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Public Safety's Mock Accident

June 7th 2010

 
 

 

Mock ATV Accident - Kills 1 and Injuries 1 

      

Traveling at a good rate of speed with a driver and passenger, a small 4-wheeler ATV went off the pavement and hit the only concrete abutment in sight.  Both the rider and passenger were thrown from the vehicle, and both were injured.  One of the youths died at the scene, and the other was stabilized and transported to a local hospital for further treatment. 

That was the scenario this morning at Bangor's United Techologies Center on...

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Information Technology's Google Doogle State Winner

June 6th 2010

 
 

Students from the IT Lab entered a contest with Google to design a winning Doodle (click here to read about the contest) that will appear on Google's home page.  Over 33,000 students from across the country entered the contest with each state acquiring 2 winners. 

Click here for the history of the Doodles. This year's theme was "If I could do anything, I would..."

The pictures of the selected students' drawings are below.

Patrick Campbell, Winner for State of Maine

Justin Clewley, one of...

ACTE REGION 1 CONFERENCE HELD AT UTC

May 17th 2010

 
 

United Technologies Center was chosen as the site for the ACTE (Association for Career and Technical Education) Region I Conference for April 29 - May 1, 2010. ACTE (http://www.acteonline.org/) is the largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers. Please visit the web site for further information.

The theme for the conference was "From Green Energy to Composites. What Does the Future Hold for CTE?

The Keynote...

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Students at Maine VEX competition place 2nd

March 30th 2010

 
 

Saturday, March 27th several students from the Robotics Program participated in the Maine VEX competition held at the University of Maine. Eighteen teams from New England arrived seeking the winner's position. UTC's Team 1995A entered the eliminations in last place and made it to the finals with a 2nd place win (same as last year).

R. J. Perry, a two year graduate from the Robotics Program now furthering an engineering degree at UM, was an assistant with the competiton. The winner of...

Maine State SkillsUSA competition held at UTC

March 16th 2010

 
 

All technical high schools were represented this year at the Maine State SkillsUSA competitions. For most young adults, it takes courage and support to prepare and compete at a state, regional and national level competition.  We are extremely proud of our students and appreciative of all the support for this valuable student-centered learning experience. Please visit UTC's SkillsUSA page for a listing of all the participants. All gold medalists have the opportunity to attend the national

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Robotics Team 1995 Competes at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

March 16th 2010

 
 

Our Robotic Engineering Tech students spent three intense days from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. competing against 26 other teams in the annual FIRST Robotics Regional Competition held in Worcester, MA.  Twenty-five UTC team members (9 from UTC, 2 from the University of Maine and 2 from Eastern Maine Community College participated in this highly energized competition. They placed 16th overall which is outstanding. The team also won the prestigious Industrail Safety Award and the Excellence...

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UTC STUDENTS GET ROBOTIC "LEG UP" ON PHYSICS

February 17th 2010

 
 

Twenty-four (24) students from a number of area high schools, participating in the one-year Robotics program at the United Technologies Center in Bangor, will soon be leaving for regional competition in Worcester, MA.  The team was established four years ago, and by popular vote of its charter members it was dubbed “FATAL ERROR” – a computer technology term.  Computers are what “drive” most of what the team does.
 
In its short existence, the team has traveled to Hartford and...

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"INGREDIENTS FOR SUCCESS"!

January 31st 2010

 
 

Central High School Senior Dillon Morin, 18, is a resident of Hudson and spends half of each school day at the United Technologies Center (UTC) on Hogan Road.  His academic classes are at Central High School in Corinth, but at UTC he's a second-year student in the Culinary Arts program, one of the many Career Training courses offered at the facility.

In a recent letter from the prestigious Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI, Morin was notified not only that he was accepted for...

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October 13th - College & Career Fair combined with Open House

September 30th 2009

 
 

UTC's Annual Parent/Teacher Conference - Tuesday, October 13 - 12 noon to 8 pm.

Click here for detailed information.

Parents, high school and middle school students will have an opportunity to interact with our faculty, university, college, military, and business/industrial representatives.

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1st Out of State Articulation Agreement

September 12th 2009

 
 

Boston University's Center for Digital Imaging Arts has contacted UTC for an articulation agreement with the Information Technology Lab. This is due to the 2nd place achievement at national SkilllsUSA held this past June in Kansas City. Gold, silver and bronze winners at the state and national level will receive a $15,000 scholarship.

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