Sheraton Hotel – Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Date: Friday,
April 23, 2004
Time: 9:00
am – 1:00 pm
Stacey Chiasson introduced the Louisiana
representatives from the Governor’s office for Economic Policy and
Workforce Development. They
addressed the participants and briefly outlined how the efforts of
the GCPTA and LAPTEC were on course with the Governor’s vision of
providing a well-educated workforce for the development of Louisiana
industry.
Stacey Chiasson introduced the GCPTA president,
Steve Ames.
Steve Ames, President, opened the meeting and
welcomed everyone in attendance.
The participants introduced themselves.
There were 75 members and guests in attendance.
Steve Erickson, the Executive Director of GCPTA,
addressed the audience about several issues.
Steve opened his talk with a statement on the aging workforce
and the projected need for process technicians over the next 5 to 10
years. Steve addressed
the fact that there were not enough young people enrolled in PTEC to
replace those in industry who plan to retire.
He went on to say that it was incumbent on groups such as the
GCPTA to connect with the young adults to make them aware of the
many things in their lives that are provided by the chemical,
refining and exploration industries.
He spoke of how GCPTA and industry companies could help
connect with the young people in their schools.
He spoke on how all industry must work together to recruit
and develop the future workers needed.
He spoke about how GCPTA will work with industry and
education to provide a plan to address the issues of connecting with
the young people and providing for enough students to fill the
coming shortages in the workforce brought about by retirements.
He ended by addressing the impact that the jobs provided by
industry have on a number of lives and how it has turned despair
into hope for people.
Minutes of the January 30, 2004 meeting were distributed, read, and approved April 23, 2004.
The
following members were approved by the steering committee:
In
District Fulton
Briscoe, The Lubrizol Corporation, Deer Park, TX
Mike Speegle, San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX
Walter Eric Newby, BASF, Port Arthur, TX
James Dautenhaun, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
In
District Mike
Mundy, Dow Chemical Company, LaPorte, TX
Wayne Stephens, Wharton County Junior College, Bay City, TX
Mike Connella, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Best
Practice – Student Testimonial – Scott Waggenspack
Scott spoke on how his
educational experience in process technology has impacted his life.
He traced his path from high school through his initial
college experience and how his education helped him to land a job as
a process technician with Shell Chemical in Geismar, Louisiana.
Scott outlined how he had started out pursuing an education
in chemical engineering and how he had decided to pursue an
education as a process technician.
He stated that he realized that a process technician was not
just a job, but it was a career that was well worth pursuing. He spoke of his experience at Shell over the past
year and the many benefits that he has come to realize that it
provides. Scott’s
talk was received well by those in attendance and he was given a
robust round of applause for his presentation.
Bruce Martin, chairman of
the LAPTEC State Advisory Board, emphasized how the partnership
between industry, education and government helped to make process
technology education work for Louisiana.
He talked about the importance of the chemical industry to
the Louisiana economy. He
then went on to explain that the workforce in the industry was aging
and without a good plan to replace the required workforce, there
would be a shortage of trained technicians over the next 5 to 10
years. He spoke of
industry and education’s efforts to change the perception of jobs
in the industry and how industry has provided scholarships,
internships, and community awareness in an effort to help change the
perception that the process technician was just a blue-collar job.
He spoke of how these efforts have led to increased
enrollment at all of the PTEC programs in Louisiana.
Katie demonstrated the
new PTEC Website www.ptec101.com and the different information that
is provided. Some of
the information that was shown was real people with real stories,
information on the PTEC career, and the PTEC store where items such
as hats, t-shirts, and related PTEC items can be acquired.
Stacey handed out several
“Apple Awards” to those in Louisiana that have provided
outstanding support for PTEC education.
In addition, Stacey recognized and presented a Louisiana
Trend Setter Award to the LCA for their support of Process
Technology Education. Bruce
Martin on behalf of the LCA accepted this award. At the same time, the LCA provided Stacey with
flowers and a token of appreciation for the efforts that Career
Builders has provided to PTEC education in Louisiana.
Kathy Trahan handed out a
“pocket toolbox” to the industry participants and a packet with
academic information on Math and Mechanical Problem Worksheets to
the educators.
Ed Stiles reviewed the
Standards and Quality Committee’s role in defining the
requirements for GCPTA’s endorsement of a college’s process
technology program. Ed
then, gave the following Committee on Standards and Quality update:
Status Report –
Requirements for GCPTA Member Schools to Remain “Endorsed”:
·
#1 – Establish and Maintain an Active Advisory
Committee
·
#2 – Conduct P-Tech Program Audits
Background of Requirement
#1
·
Establish and Maintain an Active Advisory Committee
As
immediate evidence, affiliated colleges are to submit the
following to the Standards and Quality Committee by no later than
September 1, 2004 in order to remain an “Endorsed College”:
a)
Minutes
of each of their Advisory Committee meetings (ongoing)
b)
Advisory
Committee member names and their contact information (contact info
optional)
·
Additional Evidence of an Active Advisory Committee
(To be required later)
§
Meeting Frequency – meets at least quarterly
(more often if required by the State of the school)
§
Membership Composition – there will be more
industry members than college members; meetings will be chaired by
industry members
·
Additional Evidence of an Active Advisory Committee
(To
be required later)
§
Voting During Meetings – a quorum of members will
be present for all votes (each college will define what makes up a
quorum)
§
Documentation – a Charter/Mission/Vision
Statement will be developed, agreed to, and formally approved by the
advisory committee members, and it will define the purpose of the
committee’s existence; minutes will be taken at each meeting and
will show evidence of an agenda and who was in attendance.
§
Each college’s two voting members from industry
will be actively involved in GCPTA activities.
Status:
To date, colleges that
have submitted adequate immediate evidence of an active advisory
committee are as follows:
Alvin, BRCC, Brazosport,
College of the Mainland, Houston CC, McNeese, LTC-River Parishes,
San Jacinto, Sowela, TSTC-Marshall, and Wharton
Background of Requirement
#2
·
Conduct P-Tech Program Audits
As
immediate evidence, colleges are to submit a copy of a
completed audit of their P-Tech program to the Standards and Quality
Committee by no later than September 1, 2004 in order to remain an
“Endorsed College”
Status:
To date, colleges that
have submitted completed audits are as follows:
BRCC, College of the
Mainland, McNeese, River Parishes, San Jacinto, Sowela and
TSTC-Marshall
Overall Status:
Colleges which have
competed the two immediate requirements to remain an Endorsed
College after September 1, 2004 are as follows:
BRCC, College of the
Mainland, McNeese, River Parishes, San Jacinto, Sowela and
TSTC-Marshall
Additional Information:
·
The Term “Recommended College Members” will be
changed to “Associated College Members”
§
The Alliance will no longer “Recommend” a
College which does not strive to meet the Alliance’s standards and
goals for excellence
§
Associated College Members will not have voting
rights
·
Endorsements of Colleges will be for one year
periods
·
Pre-Hire and Post-Hire Standards will be
implemented for instructors (to be implemented in the near future)
§
The following Pre-Hire standards for P-Tech
instructors will be used:
Minimum
Educational Requirements – for Full-Time Instructors: possess at
least a degree at the level at which the person is teaching, i.e.,
at least an Associate’s Degree; for Adjunct Instructors:
appropriate industry experience and evidence of previous
training/classroom management experience; SACS requirements will be
followed if more stringent
·
Pre-Hire and Post-Hire Standards will be
implemented for instructors (to be implemented in the near future)
§
The following Post-Hire standards for P-Tech
instructors will be used:
Professional
Development Requirements – A minimum of 8 hours per year of
related professional development in education and/or technical
programs or seminars
Evaluation
of Performance – Evidence of having been evaluated as part of a
formal faculty evaluation process on an annual basis
·
All Requirements (with the exception of the Pre-
and Post-Hire Instructor Standards) are to be completed by September
1, 2004
What happens next?
§
If a college
fails to meet these requirements by September 1, 2004, the Standards
and Quality Committee will recommend to the GCPTA Executive
Committee that the status of the college be changed from “Endorsed”
to “Associated”.
§
Those colleges that submit the required
documentation after September 1 will become “Endorsed” at the
time it is submitted.
Martha
McKinley reported that the committee was working closely with CAPT
in reviewing chapters of the Instrumentation Textbook being
developed by CAPT. She also reported that the committee had finished
the review of the topics developed for Applied Physics in a forum
that was held in Louisiana. Martha
reported that they were currently reviewing the HAZWOPER program and
how it can be used by GCPTA partner institutions.
The program has been donated to GCPTA by Tim Brown, president
of Bayport Training and Technical Center.
Martha stressed
and requested that more industry members participate on the
committee in its efforts to help develop and strengthen the
curriculum that supports process technology education.
Teleconferencing is available for those that are unable to
attend and video conferencing is being tested.
Joanna provided
information about CAPT, its six major alliance partners, its 40
institutional partners throughout the US and Canada, and its several
international relationships. Joanna
provided a handout on the efforts of CAPT and addressed each of the
items with the participants.
Joanna spoke first
about the status of the Skill Standards for chemical and refining
and the plans to validate the occupational knowledge and skills in
the months of May and June. She
also addressed that a meeting would be held to determine the
academic/employability knowledge and skills in August.
She pointed out that Skill Standards work-oriented
information for Oil and Gas Production were being finalized and a
national on-line validation is scheduled for late May.
Joanna spoke about
the status of the Program Graduate Exit Assessment and stated that
work on the program will begin in October 2004.
She pointed out that there would be a need for industry and
education volunteers to help write assessment items.
Joanna spoke about
the CAPT mentoring program and related that Gary Hicks will be
mentoring South Arkansas Community College in Arkansas, John Payne
will be mentoring Red Rock Community College in Colorado, and Kathy
Trahan will be mentoring Nashville State Community College in
Tennessee.
Joanna related
that CAPT had sponsored 2-day instructional analysis sessions on
Applied Chemistry, Physics and Math with SMEs from Louisiana and
Texas that was hosted at Baton Rouge Community College.
The Physics topics were approved by the GCPTA ESC in March
2004.
Joanna spoke about
the status of the instrumentation textbook and the handout denoted
the industry and education partners that were currently involved in
the development of the textbook.
She related that the GCPTA ESC is reviewing the chapter
contents. She also
stressed that additional industry Subject Matter Expertise is needed
for input to several of the textbook chapters.
Joanna related
that the 2004 Critical Issues and Best Practices Conference would be
held at South Shore Harbour Resort in Houston, Texas on September
29, 30 and October 1. A
one-day Training and Development Pre-Conference for training
managers, supervisors and plant trainers will be held on September
29th. The
planning committee members for this Pre-Conference are Steve Ames,
Earl Brown, Bill Draper, Barry Hardy, Mike Kukuk, Dennis Link and
Jeff McSorley. She
related that educator scholarships will be available for the CIBP
portion of the conference.
Joanna spoke about
CAPT’s role in the BP student internships.
She asked John Payne to talk further about the program. There were 151 applicants from partner institutions
throughout the United States.
Joanna provided an
update on the USDOL grant proposal.
The proposal was submitted the first week of March 2004 and
it is anticipated that the status of the proposal will be received
some time in May.
Joanna reported
that CAPT is working on a Sustainability and Business Plan that
includes activities that were ascertained from a survey requesting a
priority of CAPT activities from its partners.
This planning is necessary to sustain CAPT activities when
federal funding substantially declines in 2010.
An initial Business Planning subcommittee met on Monday,
April 19th.
Joanna reported
that a formal agreement had been made with Del Mar College for CAPT
to house and disseminate the “STATE” modules that had been
developed through an NSF grant.
Joanna previewed
several of the new additions to the CAPT Website www.captech.org
in particular the Career Guide and the Best Practices Guide.
For
further information…
Joanna Kile
CAPT at
College of the Mainland
1200 Amburn
Road
Texas City,
Texas 77591
(409)
938-1211, x101
jkile@com.edu
Membership
– Stacey Chiasson
Stacey
related that the Public Affairs Committee is developing a packet on
how you can be involved in the GCPTA PTEC efforts.
These will be sent out to our membership.
Financial
Report – Mike Gragg
Mike Gragg
gave the following financial report for 2004:
Income to-date $28,524.02, Expenses to-date $29,874.10 and
the Bank Balance as of 2/29/04 $55,816.54.
Poker
Run Presentation – Tim Brown
Tim Brown put
together a Poker Run to help raise funds for the GCPTA.
The Poker Run required participants to stop at specific
institutional locations to secure flyers about the supporting
vendors with playing cards attached.
The person with the best poker hand made up from the cards
acquired was the winner. There
were five participants and Martha McKinley held the winning hand.
She was presented a $50 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble. The vendors who participated and contributed $300
each to support the Poker Run were:
Bayport Technical & Training Center, Applied Training
Resources, Uhai Publishing and Simtronics Corporation.
The colleges who hosted the stops were Lamar Institute of
Technology, McNeese University, and Baton Rouge Community College.
Tim thanked all who had participated and especially the
vendors that helped raise $1,200 for support of the GCPTA.
Tim presented a ceremonial replica of the $1200 check to
Steve Ames and Steve Erickson.
College
Advisory Reports
1.
Del
Mar College “STATE” – Dee Salmon reported the following:
Dr.
Lee Sloan and Ms. Dee Salmon are delighted to report that our South
Texas Advanced Technology Education Project (funded by the National
Science Foundation under DUE 0053268) was selected for the President’s
Award for Excellence 2004 for Best Practices in Technical Education
by the Texas Association of College Technical Educators (TACTE).
Mr. Jose L. Alaniz, Acting President of Del Mar College, was
present with Dr. Sloan and Ms. Salmon to receive the award on April
1, 2004. The award is a tribute to the efforts of each team
member responsible for the successes of STATE, which includes
faculty, staff, the Technical Experts Panel, the National Visiting
Committee, industry partners and educational institution
collaborators. We are
honored and proud!!!
2.
Texas
State Technical College – Tommy Edgar reported the following:
The
PTAC program at TSTC-Marshall is doing fine but need additional
students in the program. We
have 6 students graduating on April 30 and are helping them arrange
interviews, etc. We are
looking into hosting, along with Eastman, a Women’s Institute this
summer. Using the GCPTA
curriculum, I have put together an Internet course for PTAC 1308
that we will offer this summer.
Our skid unit which includes a reverse osmosis unit is up and
running and can be used for the PTAC and Instrumentation program
courses. We are looking
at installing a Delta-V system and wireless system for control.
3.
San
Jacinto Community College Central – Mike Speegle
reported the following:
§
220 students enrolled
§
9 expected graduates
§
14 students on scholarships
§
Comments:
Offering
Oil and Gas Production I in the summer of 2004 as lecture only; Oil
and Gas Production II in the fall of 2004 as lecture/lab.
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met
February 22, 2004
Scheduled
to meet April 8, 2004
Hot
Topics:
Donation
of equipment to the department—Akzo-Nobel donated a large amount
of chemical laboratory equipment to be used in our applied chemistry
laboratory.
Externships
for faculty.
Department
audit completed in 2002. One
is due this year.
Committee
roles and goals.
§
Upcoming Events:
Glycol
distillation lab upgrade to DCS (Delta V) control system will be
completed by the end of April.
Unit is installed with smart transmitters, digital
positioners, radar level detectors and mass flow meters.
4.
Montana
State University-Billings College of Technology – Bob Robertus
reported the following:
§
19 students enrolled
§
1 expected graduate
§
Comments:
Student
Scholarships usually arrive for Fall Semester only.
No
internships because of switch to December graduations (requires long
explanation)
§
Student Organization Activities:
We
have no formal student organization.
§
High School PTech Programs:
Not
a priority at the moment.
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met
January, 2004
Scheduled to Meet September 2004
Hot
Topics:
1.
Employment
statistics
2.
Accreditation
activities
3.
Addition
of Power Plant Technician Option to the program
§
New Best Practice:
Business
as usual.
§
Upcoming Events:
Nothing
special.
5.
Lamar
Institute of Technology – Jim Hebert & Harry Wood reported
the following:
§
271 students enrolled
§
40 expected graduates
§
2 students in Interns/Coops
§
33 students on scholarships
Comments:
DuPont-Sabine
Rivers Works in Orange, Invista-River Works in Orange,
Bridgestone-Firestone in Orange, ChevronPhillips in Orange,
ExxonMobil in Beaumont, and BASF in Port Arthur are all sponsoring
scholarships this year.
§
Student Organization Activities:
Link
sales to raise money for trip to Louisiana refineries.
§
High School PTech Programs:
3
students participating
1
high school participating
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met
April 8, 2004
Scheduled
to meet Fall 2004
Hot
Topics:
40
hour run on our outside Glycol unit.
CAPT
update with Merv Treigle.
Audit
of the program has begun.
6.
College
of the Mainland – Mike Cobb and Jerry Duncan reported the
following:
§
250 students enrolled
§
40 expected graduates
§
8 students in Interns/Coops
§
8 students on scholarships
Comments:
Visitors
from China looked at our PTEC program and possibly implement one in
their country.
The
PTEC Lattner Boiler has been going through a maintenance “turnaround”
during April. The tubes
were soda ash blasted, quite a bit of refractory and insulation was
repaired and much of the boiler was repainted.
Our students were quite impressed with the entire operation.
§
High School PTech Programs:
2
students enrolled
2
high schools participating
§
New Equipment:
Nash
Liquid Seal Vacuum Pump being installed on the GSU (almost done).
New tertiary 4 inch glass distillation column being
commissioned.
Major
control system upgrade on the glycol separation unit.
Rejuvenated
an old acrylic distillation demonstrator.
Shows liquid and air flow through various types of trays.
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met
February 17, 2004
Scheduled
to meet April 20, 2004
Hot
Topics:
1.
Science
and Technology Preview (SteP) Female Summer Institute update.
2.
Combining
the SHE course with the hazardous materials course.
3.
Discontinued
giving credit for certificates received before 1996.
§
Upcoming Events:
COM
will be hosting the Science and Technology Preview (SteP) Female
Summer Institute the week of June 21st.
Our
PTEC “40 Hour Run” begins on April 29th at 4 pm and
continues through May 1 at 8 am.
7.
Jefferson
Community College – Jim Thorne reported the following:
§
23 students enrolled
§
6 expected graduates
§
1 student in Interns/Coops
§
3 students on scholarship
Comments:
I
have two students on scholarship from Dow Corning and 1 from the
local community in Carrollton, KY.
§
High School PTech Programs:
13
students participating
1
high school participating
Comments:
A
local school has been designated as a Chemical Technology program.
§
New Equipment:
Filtration
Unit.
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met
February 19, 2004
Scheduled
to meet May 18, 2004
Hot
Topics:
Curriculum
revision, high school dual credit enrollment, chemical plant
pollution.
8.
Sowela
Technical Community College – Linton Lecompte reported the
following:
§
About 129 students enrolled
§
About 22 expected graduates in May, 2004
§
0 students in Interns/Coops
§
0 students on Scholarships
Comments:
We
do not have any Industry sponsored Internships; we have two classes
of Interns, one during the day, and one during early evening hours. I might add, this has been a very successful
program for us.
§
Student Organization Activities:
PTEC
students participate in The Student Government Association here on
campus.
§
New Equipment:
No
new equipment, however, we have six Glass Labs and assortment of
Cutaways, Compressor, pump, and about eight different kinds of
valves.
We also have a number of valves donated to us by
CONOCO Phillips and Vulcan.
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met
March 24, 2004
Scheduled
to meet May 19, 2004
Hot
Topics:
HAZWOPER:
We’re
trying to develop a program where our students graduate with a 24
hrs. HAZWOPER Certification.
§
New Best Practice:
It’s
not new, but we keep Safety in the forefront.
§
Upcoming Events:
LAPTEC
audit has been re-scheduled for the fall 2004.
News
to Share—Employment has really picked up in the Lake Charles,
Louisiana area.
9.
Wharton
County Junior College — Wayne Stephens reported the following:
§
32 students enrolled
§
9 expected graduates
§
0 students in Interns/Coops
§
0 students on scholarships
§
New Equipment:
Simtronics
Distillation Simulator (Celanese/EquaStar/Nalco)
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Past
Due
§
Upcoming Events:
Mock
interviews for expected graduates.
10.
Del
Mar College – Denise Rector reported the following:
During
the spring semester, eight courses are being conducted in the
Process Technology program. Enrollment
remains steady and we are expecting a full schedule of summer
classes.
We
just completed a year-long program review process.
A committee, comprised of faculty from several disciplines,
industry representatives, advisory committee representatives, and a
graduate of the program, studied all of the data collected on the
program since its inception. A
report was written that examined areas such as instruction-related
activities, curriculum integration, student educational intent,
satisfactory mobility to other programs, universities, or
employment, personnel utilization, and cost effectiveness.
Goals
for the program covering the next five years were developed and
course objectives versus student outcomes and quality of education
were examined during this review.
The document has been forwarded on for college administration
approval.
Our
Bayport Training and Technical Center process trainer is in place,
but to this point, our use has been limited because of an electrical
problem in our building. We
expect to have the trainer fully operational this summer.
We have also purchased a cutaway of a steam turbine and
centrifugal pump from BTTC.
11.
Baton
Rouge Community College – Kathy Trahan reported the following:
§
184 full-time students enrolled
§
70 part-time students enrolled
§
7 students in Interns/Coops
Internship
Participants: 3 Shell,
1 Georgia Gulf and 3 Dow Chemical
§
14 expected graduates
§
22 Active scholarships
Scholarship
Sponsors: ExxonMobil,
Dow, and Ascension Parish Chemical Industry.
Comments:
·
Faculty is still in the progress of identifying lab
activities for integration into specific courses to prevent
duplication in PTEC core courses.
·
Internal Internship approved by BRCC curriculum in
place of Business 140.
·
PTEC Pocket Tool box is ready to be rolled out at
the April GCPTA meeting.
§
PTEC Instructor Development:
·
Simtronics software training by vendor took place
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:30-2:30.
·
Awaiting approval by LA ESC on BRCC request to have
Patrick Reichel, Brazosport put on a workshop with PTEC instructors
on additional lab activities to more fully utilize glass labs.
·
NIDA Vendor demonstrated how the instrumentation
trainers can be integrated into the instrumentation coursework on
3-19-04.
·
Richard Cox and Kathy Gallion continuing to work
towards Masters Degrees in Adult Education.
·
Director attended best in co-op programs @
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College with other campus
representatives (April 1-2, 2004)
·
NISOD, Austin—May 2004
§
New Equipment:
Construction
complete on one new bay in Frazier building, DAC unit utilities
installed, electrical in analytical area resolved, safety lighting
and acoustical improvements made to all three bays, including glass
lab area. Wet lab area
still under construction.
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Scheduled
to meet April 29, 2004
Hot
Topics:
Audits,
PET unit progress, new equipment and simulation integration into
curriculum.
§
New Best Practices/Successes to Share:
·
GCPTA ESC approved instructional analysis with
slight modifications on applied physics.
Dr. Michael Canella-McNeese, Richard Cox-BRCC and Kathy
Trahan-BRCC were present at GCPTA ESC.
Content can be covered in BOR Matrix transferable Physical
Science 101 and companion lab.
BRCC is awaiting recommendation from State PTEC Advisory
Board to move forward with program improvement.
·
SACS accreditation team visited campus April 20-21,
2004.
·
BRCC PTEC Program Director is participating in the
Center for the Advancement of Process Technology Mentoring Program
as a mentor to a new PTEC Mentee College, Nashville State Community
College in Tennessee.
§
Upcoming Events:
Louisiana
Depart of Economic Development is to sponsor the Crawfish Boil at
the USS Kidd Thursday, April 22nd.
Dow Chemical Company is sponsoring the meeting room for the
GCPTA General Meeting in Baton Rouge.
Immediately following the meeting, ExxonMobil is providing
transportation to the BRCC Frazier Building.
This tour will showcase the BRCC program improvements that
ExxonMobil through the Department of Labor’s Incumbent Worker
Training Program has been able to provide while simultaneously
assisting in enhancing their many in-house training programs.
This is definitely a best practice in education and industry
collaboration.
12.
Alvin
Community College – Mark Demark reported the following:
§
115 students enrolled
§
20 expected graduates
§
4 students on scholarships
§
New Equipment:
Wyle
Laboratories donated a 34 component combination GLC and Mass Spec
VOC Analyzer.
NASA
contributed a slide projector and laser printer.
Dwyer
Instruments provided a Scientific Inclined and Vertical portable
manometer.
§
Advisory Committee Meetings
Met
March 31, 2004
Steve Erickson presented and discussed GCPTA
activities
Reviewed
adding a Maintenance Program to the curriculum
Reviewed
the 2004/2005 Budget+
Scheduled
to meet June 9, 2004—Selection of new members
Hot
Topics:
As
of Friday, April 23, 2004 two students accepted intern positions
with BP Oil & Gas Production one onshore and one offshore.
Held
open house for Alvin High School
§
GCPTA/CAPT Activities
Participated
with the Education & Curriculum Committee reviewing the
Instrumentation Texts and Physics subject matter.
Conducted
a Focus Group Session to get input and feedback on CAPT’s new
Website.
13.
McNeese
State University – Carol Schulte reported the following:
§
66 students enrolled
§
11 expected graduates
§
3 students in Interns/Coops
§
14 students on scholarships (2 industry)
Comments:
300+
high school students visited McNeese during Engineering Week
activities.
James
Dautenhahn presented paper on McNeese’s PTEC program at Conference
for Industry and Education Collaboration (CIEC) on February 4, 2004.
§
New Equipment:
Cutaways
of reciprocating compressor & globe valve through Drew Grant
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met
March 24, 2004
Scheduled
to meet May 19, 2004
See Sowela Report
§
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Friday, July 30, 2004
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Friday, November 12, 2004
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“Improving Business Results thru People Development”
Meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Arnold, Secretary
Gulf Coast Process Technology Alliance
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