Rowan Technical Institute
AUGUST 18, 1968
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
Part-Time To Full Time
Success For Him
Is Self-Employment
Success for Forrest S. Lloyd
is owning your own business
and being your own boss.
The road to success for For
rest was a long route which
included commuting to a job
in Statesville from his home
in Cleveland and completing
Rowan Technical Institute’s Air
Conditioning and Refrigeration
Mechanics course.
But Forrest is now the sole
proprietor of Lloyd’s Refrigera
tion, Heating and Air Con
ditioning Repair and In
stallation in Cleveland and
possesses a great deal of satis
Draftsman Pat Clendenin
Visit To Campus
Leads To Career
Pat Clendenin is a woman
who found her way into industry
while going out for the evening.
On a date following gradua
tion from Salisbury’s Boyden
High School, she and a friend
visited Rowan Technical
Institute’s campus one evening
to find out what courses were
being offered. It was then that
she decided to enroll in the
institute’s Mechanical Drafting
course.
The subject matter to which
she was exposed was not
foreign to Pat because she had
taken three years of mechanical
drafting while a student in high
school, and she fell right in
step with the program at
Rowan Tech.
faction in knowing that the
business he first started as part
time in his basement has every
indication of growing.
Forrest was working at a
warehouse in Statesville when
he began to think about entering
some other field of employ
ment. He talked this over with
some friends who suggested he
drop by Rowan Technical In
stitute to find out what courses
were being offered.
He did and enrolled in the
institute’s Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration Mechanics Pro-
Pat set up her own earn and
learn program by studying at
the institute at night and work
ing in the day. Her first job
was as a draftsman at Burl
ington Industries’ Mooresville
facility. Later, she was pro
moted to Burlington’s
Greensboro office. She con
tinued commuting and going to
school.
“That 122-mile round trip to
Greensboro each day got
mighty long sometimes,” the
attractive brunette said, “ but
I only missed one day of work
because of bad weather.”
Presently she is employed by
a Salisbury architectual firm.
Drafting holds a great deal
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gram in 1963. It was a decision
he has yet to regret.
To support his family he kept
his job but returned to working
the night shift so that he could
attend classes. This required
a lot of him, Forrest said,
because he worked till 1:30 a.m.
and, with his days and nights
occupied, he seldom saw his
family. Sleep was sometimes
little.
But his wife gave him en
couragement and offered help
when she could.
Forrest’s effort paid off when
he completed his course at
Rowan Tech. While others in
his class went to work for
established businesses, Forrest
struck out on his own, setting
up shop in the basement of
his home and working with his
newly acquired skill part-time.
When his part-time business
soon demanded his full time,
he resigned from his job in
Statesville. In order to put more
money into his business, he took
a part-time job closer to home
for a short while.
His business has now grown
to the extent that he is moving
his shop out of the basement
of his home into a separate
building. Industrial and
domestic accounts have come
his way since he launched his
enterprise. He has also acquired
a heating and air conditioning
franchise in order that he might
provide his customers with bet
ter service.
Forrest Lloyd measures his
business volume and sees a
good future for himself and his
wife and children, anticipating
the day when his one-man, one-
truck operation expands.
And he recalls approvingly
how he got started to being
his own boss — his course of
study at Rowan Technical In
stitute: “I think it is very pro
fitable to get into a skilled
occupation and there is no bet
ter way to do that than to
go to a technical institute. You
get out of it all that you put
in and you can get a lot if
you try.”
Rowan Technical Institute
is a member of the North
Carolina system of com
munity colleges and
technical institutes.
It is approved by the
Veterans Administration for
veterans education benefits
under the GI Bill and by
the Department of Public
Instruction, Division of Voca
tional Rehabilitation.
All curriculums are
authorized by the State
Board of Education and
Department of Community
Colleges.
The institute is a cor
respondent to the Southern
Association of Schools and
Colleges, and is in pursuit
of accredition and mem
bership at the earliest possi
ble date.
Forrest Lloyd In His Basement Shop
Extension Division
For Adult Students
Rowan Technical Institute’s
Adult Education and Extension
Division is responsible for the
development of adult programs
designed to meet particular
needs in areas of formal
academic learning, vocational
improvement and cultural ad
vancement.
Academic courses provided
by this division range from
basic adult literacy education
through an adult high school
diploma and other preparatory
classes.
The Adult Basic Education
Here's How To Enroll
In RTI's Fall Quarter
Rowan Technical Institute is currently receiving stu
dent applications for those wishing to enroll in the fall
quarter to begin September 11.
Students desiring to enter curriculum programs
should (1) submit application (2) have transcripts of
previous school work sent to Rowan Technical Institute
and (3) schedule group and individual interviews.
Completion of high school is desirable but not essen
tial for diploma programs. Degree programs require a
high school diploma plus other requirements which vary
with the program.
For further information, contact:
Director of Student Personnel
Rowan Technical Institute
P.O. Box 1555
Salisbury, N. C. 28144
Admission procedures for adult education programs
are dependent upon the nature of the course desired. In
terested persons should contact the Director of Adult and
Extension Programs at the above address for specific
information.
program is solely designed to
assist adults who wish to im
prove their skills in oral and
written c o m m u n i c a t i o n ,
arithmetic, basic science and
social studies.
Classes in Adult Basic Educa
tion are provided by demand
and are held twice weekly at
Rowan Technical Institute,
Cleveland, Spencer School, and
Cabarrus County Adult Educa
tion Center.
Designed to familiarize the
adult to the education process,
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