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GRADUATE TESTIMONIALS
I want you to know that I will be in your debt for the rest of my life. You will never know how Southwest Institute of Technology has changed my life. When I came to talk to you for the first time I was a wreck. I was 47, about to get a divorce, no high school education and no idea of what the future might bring. After talking to you I realized that I might not have waited too late to create a new life as well as a new exciting career. In August of 1998, I started on the most important journey of my life. I found that I was not too old to start over or to learn a new career. I took my GED examination and passed it. As a student in the electronics technology program I am proud to have a 4.0 GPA. The instructors and staff are great and give me all the support and assistance that I need. Graduation is just around the corner and I feel that I have a good start to building a secure future. I would like to convey that it is never too late to start. Thank you everyone for seeing me though, I will never forget any of you.
Sincerely,
Deborah Eskew
I wanted to write this letter in the hope that it might help future students with the decision to further their education at the Southwest School of Electronics. For many years I thought about going back to school to get a degree in electronics. I had lost interest in the automotive field as I had been working on cars for twenty years. I would always talk myself out of it by saying: How will I afford tuition? How will I make enough money to support my family while I go to school? I am too old at age 40 to go to school. Well in the fall of 1996 I decided to go for it. I came to Southwest School of Electronics and talking to Leslie. She explained to me that it is not difficult to get financing, there are classes in the day and at night and there were students in a variety of ages.
When I started school I went to day classes and worked on cars in the afternoon. After three months of school I decided to get a job in the electronics field. With the aid of school I got a resume together and found a job at Dax Industries, making and testing electronic controllers for electric cars and forklifts. At this time I switched to night school. I completed school with a 4.0 grade point average and perfect attendance. I enjoy my job at Dax and I look forward to the opportunity to advance. Going back to school at the Southwest School of Electronics was a great move for me. Thank you Leslie for all of your help.
Sincerely,
Philip B. Higgs
This is just an informal letter to express my gratitude toward Southwest Institute of Technology. Although it has taken me some time (5 years) and a lot of work, I feel I would not have had the opportunity to work in the career field that I do now had it not been for the education and guidance I received at Southwest School of Electronics. Upon graduating, I worked as an Electronics Technician at Motorola (Micro Controllers Technology Group) before going to Applied Materials. I am currently working in the field of Electromagnetic Interference and Suppression at Siemens Business Communications. As an EMC technician, it is my responsibility to test a variety of products that enter the Hardware Development Assurance Lab for compliance to FCC and World Body Association Standards. I get to use every aspect of my education from Southwest School of Electronics. I really learned to appreciate the technical writing portion of the course while preparing finished Test Reports for submission to the Governing Associations of RF Compliance. The labs are equipped to do a wide range of tests including but not limited to: ESD, Surge, Burst, Conducted and Radiated Susceptibility (to RF), Conducted and Radiated Emissions, and Harmonics. We also do environmental tests such as rapid aging tests. The enclosed photo shows me standing next to a Gigaherts Transverse Electromagnetic Chamber (G-term) which stimulated Open Air Testing for Radiated Emissions. Being in a research and development area of electronics not only keeps my education up to date, but it also challenges me every day. I will retain the same philosophy at work that I had in school: The education you get is directly proportionate to the amount of effort you apply to getting it. Once again thanks you for the opportunity I have been given through Southwest Institute of Electronics.
Sincerely,
James H. Laizure Class of 1994
EMC Test Technician
Professional Testing (EMI), Inc
