PHOTO RELEASE--Huntington Ingalls Industries Celebrates The Centennial Graduating Class Of The Apprentice School At Newport...
February 22 2020 - 04:20PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) hosted commencement
exercises on Saturday for 145 graduates of the company’s Apprentice
School at Newport News Shipbuilding. The ceremony, held at Liberty
Baptist Church Worship Center in Hampton, commemorated the school’s
centennial graduating class.
“Graduates of the 100th class of the Apprentice School, you know
what it takes to do this amazing and important and difficult work,”
said retired Adm. John Richardson, the former chief of naval
operations, who delivered the commencement address. “You rose to
the challenge and have been taught all these things here in school.
It’s in your DNA now and you will grow all these things even more
in your future. Go out of here charging, and always build good
ships.”
Newport News Shipbuilding President Jennifer Boykin
congratulated the graduates for their achievements and continuing
the rich legacy of The Apprentice School, which first opened in
1919.
“Today you join the ranks of more than 10,000 graduates who have
come before you – shipbuilders who have charted our course over the
last century and shipbuilders who today are defining a new era in
shipbuilding,” Boykin said. “Ours is not just a job, it’s a calling
to be part of something much greater than ourselves.”
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Johnathon Wyatt, of King and Queen County, received the Homer L.
Ferguson Award, which recognizes the apprentice graduating with the
highest honors. Wyatt began his shipbuilding career in 2010 as an
outside machinist before he entered The Apprentice School in 2012.
He completed his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Old
Dominion University and currently works on aircraft carrier John F.
Kennedy (CVN 79).
“We are at a point of pivotal change,” Wyatt said. “Massive
paper drawings are giving way to tablets that allow us to access
more information than ever before without having to leave the deck
plate, and we cannot be afraid to embrace it and lead the way
forward.”
Participating in the ceremony were Mike Petters, HII president
and CEO; company leaders; elected and community officials, as well
as faculty and staff of The Apprentice School.
“Be that person who makes everyone around them better,” said
Petters while introducing Richardson. “When you’re the person who
makes everyone around them better, you’re better, and it gives you
not only the platform to survive, but to strive.”
The following is a profile of the 2019 graduating class:
- 35 completed an optional, advanced program,
earning an associate’s or bachelor’s degree. The program includes
coursework in subjects such as marine design, production planning,
modeling and simulation, and marine engineering.
- 71 earned honors, a combination of academic
and craft grades that determine overall performance.
- 25 completed Advanced Shipyard Operations
Program, allowing them to continue their postsecondary education,
expand their experience in waterfront operations and develop
leadership skills to improve the quality and efficiency of
production, manufacturing and maintenance processes.
- 31 completed Frontline FAST, an accelerated
skills training program for potential foremen.
- 7 inducted into The National Society of
Leadership Success (NSLS).
- 19 graduates are women.
- 32 completed the World Class Shipbuilder
Curriculum and advance optional program with a perfect 4.0 grade
point average.
- 14 are military veterans or are currently
serving in the Armed Services as reservists and guardsmen,
representing every branch of the military.
- 14 earned athletic awards.
The Apprentice School accepts nearly 225 apprentices per year.
The school offers four- to eight-year, tuition-free apprenticeships
in 19 trades and eight optional advanced programs. Apprentices work
a 40-hour week and are paid for all work, including time spent in
academic classes. Through partnerships with Thomas Nelson Community
College, Tidewater Community College and Old Dominion University,
The Apprentice School’s academic program provides the opportunity
to earn associate degrees in business administration, engineering
and engineering technology and bachelor’s degrees in mechanical or
electrical engineering.
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military
shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to
partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s
Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and
Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any
other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division
supports national security missions around the globe with unmanned
systems, defense and federal solutions, nuclear and environmental
services, and fleet sustainment. Headquartered in Newport News,
Virginia, HII employs more than 42,000 people operating both
domestically and internationally. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
Contact:Duane BourneDuane.A.Bourne@hii-co.com(757) 380-3581
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