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Denae Taylor

2019-05-21T18:50:57-04:00

By her own account, Denae Taylor was a “pretty good student,” a modest statement for someone normally on the High Honor Roll, always excited to learn, who found school to be easy because she was a fast learner. Yet, while attending Bellefonte Area High School Denae was not certain about a future involving post-secondary education, ultimately choosing CPI because she felt it would give her the necessary skills to obtain a job after high school. She was in the Protective Services program for two years, earning acceptance into the National Technical Honor Society. However, once her new instructor Cheniene Leiter assumed [...]

Denae Taylor2019-05-21T18:50:57-04:00

Randy Haynes

2019-05-21T18:49:32-04:00

Randy Haynes, a Bald Eagle Area graduate who completed CPI’s Precision Machine Technology program, was an honors student graduating in the top ten percent of his class. While at CPI, he was a member of the National Technical Honor Society and earned awards for CPI’s Outstanding Student of the Year, Outstanding Cooperative Education Student, Cooperative Education “Recognition for Reliability”, and Precision Machining MVP for the class of 2012. Additionally, he earned a Certificate of Special Merit from The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) for obtaining eight NIMS credentials, a CPI record unmatched to this day. After a 9th grade tour [...]

Randy Haynes2019-05-21T18:49:32-04:00

Matthew Wolfe

2019-05-21T18:36:38-04:00

Although he excelled in a traditional classroom setting, when Mathew Wolfe was a teen he became very interested in cars and the hands-on learning that accompanied it. As a Penns Valley student, Wolfe graduated with a 3.7-grade point average and took as many advanced classes as possible. However, as a senior high student he wanted more control of his future courses and decided CPI would be a good fit. His educational career at CPI culminated in winning the Automotive Technology Science Student of the Year recognized by receiving the E. Dale Simpson Award. While in school he worked at Tri-County Toyota [...]

Matthew Wolfe2019-05-21T18:36:38-04:00
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