Computer electronics grads gain certifications
PRESQUE ISLE — Thanks to a continued educational collaboration between Northern Maine Community College, Microsoft and the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), 12 recent graduates from NMCC’s computer electronics program can now add a series of tech savvy certifications to their resumes to accompany the diplomas they received at commencement.
CompTIA is an association representing the information technology industry that has continued to provide students enrolled in the college’s computer electronics program and the employers who hire them upon graduation a significant professional advantage. The partnerships between the three organizations allow the college to administer more than half a dozen certification examinations on the Presque Isle campus as part of the computer electronics associate degree program curriculum.
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NMCC COMPUTER ELECTRONICS instructor Joseph McLaughlin, left, congratulates 2011 graduates from the computer electronics program who recently earned industry certifications. Among the recipients from the Presque Isle area were, from left: Dean Patten, Jesse King and Patrick Lupien, all of Presque Isle; Lucas Dube of Ashland, Pierre Gagne of Portage, and Buddy LaCombe of Mapleton.
“These certifications will give the graduates a third party evaluation and validation of the skills they have learned here at NMCC,” said Joe McLaughlin, NMCC computer electronics instructor. “The certifications provide graduates with the training employers are looking for. These graduates are prepared and ready to go to work.”
There are a variety of certifications students can earn within the program including A+, Net+, Security+, Linux+, LPIC-1 (Linux Professional Institute), Novell Certified Linux Administrator, Novell Technical Data Center Specialist, and 72-642 Microsoft Server 2008 Infrastructure (MCTS). The following five students each earned all of the previously mentioned certifications: Douglas Ewing and Shawn Morin, both of Caribou; Jesse King and Patrick Lupien, both of Presque Isle; and John Bursey Jr., of Lincoln.
Gerald Belanger of Caribou and Buddy LaCombe of Mapleton each earned the following certifications: A+, Net+, Security+, Linux+, LPIC-1 (Linux Professional Institute), Novell Certified Linux Administrator, and Novell Technical Data Center Specialist. Dean Patten of Presque Isle earned A+, Net+, Security+, and 72-642 Microsoft Server 2008 Infrastructure (MCTS).
Lucas Dube of Ashland and Pierre Gagne of Portage, each earned A+, Net+, and Security+ certifications. Kenneth Prescott of Presque Isle earned certifications in A+ and Net+. Scott Rossignol of Caribou earned A+ and Security+ certifications.
