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Graduates in the News - Friday, January 27, 2012NTTS GRADUATES BECOME PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS
The following graduates have completed their training at NTTS and have begun their new careers as professional drivers:
Zachary McVicker- Shaffer Trucking
Chuck Shaw- Stevens Transport
Justin Horr- Prime Inc.
Luis Garcia- DOT Foods
Ian Emmott- ARG Trucking
Steven Viereck- TMC Transportation
Albert Clingerman- Stevens Transport
Morris Vincent- DOT Foods
George Hubbert- Swift Transportation
Johnny Cruz- Swift Transportation
Richard Foultz- H.O. Wolding
Daniel DeVaul- Shaffer Trucking
James Schultz-H & M International
David McCartney-Shaffer Trucking
Marc Smolen-Buffalo Fuel Corp
James Brocato-Werner Enterprises
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Employees Acknowledged for Loyalty, Commitment and Dedication - Tuesday, January 24, 2012The following employees are acknowledged by NTTS Officials for their loyalty, commitment and dedication of service. The employees acknowledged are listed below with anniversary dates in the fourth quarter of 2011:
| Robert McArthur - 8 years |
John Gilbert - 9 years |
| Donald Frazer - 11 years |
John Lutz - 5 years |
| James Sather - 17 years |
Antonio Sanchez - 5 years |
| Salvatore Falsone - 6 years |
Randy Mitchell - 5 years |
| Steven Hayes - 3 years |
Dennis Hinds - 1 year |
| Gary Barton - 1 year |
Candace Lehsten - 2 years |
| Heather Snyder - 1 year |
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NTTS Celebrates 40 Years - Tuesday, May 10, 2011
In the past 40 years, NTTS has trained over 20,000 men and women from all walks of life and educational backgrounds as entry-level heavy truck and tractor-trailer drivers. Well over 600 national and local companies have hired NTTS graduates as local, regional and over-the-road drivers.
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Extraordinary results on Reaccreditation at Buffalo Campus - Monday, March 07, 2011Congratulations to Buffalo students and staff for the extraordinary results of their reaccreditation visit on January 20th and 21st, 2011. March 4, 2011 NTTS received a letter from Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) stating "No team findings were found". This achievement has only been received by a few of the over a thousand of select schools that are accredited nationwide by ACCSC.
ACCSC accreditation enhances the quality of education provided and promotes institutional accountability by systematically and comprehensively evaluating institutions based upon criteria established via the Standards of Accreditation. The effort of this accomplishment is extraordinary and cannot be commended enough.
Once again, thanks to all for your hard work and dedication.
Harry
Harry Kowalchyk, Jr.
President
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NTTS Graduates Go to Work - Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Twelve recent Graduates of National Tractor Trailer School's Advanced 602 Hour Commercial Drivers Course represent a portion of the diverse student body. From within a 200 mile radius of Central New York, these men and women will be hired by major local and national companies with an average first year income of $36-$45,000, as per graduate employers. These New York State based companies include Rist Transportation of Palmyra; We Care Transportation of Auburn; Robinson Concrete of Auburn; Gypsum Express of Baldwinsville; and Swift Transportation of Syracuse. National companies include Werner Enterprises of Omaha, Nebraska; H.O. Wolding of Amherst, Wisconsin; US Xpress of Tunnel Hill, Georgia; TMC Transportation of Des Moines, Iowa; as well as others.
The graduates' home towns include Syracuse, Camden, Jamesville, Sandy Creek, Auburn, Poughkeepsie, Water Mill, Taberg, Red Creek, and Hector, New York.
For more information on becoming a professional tractor trailer driver, please contact Kimberly Sather at 1-800-243-9300 in Central New York, or visit www.ntts.edu.
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Advanced Course Graduation - Thursday, September 23, 2010.JPG)
 
Graduates on 9/22/10 - Congratulations to the March 6th - 24 week students on their graduation!
Tim Wilcox, NTTS Instructor, lead the ceremony for the graduates on Saturday, September 18th, while family and friends of the graudates visited. 13 of the 15 graduates had employment prior to graduation with companies such as Swift Transportation, DOT Foods, Werner Enterprises and Roehl Transport.
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Highway Angel Honored for Actions in Rollover by NTTS Grad - Tuesday, August 17, 2010Bill Bowering, a New York native and professional truck driver for H.O. Wolding of Amherst, Wis., was named a Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel for his bravery and compassion in the face of a deadly rollover car accident....
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Congratulatons Ken! - Tuesday, June 22, 2010Congratulations to our Chief Mechanic, Ken Ingoldby, for winning FIRST PLACE in the New York State Motor Truck Association's annual competition. Ken placed first in the engine portion of the competition. Way to go Ken!
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Availability of trucking jobs likely related to improving economy - Saturday, June 19, 2010Liverpool (WSYR-TV) - Economists and industry analysts say that the increase in trucks on the road hauling freight is a sign the economy is starting to pick up. With more products to pull, companies, including ones in Central New York, are looking for more drivers to fill the need.
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Wanted: 400,000 truck drivers - Wednesday, June 09, 2010WANTED: 400,000 TRUCK DRIVERS
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Can't find a job? Maybe it's time to take your search on the road.
The U.S. trucking industry will need to hire about 200,000 drivers by the end of this year, and will need to add another 200,000 by the end of 2011, according to the state of logistics report from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.
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NTTS APPROVED TO TRAIN MILITARY SPOUSES - Friday, January 15, 2010National Tractor Trailer School (NTTS)of Liverpool and Buffalo, New York is pleased to announce their approved participation in the Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts (MyCAA) program. This approval enables spouses of Active Duty members of the Department of Defense and spouses of Activated members of the National Guard and Reserve Components to now receive up to $6000.00 to attend NTTS.
The period of eligibility for spouses of Guard and Reserve members is from the date of the Alert or Warning Order for Military Recall or Mobilization, through activation and deployment until 180 days following De-Mobilization. Spouses of the severely injured, ill, wounded, killed in action (KIA), prisoners of war (POW) or missing in action (MIA) are also eligible.
Information on campus tours, courses, schedules and financial aid may be obtained by contacting Kimberly Sather,
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Return on Investment - College Education + or - ? You Decide - Tuesday, July 07, 2009Going to college is hardly a panacea for young people
By Bill Coplin
Syracuse University
As the Say Yes to Education program gains traction in Syracuse, supporters and the Say Yes leadership should confront the reality that today's high school graduates need the skills and perspectives to pursue a viable career path after high school. (Click here to read more)
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PTDI Board of Directors held its meeting June 25th - Thursday, June 25, 2009The meeting was held at PTDI's corporate headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The board members consisted of professionals from the transportation, training, insurance industries, among others. Elections were held, topics discussed including, but not limited to, financial, funding, legal, PTDI Standards, and policies. Legislative and product updates. For more information, visit www.ptdi.org.
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Trucking school sees large rise in enrollment - Wednesday, March 11, 2009Liverpool (WSYR-TV) - If you're hitting the roads in search of a new job, you may not be too far from finding what you're looking for. Dozens of folks are getting the behind wheel at a local truck-driving school, hoping to find a renewed sense of job-security in the driver's seat. Click here for full story from WSYR Channel 9
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Truck driving school sees increase in applicants - Friday, March 06, 2009News10Now
By: Brad Vivacqua
Harry Kowalchyk is the president of the National Tractor Trailer School locally in Liverpool. He says the number of job applicants at the tractor trailer school are up by about 20 percent locally.
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Demand for truck drivers on the rise - Tuesday, March 03, 2009
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Tough Times Drive Students to Trade Jobs - Wednesday, February 25, 2009People seeking recession-proof turn to CNY schools for trucking, hairdressing, nursing
Post Standard Monday, February 23, 2009
By Charley Hannagan
Staff Writer
At 31, Mike La Porte is back in school.
The furniture deliverer from Clark Mills, in Oneida County, spends two nights a week and Saturdays and Sundays at the National Tractor Trailer School, in Clay, learning a new career that he hopes will provide benefits and be recession-proof.
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Driver believes a safe trucker has a recession-proof job - Tuesday, January 06, 2009 Driver believes a safe trucker has a recession-proof jobIt takes all kinds to make up the pool of drivers needed for the trucking industry, those who are highly educated and those who aren’t. Marcia Underhill tips the scale on the side for the highly educated. Underhill, who lives in Jonesboro, Ga., has a master’s degree in public health and used to work for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She graduated... (for more on the story, click here)
By BARB KAMPBELL
The Trucker Staff
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