Motor Club; , and Gage Peters of Astoria received $500 from the PHI-MU-TAU Scholarship and $50 from the Coachmen Motor Club.
The two-year DPST program is one of the college’s longest-running career and technical education programs, offering education and training in the field of diesel power technology and its related application that culminates in an associate in applied science degree. In 2019, the College also became a certified training center for the railway industry through a partnership with NARS (National Academy of Railroad Science) and Johnson County Community College. Certificates are offered in Locomotive Mechanical, Preventive Maintenance, and Rail Transportation and Power System Technology. Instructors in the program are Todd Thompson, Joe Clemens, Aaron Mayall, and Dave Andersen.
For more information about the program, visit www.src.edu.
Pictured left to right is Gage Peters, Jared Cheline, Isaac Little, Jerrick LeMaire, Peirce Boyer, and Wyatt Leinenbach.
DPST Advisory board members and faculty members are Joe Clemens (faculty), Vance Geisendorfer, Von Geisendorfer, Sam Brooks, Eric Bunnell, Kevin Quick, Todd Thompson (faculty), Brian Friedrich, Kevin Kaiser, Danny Mahr, John Danielson, SRC President Dr. Curt Oldfield, Aaron Mayall (faculty), and Dave Andersen.