Tue, Jan 04, 2011
Panel Discussion January 18 Will Feature WSU President Don
Beggs, NIAR President John Tomblin, New NCAT President Tony
Kinkel
The Wichita Aero Club will move its first monthly luncheon of
2011 from its traditional site at the Wichita Airport Hilton to the
campus of the new National Center for Aviation Training (NCAT) at
4004 North Webb Road, at the north end of Wichita's Colonel James
Jabara Airport on Tuesday, January 18. The luncheon will also begin
15 minutes earlier than usual, at 11:45 AM, in order to accommodate
a panel discussion featuring the new president of NCAT, Dr. Tony
Kinkel, Wichita State University President Dr. Don Beggs, and
National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR) Executive Director
Dr. John Tomblin. The buffet style luncheon will be served in the
Commons area of the NCAT Student Center and will be followed by the
panel in the adjacent lecture hall.
NCAT opened this fall and offers 37 certifications and degrees
in state-of-the art space. It features 21 classrooms and 25 labs to
provide hands-on, real-world training for up to 1,500 students. The
230,000 square foot facility offers cutting-edge technology in
customized training for companies and traditional technical
training for students along with a unique partnership between
training and research. It is a partnership between Wichita's
original equipment manufacturers and suppliers, Sedgwick County,
Wichita, the State of Kansas, NIAR and Wichita Area Technical
College. Sedgwick County is the funding partner for the center,
working closely with industry leaders and other public
partners.
NCAT Front
Dr. Tony Kinkel will begin his tenure as the president of NCAT
on January 3, 2011. The WAC Luncheon will be one of his first
official functions as the new chief executive. Since 2007 he has
served as the president of Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado
Springs, CO. Prior to that he was Chancellor of the University of
Arkansas Community College at Batesville, Arkansas. The new NCAT
CEO also previously served as executive director for the Maryland
Association of Community Colleges in Annapolis and was dean of
General Education at Northwest Technical College in Bemidji,
Minnesota. He served in the Minnesota State Senate from 1999 - 2000
and was vice-chair of the Senate's Higher Education Division. In
addition, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from
1986-1998 and was appointed by the Speaker to chair the Higher
Education Finance Division.
NAIR Executive Director John Tomblin
Kinkel received his bachelor's degree in Teaching Social Studies
from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Dr Kinkel did his Master's
work at Bemidji State University and was awarded an Ed.D in Higher
Education Administration from the University of Minnesota where he
was a member of the member of the Leadership Academy program.
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