career center students; preparing today's students for tomorrows careers
George Caskey Jeff Cochran Paula Garfias
Jim Helmick Larry Henneke Ibrahim Khaleel
Lori Korschgen Jim Kyd Brad Mann
Chef Jeff Rayl Chef Carri Risner Patrick Sasser
Richard Shanks

George Caskey

George Caskey

 

George Caskey is a certified welder and an artist. He has over two hundred certifications in various exotic metals and has worked on jet aircraft parts and nuclear reactors. George combines his welding and artistic talents with his love for students, teaching them to weld and create unique iron art sculptures.
 
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Jeff Cochran

Jeff Cochran

 

Jeff has a Master’s degree in education technology from the University of MO. In his 12 years of teaching experience, he has taught graphic design, web design and video editing courses. Jeff has a wife and 5 children that he loves to spend time with when not working with computers.
 
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Paula Garfias

Paula Garfias

 

Paula Garfias, R.N., received an Associate’s in Nursing degree from Rancho Santiago College in Santa Ana, California, and is currently working on a Master’s in Nursing with emphasis on Education from Walden University. She has 14 years of nursing experience including time in the areas of Telemetry, Intensive Care, Emergency, Radiology and Cardiovascular.
 
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Jim Helmick

Jim Helmick

 

Jim Helmick has taught technology education for 24 years and loves teaching students to use tools and materials to create and build. He believes in learning by doing. As a kid, he loved taking things apart to see how they worked and then trying to put them back together again. At age 11, Jim took a toaster apart to see how it knew to pop up the toast when it was done. The toaster never worked again, but he learned a lot!
 
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Larry Henneke

Larry Henneke

 
 
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Ibrahim Khaleel

Ibrahim Khaleel

 

Dr. Khaleel has a Ph.D. in Industrial-Vocational Education from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has been teaching Industrial Technology and Engineering at the junior high level with Columbia Public Schools for more than 15 years.
 
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Lori Korschgen

Lori Korschgen

 

Lori Korschgen graduated from Rock Bridge High School and is attending the University of Missouri pursuing a degree in secondary art education. She is passionate about art and her interests range from graphic design and photography to studio art.
 
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Jim Kyd

Jim Kyd

 

Jim Kyd teaches Electronics at the Columbia Area Career Center. He has been teaching for over 20 years, and before that, he worked in Research & Development in a product development company. He loves teaching electronics because you find electronics everywhere and things change so rapidly in the field. He also never wears a tie or khaki pants.
 
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Brad Mann

Brad Mann

 

Brad Mann is a graduate of Hickman High School and has a degree in Drafting and Design. He has over 12 years Civil/Architectural design experience and currently teaches CADD and Civil Engineering classes at the Columbia Area Career Center. He has been married for 17 years and has children ages 9 and 10 who ride bulls and barrel race. Brad coaches their baseball and softball teams.
 
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Chef Jeff Rayl

Chef Jeff Rayl

 
 
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Chef Carri Risner

Chef Carri Risner

 
 
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Patrick Sasser

Patrick Sasser

 
 
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Richard Shanks

Richard Shanks

 
 
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You get to use tools that are very cool to work with.

 

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You get to weld and grind and the teacher is cool.

 

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The best thing about this class was shooting jello with a laser to make a mini-laser light show.

 

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You get a chance to work with really cool equipment and learn how to make an amazing movie.

 

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It gives you a chance to make some of those movies you've been itching to make.
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