CollegeSurfing.com Featured School of the Week - July 23, 2007: Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
by Amanda Fornecker
If you're even remotely interested in aviation or technology check out the
Mechatronic engineering, says Vice President of Enrollment Ernie Shepelsky, is a combination of mechanical, electronic, and computer engineering that is a popular program in Europe and England. "I refer to it as remote control engineering -- the technology used for Mars rovers," he says. "It's starting to spread here and we're one of the only schools in the country to offer the program."
Vaughn, founded in 1932 and located in Flushing, NY, is an institution where students already know what they want to do. "We don't get a ton of undecided students -- most are very much interested in aviation or engineering already," says Shepelsky. "We don't want to see a student come in and decide they don't want to do something. After all, we only have 13 majors."
So what can you do to be sure that a school like Vaughn is the right place for you? "I'd recommend getting in touch with an institution that offers these programs," says Shepelsky. "You should have some fundamental interest in math and science and in creating things. Explore that a little bit and see if that's where your interests lie."
At Vaughn, students can work toward either an associate or bachelor's degree. The career-focused curriculum includes an internship experience (except for flight students) and some general liberal arts courses. "We're not a big liberal arts campus, but there has to be some sort of liberal arts and science component since we offer a Bachelor of Science degree," says Shepelsky. These include English, history, and politics classes. Additionally, "students do a year of physics and calculus no matter what."
A lot of students study engineering at Vaughn, but one of the most popular programs is in air traffic control, according to Shepelsky. A lot of students have made career switches so that they can get into this one of 14 schools that has a partnership with the Federal Administration Aviation (FAA) to prepare students for the FAA Academy.
Vaughn is a small school, with an enrollment of about 1,300; therefore there is a small student to faculty ratio. With this personalized attention coupled with a strong focus on placing its graduates in a job, Vaughn has many resources that will help the aviation, technology, or engineering student. Shepelsky estimates that there is about a 94 percent job placement success rate of its students within six months of graduation.
"A lot of students have gone into the aviation industry, which has not been booming in past years," he says. "We do a good job of helping our students by starting to work with them at the very beginning at orientation. In addition, students take a career development course to prepare students to go right into the workforce."
Vaughn is for both the traditional and non-traditional student. They offer classes for middle and high school students in summer programs so that they may explore the fields of aviation, technology, and engineering. They also have programs to help the non-traditional student start school, whether it be for the first time or as a career switcher. "All of our students take a placement exam," says Shepelsky. "We usually start out our non-traditional students in the associate's degree program and give them a remedial math or English class. However, it's all on a case-by-case basis."
Shepelsky is confident in the offerings of his school. "We've been around since 1932 and we even trained a lot of the aviation mechanics that were in the second World War," he says. "But we're not just about flight. A lot of our students come to us for engineering and traffic control."
If you're steering toward a career in aviation, technology, or engineering, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology can get you up to speed with a degree.
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Amanda Fornecker is a staff writer at The CollegeBound Network. Learn more about finding a school that's right for you.
Vaughn
College of Aeronautics and Technology. And if you're into engineering, definitely check them out. Vaughn is one of the few schools -- and the only in the Northeast -- to offer a program in mechatronic engineering.Mechatronic engineering, says Vice President of Enrollment Ernie Shepelsky, is a combination of mechanical, electronic, and computer engineering that is a popular program in Europe and England. "I refer to it as remote control engineering -- the technology used for Mars rovers," he says. "It's starting to spread here and we're one of the only schools in the country to offer the program."
Vaughn, founded in 1932 and located in Flushing, NY, is an institution where students already know what they want to do. "We don't get a ton of undecided students -- most are very much interested in aviation or engineering already," says Shepelsky. "We don't want to see a student come in and decide they don't want to do something. After all, we only have 13 majors."
So what can you do to be sure that a school like Vaughn is the right place for you? "I'd recommend getting in touch with an institution that offers these programs," says Shepelsky. "You should have some fundamental interest in math and science and in creating things. Explore that a little bit and see if that's where your interests lie."
At Vaughn, students can work toward either an associate or bachelor's degree. The career-focused curriculum includes an internship experience (except for flight students) and some general liberal arts courses. "We're not a big liberal arts campus, but there has to be some sort of liberal arts and science component since we offer a Bachelor of Science degree," says Shepelsky. These include English, history, and politics classes. Additionally, "students do a year of physics and calculus no matter what."
A lot of students study engineering at Vaughn, but one of the most popular programs is in air traffic control, according to Shepelsky. A lot of students have made career switches so that they can get into this one of 14 schools that has a partnership with the Federal Administration Aviation (FAA) to prepare students for the FAA Academy.
Vaughn is a small school, with an enrollment of about 1,300; therefore there is a small student to faculty ratio. With this personalized attention coupled with a strong focus on placing its graduates in a job, Vaughn has many resources that will help the aviation, technology, or engineering student. Shepelsky estimates that there is about a 94 percent job placement success rate of its students within six months of graduation.
"A lot of students have gone into the aviation industry, which has not been booming in past years," he says. "We do a good job of helping our students by starting to work with them at the very beginning at orientation. In addition, students take a career development course to prepare students to go right into the workforce."
Vaughn is for both the traditional and non-traditional student. They offer classes for middle and high school students in summer programs so that they may explore the fields of aviation, technology, and engineering. They also have programs to help the non-traditional student start school, whether it be for the first time or as a career switcher. "All of our students take a placement exam," says Shepelsky. "We usually start out our non-traditional students in the associate's degree program and give them a remedial math or English class. However, it's all on a case-by-case basis."
Shepelsky is confident in the offerings of his school. "We've been around since 1932 and we even trained a lot of the aviation mechanics that were in the second World War," he says. "But we're not just about flight. A lot of our students come to us for engineering and traffic control."
If you're steering toward a career in aviation, technology, or engineering, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology can get you up to speed with a degree.
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