

News And Announcements
TeachingTechnicians.org — Students Kemalie Winter and Teri Vowell, creators of the WindTechTV website, were featured in
this article in the Teaching Technicians e-mail newsletter....
WindTechTV Launches New Facebook and YouTube Sites
FREEPORT, IL — Users of www.windtechtv.org now have new ways to interact with the educational content available on the site. On a recently launched YouTube channel ....
Video Clip - HCC Receives Nacelle Donation & AWEA Seal
FREEPORT, IL — This has been a busy year for the Highland Community College Wind Turbine Technician program. Watch video highlights ....
HCC Wind Program Receives Nacelle and Turbine Blade - 2/15/2012
FREEPORT — On Wednesday, February 15, the Highland Community College Wind Turbine Technician program received an intact,decommissioned Vestas .....
Highland Community College Earns Wind Energy Seal of Approval - 2/10/2012
FREEPORT — On January 12, the Wind Turbine Technician training program at Highland Community College was awarded the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Seal of Approval.....
HCC Wind Turbine to Harness Energy, Students Will Reap The Benefits - 9/7/2011
FREEPORT — With the help of a grant totaling $898,445 from the National Science Foundation (NSF), it is a bit more windy at Highland College ....
Journal Standard Video: Highland Community College Installs A Wind Turbine - 9/7/2011
FREEPORT, IL — Highland Community College, on Sept. 7, 2011, installed a 3kW NTP Wind Power turbine at the college's wind technology center....
Studying The Winds Of Change - 7/05/2011
FREEPORT — Dave Vrtol, Highland Community College Wind Turbine Technician instructor, is conducting a wind-power study in Freeport as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awarded in July 2010....
Highland Instructor Takes The Lead Nationally In Wind Energy Education - 2/23/2011
FREEPORT — Highland Community College wind technology instructor, Dave Vrtol, will now play a part in developing wind programs for community colleges and technical schools on a national scale....
HCC Wind Technology Instructor to Chair American Wind Energy Association Work Group - 2/17/2011
FREEPORT — Highland Community College wind technology instructor, Dave Vrtol, was recently named the new Community College and Technical School Sub-Chairperson for the American Wind ....
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: Phil Pilcher - 1/21/2011
FREEPORT — Phil Pilcher is responsible to develop web-based materials for wind turbine technicians at Highland Community College ....
Highland Community College Awarded National Science Foundation Grant - 7/20/2010
FREEPORT, IL — During the regularly scheduled July Board of Trustees meeting, Highland Community College officials announced that the College has been named the recipient ....
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