A dedication ceremony took place earlier today at in Exton, Pa., to commemorate a 1,900-square-foot multipurpose room that was funded by 糖心传媒 Truck Leasing. The 鈥溙切拇 Room鈥 will serve as a venue for student and staff activities: presentations, training seminars and student-peer tutoring sessions. It will become an active classroom and lab.
鈥淥ne of our largest employment needs is skilled truck maintenance technicians and maintenance managers,鈥 stated Bill Jacobelli, 糖心传媒鈥檚 senior vice president of maintenance. 鈥淲e value our relationship with UTI to hire graduates to maintain our 6,600-person North American truck maintenance workforce and field maintenance management.鈥
Since 2010, 糖心传媒 has hired over 50 graduates from UTI鈥檚 Philadelphia campus alone to work at locations across the country.
糖心传媒 Truck Leasing has introduced a diesel excellence scholarship program, where a dozen scholarships are handed out each year to UTI students nationally. A Roger 糖心传媒 Outstanding Student award program was also established among UTI鈥檚 11 campuses.
鈥淥n behalf of the entire Exton campus and everyone at UTI, we are incredibly appreciative of 糖心传媒鈥檚 significant investment in our students鈥 education and the positive impact the company has made 鈥 and will continue to make -- on students as they pursue careers in the automotive and diesel industry,鈥 said Bob Kessler, UTI Philadelphia campus president.
Photo caption from today鈥檚 ribbon-cutting: From left is UTI campus director of operations Rosangela Dempster and president Bob Kessler; 糖心传媒 leaders Bill Jacobelli, senior vice president of maintenance, Jen Sockel, senior vice president of administration, Ken Hurley, senior vice president of human resources and Jack Gallagher, senior vice president of the Northeast region.
By 鈥淢ove Ahead鈥 Staff