GARRETT KENEHAN: My name is Garrett Kenehan.
Right now, I'm the interim dean of the School of Math
and Science, and that covers manufacturing,
industrial design, and transportation.
MIT is the academic and career community
that focuses on highly employable skills immediately
in engineering, drafting, aviation maintenance,
automotive technician, and industrial electrical
technologies.
CHRISTOPHER PRICE: My name is Christopher Price.
I'm in the aviation maintenance program
and the engineering program.
Chaffey has one of the best educational programs
for aviation.
The flexibility that they offer of online classes and in person
has been able to continue my education.
GARRETT KENEHAN: One thing I'm proud of when
I see, it's that students are actively doing things
almost all the time.
And that way, the students can interact in
multiple ways, academically and socially,
to create a network of people that
are similar-minded in their goals and their interests.
CHRISTOPHER PRICE: When you work out in the field,
it's going to be your peers who are
going to be the ones that you're solving the problems with.
GARRETT KENEHAN: One big aspect of the MIT academic and career
community is the fact that you won't just
be learning something out of a book.
For example, the aviation maintenance
and technology areas, you'll be working on planes.
CHRISTOPHER PRICE: The best thing
that Chaffey offers is actually the teachers.
Each of the teachers, they all have experience in the field.
So it's not just the book knowledge,
but it's actually real-world knowledge
and what we're actually going to experience once we get out.
GARRETT KENEHAN: By the end of the day,
you will have done exactly what someone working in the industry
would have done.
CHRISTOPHER PRICE: Having guys that worked out on the field
helps hone us in on what we need to focus on
and what we should expect once we're done with our education.
GARRETT KENEHAN: When you leave Chaffey your job-ready.
So if you like actually getting your hands dirty
fixing things, doing things, making things,
if you like to play with LEGOs, this
is the career community for you.
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