Truck Driver Training and Parking Lot Grand Opening
Monday, July 13, 2009
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Posted by: Susan Monroe
Despite a steady downpour, more than 150 guests attended the grand opening of the Illinois Valley Community College Truck Driver Training Center and Lot 7 parking lot Wednesday.
State Sen. Gary Dahl (R-Granville), Rep. Frank Mautino (D-Spring Valley) and Rep. Robert Pritchard (R-Sycamore) joined IVCC President Jerry Corcoran, board chair Dennis Thompson and Vice President for Learning and Student Development Rick Pearce in officially opening the facility.
“Were it not for Representatives Mautino and Pritchard and Sen. Dahl, and all members of the General Assembly, we would not have been able to receive $550,000 in capital renewal funds to get this project going in the first place,” said Corcoran.
The facility is the first to be added to IVCC’s campus in 29 years and marks a “historic milestone,” Corcoran said. He credited Truck Driver Training program coordinator Bruce Hartman with helping build a flourishing program that graduates about 100 drivers a year and over 1,000 since its founding in April, 2000.
“My sincere thanks to Bruce and his staff for the great job they have done in building such a successful program. Bruce, we all know that the ‘H' on this building is because it was the next one in our lettering system, but as far as I’m concerned, every time I look at it, I think of you. Congratulations on a job well done,” Corcoran said.
Corcoran also praised former President Larry Huffman for his work in making the new parking lot a reality.
“It is important that I single out Dr. Huffman because it was he that encouraged everyone to move along with adding 300 spots to the current parking lots that were scheduled for resurfacing. This beautiful new lot to our west is twice as big because of Dr. Huffman’s recommendation,” Corcoran said.
TDT Classroom
This is one of two classrooms that include smartboards for instructional purposes.
TDT Building
Front of building
Ribbon-cutting Ceremony
(left to right) Board of Trustees Chair Dennis Thompson, Rep. Robert Pritchard (R-Sycamore), State Sen. Gary Dahl (R-Granville), IVCC President Jerry Corcoran, Rep. Frank Mautino (D-Spring Valley), and TDT Program Coordinator Bruce Hartman.
Interview Room/Conference Room
This room is used for students who are interested in the TDT program. It also serves as a conference room for the department.
Observation Room/Lunch Room
This room was designed with two purposes in mind. It is the lunch room for the staff and students. However, it also serves as an observation room in cases of bad weather. It allows the students who are not driving to continue to observe the other student driver on the skills lot.
Main Office Area
Administrative Assistant, Mary Needham
Skills Lot
The skills lot was designed as a duplicate of what is at the Department of Motor Vehicles to assist in the training of students. This skills lot is fully dedicated to the training of TDT students.
Skills Lot
Skills Lot
Observation Room
This is an outside view of the observation room.
TDT Building
Observation room side.
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