Hands-On

Welcome back to Hands-On.

In this episode, host Kaleb Ranquist interviews the new instructor of the Cybersecurity program (formally the Computer Information and System Security program), Dan Smith about the work they do with computers, servers, and talk of experimental AI.

Afterward, Kaleb interviews Matthew Hall, a student of Cybersecurity, about his inspiration to take the class, activities he and other students work on, and his ...

Welcome back to Hands-On!

Tri-County Technical Center has gained a few new programs this year, including the Natural Resources program.

In this episode, host Kaleb Ranquist interviews the instructor of the Natural Resources program, Stephany Perkins, about the several outdoor activities, field trips, and training involved in her program including hiking, camping, snowshoeing, hunter safety, chainsaw safety, and so much more.

Afterw...

Welcome back to Hands-On!

Tri-County Technical Center has gained a few new programs this year, including the Welding program.

In this episode, Host Kaleb Ranquist interviews the instructor of the Welding program, Jason Scholten, about the importance of welding, and what students can expect to learn from the program.

Afterward, a short intermission where Clay Lane, an instructor of the Commercial Truck Driving program talks about th...

Welcome to Hands-On Season 3!

TCTC has gained a few new programs this year, including the Entrepreneurship & Small Business program.

In this episode, host, Kaleb Ranquist interviews Instructor, Marcy King of the ESB program about what students do in her program, the curriculum, and how entrepreneurs create successful businesses.

Afterward, a short intermission featuring a few students from the Building Trades program talking ab...

Welcome to season 3 of Hands-On, the podcast of Tri-County Technical Center. In this show, host Kaleb Ranquist chats with current and former students and instructors of TCTC, as well as local college and business representatives about the benefits of Career Technical Education (CTE). Kaleb will also be providing news about ongoing events every episode.

Stay tuned for new episodes available on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazo...

In this episode of Hands-On, host Shane Craig chats with Health Occupations co-instructor, Jennifer Bailey, as well as student Gavin Hart, about what they do in their class, and what students can expect to learn from the program.

Afterward, Shane then interviews current Firefighting student, Sarah Silva, about her experience in the class.

Host Kaleb Ranquist then talks to former Firefighting student, Dawson Dow about what he's up t...

In this episode, the Multimedia Production program went to Piscataquis County High School in Guilford to film a total solar eclipse. Host Kaleb Ranquist interviews the instructor, Nelson Cole, and a few students about their plans for filming the eclipse.

Following these interviews is a live reaction with narration from Kaleb when the eclipse reached totality, along with interviews from others who watched the eclipse.

Finally, Kaleb...

In this episode of Hands-On, host Aiden Guerette chats with Mariyah Castigliego, a current student of the Criminal Justice program, about her experiences in the program.

Afterwards, a short intermission from host Kaleb Ranquist and US Army Staff Sergeant, Ryan Whitley about benefits enlisting in the army can do for students.

Kaleb then talks with Criminal Justice instructor, Colonel Steve Spaulding, about his experiences as a Maine...

In this episode, host Kaleb Ranquist has a chat with Culinary Arts student, Alex Mullins, about her experience in the program, and her plans for the future.

Afterward, Kaleb talks to Culinary Arts instructor, Chef Chris Whitman, about what students are currently up to in the program, as well as the benefits of taking the program.

Kaleb then chats with Educational Technician, Elizabeth Mullins, who helps students in the class along ...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hands-On, the podcast of Tri-County Technical Center. This episode features Mark Ogden of Ogden Mechanical, who stopped by TCTC recently to talk to students. Find Mr. Ogden here: www.facebook.com/ogdenhvac/

We also have segments with Kim Cotta of Darling's of Bangor. They've just recently created a new location in Newport and stopped in to donate a car to TCTC! How nice is that? Darling's can be found here: w...

On this episode, we interview the 2022-2023 Student of the Year Andrew Doughty. He recently participated in the state of Maine's Skills USA down in Bangor competing as a firefighter. He won the state competition and is now going to the national competition being held in Atlanta in June. Currently Andrew is enrolled in the EMT program; he took firefighting however his first year at TCTC. Hope you all enjoy this episode of Hands-On. 

Being a student at Tri-County Tech comes with many opportunities post-secondary education. However, this student Cayden Brown is a second-year student in the Commercial Truck Driving program, and he works at St. Albans Custom Homes and Excavation as a dump truck driver locally. He was given the chance to start work after his first year in the program. Now, instead of going to CTD class, he just has to go to work! We also get the ch...

Formerly called, "Tech Foundations" it is now named Energy Systems Technology (EST). We talk with the first year instructor Nick Mullins who has some very important topics to discuss about his class. We also get a chance to converse with Zaiden Williams, a student in EST about what his opinions are on the program. To go along with that, we interview different students around TCTC and ask them what they have done today. EST is a STE...