Siemon Sponsors Female Students for Cabling Lab" Installation

Due to the generous contribution of The Siemon Company, young ladies from the Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center, Lubbock, TX, will have the opportunity to participate in the ACTE's "Cabling Lab" at Orlando's Orange County Convention Center next month.

C-Tech is proud to announce that its newest Program Recognizer, The Siemon Company, a global leader in the design and manufacture of network cabling systems and components, is once again showing their support for the career training technology programs being taught in todays schools. Siemon is sponsoring two female students from the Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center, Lubbock, TX, as they travel to Orlandos Orange County Convention Center to participate in the Association for Career and Technical Educations (ACTE) Cabling Lab at this years Tech Expo.

The Cabling Lab sponsored by C-Tech and co-sponsored by the companys Program Recognizers, will feature students demonstrating the skills learned in C-Techs programs to wire the lab for communications networks with both Copper and Fiber Optic cabling. The lab will represent both commercial and residential installations. The commercial side will consist of two Category 5e and two Fiber drops to each workstation. The residential side, featuring Siemon Residential cabling products, will consist of two Category 5e, two Coaxial and two Fiber drops to each room."

Siemon has teamed with C-Tech as a Program Recognizer and is an avid supporter of the technology training that C-Tech is providing to secondary/post-secondary educational institutions, private training schools, US Job Corps Centers and other training facilities across the country.

"Siemon is extremely proud to join C-Tech," states Robert C. Carlson, Vice President of Global Marketing. Education is key to today's businesses and C-Tech's program plays a vital role. At Siemon, we feel strongly that the foundation of today's advanced networks starts with a quality installation. C-Tech's students will be the trained and certified installers of tomorrow -- the ones who continue the tradition of designing and building the best structured cabling systems in the business."

We are very excited about providing these young ladies from Byron Martin with this wonderful opportunity to showcase the skills they learned while earning their Network Cabling Specialist certification," shares Mike Clemens, Marketing Manager. The Cabling Lab is an innovative way of demonstrating to teachers and administrators the value of the training being taught in todays schools."

Ken Lowenstein, C-Techs Director of Marketing, is working closely with the ACTE to ensure the success of the event. As the sponsor of the Cabling Lab we reached out, and received, support from our industry partners," explains Lowenstein. We are grateful to Siemon not only for their financial support of the students, but for the equipment they have donated, including their line of Residential cabling products."

When C-Tech presented us with the opportunity to support the students, the ACTE and our partner, we moved quickly," shares Clemens. Students are not presented with opportunities like this very often and Siemon is excited about being an active participant in this event."

For more information regarding the ACTE convention, please contact Brandon Hensley at (800) 826-9972 or bhensley@acteonling.org. For more information on Siemon, please contact Mike Clemens at (860) 945-4310 or mike_clemens@siemon.com. For more information on C-Tech, please contact Ken Lowenstein at (973) 726-9000 ext. 203 or kenl@c-techtraining.com.