Friday, February 22,2008
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CAMPUS VOICE
Photo submitted
Murphy Williams, father of a WCC student, works on a car
in his Albertson garage.
Photo by NICKY LEE
Sam Key works on a car at the Automotive department on
campus.
Learning auto body repair - then and now
Murphy Williams
Sam Key
By NAN WILLIAMS
Staff Writer
Murphy Williams of Albertson
began his career in auto body
repair 45 years ago.
He had no formal schooling,
and has been successful.
Mr. Williams started his career
right out of high school. There
was no course in college for this
type of work, he says.
The beginning of his career
started when he worked with
his cousin at an auto body
repair shop. He learned from
watching others and hands-on
experience.
This type of work posed a
challenge for him - and that is
what he looked forward to, he
says.
From 1963 until 1969, he
worked for several motor
companies and then decided
to open a business for himself
so that he could make more
money.
During his career, Mr.
Williams has seen many changes
and says that one must keep up
with the new technology. As an
example, he uses the painting
of vehicles. Today, the paint
job must include applying clear
coating, whereas in the past, it
didn’t.
Safety is an issue, too. There
are airbags and restraint systems
installed in newer vehicles.
Another advancement is the
use of computers to measure
and repair vehicle frames and
to estimate damage and do
billing.
By JESSICA Y. HILL
Staff Writer
If you walk though the
automotive lab, your eyes would
probably stop at Sam Key, a
student who loves working on
cars.
She is not out place, no matter
how many guys you see.
However, Sam is the only
woman ir^ the program. The
guys even joke that she is the
only one who can give them a
women’s point of view.
That kidding doesn’t bother
Sam at all. She laughs, knowing
that they consider her one of
them.
Sam L. Key is a 19-year-old
woman who is attending Wayne
Community College to learn
how to work on automobiles.
She grew interested in that
field after listening to her
friends tell her all they knew
about cars.
She followed her interest to
Wayne Community College,
where she is now in her second
semester.
She says that she enjoys
working on cars so much that
she landed a co-op job at Shelton
Harley Davidson Inc. here in
Goldsboro.
But wait, isn’t Harley
Davidson a motorcycle shop?
Yes, but it offers valuable
learning experience, and she
finds that customers talk to her,
not only about motorcycles, but
cars as well.
Sam’s goal is to work in a
car dealership after getting her
certificate at WCC.
Until then, she is happily “one
of the guys.”
Dean’s list
Continued from 2
Tanya K. Newberry, Jack W.
Newsome, Michael J. Ordway
and Corey M. Oxendine.
Ebony J. Parks, Tabitha
A. Parkton and Matthew A.
Peoples,.
Chadwick W. Pierce,
Samantha L. Pierce and Alberto
Ponce-Castaneda.
Caitlin D. Prevost, Elizabeth
A. Rawleigh and Maquisha L.
Raynor.
Shannon B. Rinehart, Jesse A.
Roebuck Jr., David V. Salas and
Frances M. Sasser.
Mary S. Sauls, Jamie L. Scott,
Gary L. Shanle, Preston C.
Sharpe and Crystal G. Smith.
Tabitha L. Smith, Shakera L.
Sockwell, Kaitlyn F. Stafford
and Nicole A. Stallard.
Jason M. Steed Sr, Catherine
A. Stevens, Trina R. Stone and
Joshua O. Street.
KalandraL. Stroud, Stephanie
S. Sugg, Ashley L. Sullivan and
Jessica R. Summerlin.
Jessica D. Suncin, Anglia M.
Taylor, Jessica L. Taylor and
Jonathon B. Taylor.
Torrey S. Tellefsen, Myla L.
Terrell, Amanda S. Thigpen and
David M. Thomas,
Kelly E. Townsend, Crystal
A. Truzy, Dawn L. Turner and
Courtney D. Tyner.
Jennifer C. Ulrich, Joseph
VanVoltenburg Jr., Sara
F. Waldon and Nathan A.
Wallace.
Jill M. Walston, Blake D.
Waters, Neil L. Williams and
Waldore Wilson Jr.
Photo submitted
REMEMBERING ANN SPICER: A memorial service celebrating the life of Ann Spicer was
held on Jan. 29 on campus. Ms. Spicer, a long-time employee at WCC who worked in the
English and Planning and Research departments, died last year. During the ceremony, a
dogwood tree was planted in her memory outside of the Dogwood and Walnut buildings
near where her office had been.
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