July 1, 2005

GREENVILLE—York Technical College student Jim Wiley was named the winner of the 2004 Carolina Careers Governor’s Award during a ceremony on Tuesday hosted by the S.C. Department of Education at Greenville's Palmetto Expo Center.

Wiley’s win in the 2-year college category marks the fifth year in a row the award has gone to a York Tech student.

In 2004, Jim completed two successful work-based learning projects—an internship with Bowater and a co-op with Ross Distribution—while enrolled in York Tech’s Webmaster Certificate program. But he also found time to tutor other students and was active in the college’s Computer Club.

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.