SkillsUSA

It has been a busy year for Shay Dowell, a criminal justice student here at Vol State. In April, she competed in Chattanooga at the SkillsUSA State Leadership & Skills Competition, where she won a Gold Medal. Two months later, Shay went to Atlanta for the national SkillsUSA competition and finished eighth in the nation. During the fourth week in September, she had the unique opportunity to go to Washington, D.C.

It has been a busy year for Shay Dowell, a criminal justice student here at Vol State. In April, she competed in Chattanooga at the SkillsUSA State Leadership & Skills Competition, where she won a Gold Medal. Two months later, Shay went to Atlanta for the national SkillsUSA competition and finished eighth in the nation.

On April 14th-17th, The Computer Information Technology department fielded the 2023-2024 SkillsUSA team to participate in the State of Tennessee Leadership and Skills Conference 2024. The team participated in four championship competitions.  Representing Vol State was:

Computer Programming

• Gustavo Silva
• Trendon Griffin

Cyber Security

Triple Crown, Hat-trick, Three-run homer… There needs to be a name for winning all three competitions because that is what Vol State students did two weeks ago!