Three ACC students take podium at Skills Canada Competition

ACC is proud to announce that three of the six students who represented the college at this year’s Skills Canada National Competition have won medals in their competitions.

Melodee Peters won silver in the IT Software Solutions for Business competition. She is a student in the college’s Office Administration Program and is originally from Oak River, Man.

Shawnee Holmes won bronze in the Website Development competition. She is a student in the college’s Interactive Media Arts program and is from Brandon.

Jordan Neufeld won bronze in the IT Network Systems Administration competition. He is a student in ACC’s Computer Systems Technology program and is originally from Niverville, Man.

Three other students finished outside of the medal count: Lucas Tufts, Precision Machining competition; Brett McKee, Mechanical CAD competition; and Holly Campbell, Baking competition.

“The students on Team ACC were very dedicated and worked hard in each of their competitions,” said Julie Ramos, coordinator for Team ACC. “This was their first experience competing at Skills Canada and most didn’t realize the magnitude of this event, but they all competed at their highest level and represented our college with pride.”

Since 2005, ACC has brought home two gold, eight silver and nine bronze medals from Skills Canada.

Skills Canada is a national competition that brings together more than 550 students and apprentices annually to compete in over 40 skilled trade and technology competitions. This year’s competition took place in Toronto from June 4-7.