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01/31/12 : Jeramy Lamar's involvement with Wichita Area Technical College began 14 years ago. He received his Certificate of Completion in Aircraft Sheetmetal  in 1998.  He then went on to work at a few different places before deciding to go back to school.  "I really liked the [More...]

01/31/12 : Jeff Turner, President and CEO of Spirit AeroSystems and Vice Chair of the WATC Board of Directors, received the Wichita Aero Club’s trophy at a gala held January 28 at the Wichita Airport Hilton. Turner was nominated for his deep connections to Wichita and for [More...]

01/27/12 : WATC is saying thank you to two educators within the College. Terry Smith, Department Chair for Manufacturing, Automotive and Design Technology and LeArta Watkins, Instructional & e-Learning Designer are both retiring after years of service. Their retirement reception [More...]

01/04/12 : With today's Boeing announcement that 2,100 jobs will be lost when the company leaves town, many Wichita families are facing an uncertain future. Although the pain felt by many will be real, Wichitans are not without hope. Robust growth continues for commercial aviation [More...]

01/04/12 : Enrollment is in full swing for classes beginning Jan. 17, 2012. Check our interactive schedule for class availability. Enroll today and take a step toward your goals! Visit our National Center for Aviation Training campus at 4004 N. Webb or our Southside Education [More...]

01/03/12 : If you've ever dreamed of becoming a private pilot or taking the next step and achieving an instrument rating, the time to act is now. Pilot Ground School (both for-credit and non-credit courses) begins January 18 and 19 at the National Center for Aviation Training (NCAT) [More...]

12/20/11 : The Wall Street Journal recently featured an article about how the best pay relative to education costs went to those who graduated from a technical college, rather than those who graduated from law schools. Hedge fund manager Daniel Ades of Kawa Capital [More...]

11/17/11 : WATC, with the help of Hawker Beechcraft’s Chief of Global Engineering, Bill Jones, has accepted the generous donation of a state-of-the-art sanding device for the College’s Aerospace Coatings and Paint Technology program. WATC rebuilt and updated the EMMA (Easily [More...]

11/16/11 : You can enter the aviation industry through WATC’s direct link to aircraft manufacturers and suppliers. We’ve developed our cutting-edge training with direct input from the aviation community. These ongoing, active relationships directly affect our curriculum and [More...]

11/03/11 : Aviation Maintenance Technology students at Wichita Area Technical College have an effective new way to learn the complex interior of a turbo propeller engine. WATC’s National Center for Aviation Training (NCAT) offers students a cutaway version of the industry’s [More...]

11/01/11 : Are you looking for a career in either Aviation or Manufacturing or in the Health Sciences industry? There are two job fairs coming up this month that will give you a chance to meet and mingle with representatives from the area’s leading businesses. On Thursday, [More...]

11/01/11 : Enrollment is in full swing for classes beginning Jan. 17, 2012. Check our interactive schedule for availability. Enroll today and take a step toward your goals! Visit our National Center for Aviation Training campus at 4004 N. Webb or our Southside Education Center [More...]

10/31/11 : The all-College Winter Coat Drive is calling all faculty, staff and students to donate their clean, gently used coats, hats, gloves, scarves, and mittens. WATC will collect warm wear items beginning Monday, October 24  through November 30, 2011. Donation drop boxes [More...]

10/20/11 : Students and instructors from WATC's manufacturing programs were heavily involved in this year's Wichita Industrial Trade Show (WITS) held Oct. 18 - 20 at Century II. Since 1974, the biennial event has been a significant marketplace for buyers and exhibitors from [More...]

10/12/11 : The Kansas Department of Commerce is pitching in to enable enhanced healthcare education and training opportunities for Wichita medical assistants. The initiative, called “Paving the Way for Medical Assistants,” is a Jobs and Innovative Industry Skills Training [More...]