SGTC’s Lane Parton receives the SkillsUSA – Aerotek 2025 “Make Your Mark” scholarship

November 26, 2024
SGTC Mathematics Instructor and National Technical Honor Society advisor Chester Taylor (left) is shown above with SGTC Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology’s Lane Parton (right), when he was inducted into the NTHS organization. Parton has been selected to receive the SkillsUSA – Aerotek “Make Your Mark” scholarship worth $5,000.
SGTC Mathematics Instructor and National Technical Honor Society advisor Chester Taylor (left) is shown above with SGTC Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology’s Lane Parton (right), when he was inducted into the NTHS organization. Parton has been selected to receive the SkillsUSA – Aerotek “Make Your Mark” scholarship worth $5,000.

   South Georgia Technical College Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology’s Lane Parton of Lincolnton, GA, has been selected to receive the SkillsUSA – Aerotek 2025 “Make Your Mark” scholarship worth $5,000.

    This SkillsUSA – Aerotek 2025 “Make Your Mark” scholarship is open to SkillsUSA students across the United States.  Parton is one of thousands of potential scholarship applicants who was selected to receive this honor.  The Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology student is a member of the SGTC National Technical Honor Society and has received the SGTC Foundation’s Agrium Scholarship for his outstanding academic performance.  He has also been on the SGTC President’s List.

    “I am so proud of Lane for receiving this scholarship opportunity,” said SGTC SkillsUSA Advisor Brenda Gilliam.  “This is a tremendous honor and I would like to congratulate him.  He is very deserving.”

   SkillsUSA partnered with Aerotek, a leading staffing and services provider in the manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation and facility management industries, to provide “Make Your Mark” scholarships to SkillsUSA members toward tuition for the Spring 2025 semester.  Selected applicants will receive up to $5000 towards tuition, books, tools, on-campus housing and other approved direct educational expenses.  

   The SkillsUSA-Aerotek “Make Your Mark” scholarship program awarded scholarships to SkillsUSA students in the following trade pathways:  construction, manufacturing, transportation, distribution & logistics, telecommunications cabling training, and electronics technology or industrial engineering technology.

   Aerotek’s intention is to develop the pipeline of future skilled trades leaders and improve economic outcomes for SkillsUSA members.  The scholarship program supports the SkillsUSA career model and aligns with SkillsUSA and Aerotek’s shared strategic goal to expand the skilled workforce and remove barriers of entry for the future generation of workers.  The two organizations first partnered in 2021 and have awarded more than 200 scholarships through the “Make Your Mark” scholarship program, which was launched in 2023.

   SkillsUSA is the number one workforce development organization for students, empowering them to become skills professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members.  SkillsUSA represents more than 413,000 career and technical education students and teachers in middle schools, high schools and college/postsecondary institutions nationwide. 

   South Georgia Technical College has already signed up 158 students for SkillsUSA, who will compete in local competitions for the ability to represent the college in the state and national competitions.  “I am very excited with this year’s turn out and hopefully we will have several champions for South Georgia Technical College at the state competition in February.”