June 28, 2006

GREENVILLE—York Technical College student Sondra Gladden was named the winner of the 2005 Carolina Careers Governor’s Award during a ceremony yesterday hosted by the S.C. Department of Education at Greenville's Palmetto Expo Center.

Gladden’s win in the two-year college category marks the sixth year in a row the award has gone to a York Tech student.

In the fall of 2004, Gladden participated in an unpaid office assistant internship with the training department of Bowater Inc. But Gladden's skills and work ethic resulted in an assignment as a paid co-op. And she still works there.

Gladden will graduate in December with an associate degree in Management with a Human Resources Specialization. She has maintained a 4.0 grade point average while balancing family, church, and educational responsibilities. Gladden has also found time to serve on the college's Dean's Council, which promotes student input for college processes and encourages student communication with faculty and administration.

Carolina Careers (www.carolinacareers.org) is a network of career education and work-based learning programs and organizations that work together to create opportunities for students of all ages, from elementary school through college, preparing them for success in the workplace.

For more information, contact York Technical College’s Cooperative Work Experience and Apprenticeship Coordinator Ashley Segal at (803) 981-7244 or asegal@yorktech.com.