Rose State College to Host Transportation Institute for Youths in Oklahoma City


Oklahoma City, OK (PRWEB) July 02, 2013

The program at the Rose State College campus will offer participants with an opportunity to investigate careers and educational paths supporting today’s transportation market.

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The Institute is sponsored by the Oklahoma Division of Transportation and Rose State College, and funded via a grant from the Federal Highway Administration. The totally free system supplies an active, day-extended, lunch-included experiential opportunity for interested higher college students to explore transportation careers and the complex transportation technique upon which the country relies. All through the entire institute, students discover the many modes of transportation (air, water, highway, rail, transit), examine how the method is developed, built and maintained by way of field trips, interactive labs and activities presented by guest speakers on the topic of transportation.

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Understand about planes, trains, ships, and automobiles through cool hands-on activities and group projects.&#13
Tour the Port of Catoosa with the U.S. Coast Guard and get behind-the-scenes info about the operations of Oklahomas inland port.&#13
Travel Kansas City, Missouri, to Johnson Community College’s National Academy of Railway Science (NARS).&#13
Check out a highway building website.&#13
Operate with flight simulators at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Air National Guard.&#13
Devote time with other sensible students in a vibrant college setting.

This year the students will receive a stipend of $ one hundred upon completion of the institute. This plan is a extremely competitive scholarship plan, which provides higher school students with an chance to investigate careers and educational paths supporting todays transportation business. Space is limited. Students must fill out an application for consideration. Applications have to be received by June 25 for consideration. Go to http://www.rose.edu/nsti for a lot more details and to download an application, or make contact with Regina Scott at (405) 733-7450 fax (405) 736-0349 or e-mail, rscott(at)rose(dot)edu.

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Rose State College in Oklahoma City is a two-year-degree granting institution, positioned east of downtown Oklahoma City, just off Interstate 40 and Hudiburg Drive.

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